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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

BONUS TRACKS: Box Set Celebrating Black Country Artists Gets 21st-Century Update

BONUS TRACKS: Box Set Celebrating Black Country Artists Gets 21st-Century Update

A quarter century ago, country musician Cleve Francis and college professor Nelson Wilson saw a gap in the story of country music that was being presented to mainstream audiences. To help tell a fuller story, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Warner Music Nashville worked together on

SPOTLIGHT: ‘Fast Food’ and Other Road Realities from Humbird [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: ‘Fast Food’ and Other Road Realities from Humbird [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Humbird is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for April 2024. Learn more about her and her new album, Right On, in our interview. And don’t miss her recent essay about songs and how they find us. Many of the songs on Humbird’s new album, Right

BONUS TRACKS: Frank Turner’s 15 Shows in 24 Hours, Remembering Dickey Betts and Ben Eldridge, and More

BONUS TRACKS: Frank Turner’s 15 Shows in 24 Hours, Remembering Dickey Betts and Ben Eldridge, and More

Every now and then, a touring artist finds themselves with an exceptionally busy day — an early show and a late show, say, or multiple slots at a festival. But folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner has really overscheduled himself — on purpose! Starting midday on May 4, one day after the release of

BONUS TRACKS: The War and Treaty Builds a Roots Music Dream Team for ‘Celebrity Family Feud’

BONUS TRACKS: The War and Treaty Builds a Roots Music Dream Team for ‘Celebrity Family Feud’

On Celebrity Family Feud, guests get to form their own family, and contestants The War and Treaty showed up to the Steve Harvey-hosted game show with plenty of brainpower (not to mention musical might) on their side. Playing alongside The War and Treaty’s Michael and Tanya Trotter on a

Andrew Bird Trio Opens the Great American Songbook on New Album ‘Sunday Morning Put-On’

Andrew Bird Trio Opens the Great American Songbook on New Album ‘Sunday Morning Put-On’

For his new album, Sunday Morning Put-On, Andrew Bird is looking back to the classics. The Great American Songbook figures prominently on the album, coming out May 24 via Loma Vista Records, and in Bird’s own musical foundations, too. “When I was in my 20s, I lived in an

In the Deep End With … Alejandro Escovedo

In the Deep End With … Alejandro Escovedo

A funny thing happened on Alejandro Escovedo’s way to the studio. As he was en route to Italy to record an album of new songs formed largely through improvisation, he listened back to Por Vida, a 2003 tribute album made by friends and admirers to provide financial support and