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JOURNAL EXCERPT: The Many Phases of The Milk Carton Kids’ New Album

JOURNAL EXCERPT: The Many Phases of The Milk Carton Kids’ New Album

EDITOR’S NOTE: To mark the release of Milk Carton Kids’ new album, I Only See the Moon, this week, we’re sharing an excerpt of our story about the album and the band from our Spring 2023 journal, available now. Order your copy or, better yet, subscribe today — and

Aoife O’Donovan Finds Fertile Ground in ‘Nebraska’

Aoife O’Donovan Finds Fertile Ground in ‘Nebraska’

“I first heard Nebraska as a young child in the early 1990s when I was just old enough to start having my own opinions about music,” Aoife O’Donovan reminisces. “I remember that my first response was being freaked out because it was like nothing I had ever heard before.

'Okay, Edge, Play the Blues!': An Oral History of the Night U2 Jammed With Stevie Ray Vaughan at Antone’s

'Okay, Edge, Play the Blues!': An Oral History of the Night U2 Jammed With Stevie Ray Vaughan at Antone’s

Thirty-five years ago this month, the biggest band in the world dropped into the home of the blues and ended up playing in one of the most star-studded impromptu jams of all time. On Nov. 22, 1987, U2 was in the middle of the third leg of their global, star-turning

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Roots Musicians Aim to Bring More Thanksgiving Songs to the Table

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Roots Musicians Aim to Bring More Thanksgiving Songs to the Table

EDITOR’S NOTE: As readers in the US celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we’re sharing this story about the holiday and roots musicians' complicated relationship with songs about it. To read the full piece, buy the Fall 2022 issue of No Depression or, better yet, subscribe and support nonprofit

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Inside the Making of Wilco’s 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Inside the Making of Wilco’s 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'

EDITOR’S NOTE: As Nonesuch Records releases seven (!!!) special editions of Wilco's milestone album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot this week, we wanted to share this excerpt from a story in our Fall-Winter 2018 journal, “Innovate.” You can read the whole story and check out exclusive images in that issue,

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Inside the Making of Wilco’s 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Inside the Making of Wilco’s 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'

EDITOR’S NOTE: As Wilco's milestone album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, we wanted to share this excerpt from a story in our Fall-Winter 2018 journal, “Innovate.” You can read the whole story and check out exclusive images — and so much more — in that

O Brother, Where Aren’t Thou?: The Two-Decade Cultural Impact of ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’

O Brother, Where Aren’t Thou?: The Two-Decade Cultural Impact of ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’

The year 2000 was an absolutely dizzying time to be a music fan. Intricately constructed boy bands and hyper-objectified teen divas ruled radio, MTV, and record sales, with the top two best-selling albums of the year being NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (9.9 million copies) and Britney Spears’ Oops!