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ALBUM REVIEW: What to Make of Oliver Anthony’s ‘Hymnal of a Troubled Man’s Mind’

ALBUM REVIEW: What to Make of Oliver Anthony’s ‘Hymnal of a Troubled Man’s Mind’

It feels almost like a fever dream. That one weekend last August when a mysterious singer in Virginia launched his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” into the stratosphere. The song went viral immediately, and within a week of its release it had been streamed 17.5 million times and

BONUS TRACKS: The Philanthropy of Billy Strings and a Farewell to County Sales

BONUS TRACKS: The Philanthropy of Billy Strings and a Farewell to County Sales

Billy Strings has a long tradition of giving back. His String the Halls holiday shows have benefited the Nashville Rescue Mission, and in 2021, he brought a truckload of new guitars to his old elementary school in Michigan to give students a chance at the delight the instrument has brought

Despairing Over Erosion of Women’s Rights, Dawn Landes Finds Sisterhood in a Songbook

Despairing Over Erosion of Women’s Rights, Dawn Landes Finds Sisterhood in a Songbook

On the hot summer night that word of the Supreme Court’s impending decision on the Dobbs case leaked, Dawn Landes found herself unable to sleep. The 2022 decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe vs. Wade and its longstanding protections of the right of women

BONUS TRACKS: Drive-By Truckers Announce Tour Revisiting ‘Southern Rock Opera’

BONUS TRACKS: Drive-By Truckers Announce Tour Revisiting ‘Southern Rock Opera’

“It ain’t about the past,” the Drive-By Truckers proclaimed this week in announcing a tour to revisit their 2001 Southern Rock Opera double album. That’s because so many of those songs still speak to the state of the South — and “the duality of the Southern thing,” to borrow

SPOTLIGHT: Good Deeds Get Answered on Joe Pug’s ‘No Place a Good Man Can Hide’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Good Deeds Get Answered on Joe Pug’s ‘No Place a Good Man Can Hide’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR'S NOTE: Joe Pug is No Depression's Spotlight artist for March 2024. Learn more about him and his new album, Sketch of a Promised Departure, in our interview, and look for more from Pug all month long. There’s a lot of good on Joe Pug’

BONUS TRACKS: Remembering Malcolm Holcombe

BONUS TRACKS: Remembering Malcolm Holcombe

Malcolm Holcombe, a songwriting hero to many songwriters, died this week at 68. According to a social media post from his wife, he died from respiratory failure, though he’d suffered from ill health, including cancer, for a long time. While remembrances are pouring in from musicians who called him

ALBUM REVIEW: Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh Combine Powers to Become the Wonder Women of Country

ALBUM REVIEW: Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh Combine Powers to Become the Wonder Women of Country

Country music has a long tradition of women banding together: Trio, Pistol Annies, Our Native Daughters, and The Highwomen come to mind. A new sisterhood now carries that same spirit, combining the musical superpowers of Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh into the Wonder Women of Country. Singer-songwriters Willis,