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Joe Ely Maps Out Life on the Road on New Album ‘Driven to Drive’ (With Some Help From Bruce Springsteen)

Joe Ely Maps Out Life on the Road on New Album ‘Driven to Drive’ (With Some Help From Bruce Springsteen)

In five decades in the music business, Joe Ely has logged a lot of miles. It’s no surprise that the scenery and characters he’s encountered along the way have made it into some of his songs. His new album, Driven to Drive, collects some of those road-inspired songs

ALBUM REVIEW: Kim Richey Commemorates the Journey on ‘Every New Beginning’

ALBUM REVIEW: Kim Richey Commemorates the Journey on ‘Every New Beginning’

There’s excitement at the start of something new, but oftentimes the magic is in the middle. The songs on Kim Richey’s new album, Every New Beginning, build their stories from looking back on the past, looking toward something better just ahead, or, sometimes, just looking around, with scenes

BONUS TRACKS: Study Explores Why Humans Everywhere Make Music

BONUS TRACKS: Study Explores Why Humans Everywhere Make Music

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about music as a uniting force and a universal language. Here at No Depression, we’ve recently published stories about music crossing national and cultural borders, as with the American Patchwork Quartet; music crossing genres, as exemplified by Béla Fleck’s work with

SPOTLIGHT: Kaia Kater Sizes Up What Matters in ‘Maker Taker’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Kaia Kater Sizes Up What Matters in ‘Maker Taker’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaia Kater is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May. Learn more about her and her new album, Strange Medicine (out May 17 on Free Dirt Records), in our interview, and look for more all month long. It takes a lot to be a maker. Artists of

‘The Human Condition’: Becky Buller Brings Real Talk About Depression Into Bluegrass

‘The Human Condition’: Becky Buller Brings Real Talk About Depression Into Bluegrass

There’s no shortage of sadness in bluegrass. It’s right there in the mournful fiddles, in the broken-hearted lyrics; it’s baked into the high lonesome sound itself. But often the cause of that constant sorrow is external: Usually, someone left or someone died. Sadness as a mental state,

BONUS TRACKS: Apple’s ‘Crush!’ Ad Falls Flat With Creatives

BONUS TRACKS: Apple’s ‘Crush!’ Ad Falls Flat With Creatives

Apple debuted a new ad this week that uses a hydraulic press to illustrate how the company compacts a wide variety of tools into a sleek, thin new iPad model. I love a hydraulic press video, to be honest, but I didn’t love this one. Instead of striking me

Here Are the Nominees for the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards

Here Are the Nominees for the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards

In a live event from the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville this afternoon, the Americana Music Association revealed the nominees for its 2024 Honors & Awards. Two artists — Sierra Ferrell and Tyler Childers — have nominations in each of the most-coveted categories: Artist, Album, and Song of the