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Editor's Note: Santi Elijah Holley has been awarded one of two No Depression Reporting Fellowships to write four in-depth features on a topic deeply impacting roots music today. The Reporting Fellowships kick off with this historical piece introducing spirituals as a foundational form of American roots music
SPOTLIGHT: Sera Cahoone Returns to Center Stage With Patient LP 'I've Missed You All These Years'
Editor's Note: Sera Cahoone, whose new LP titled I've Missed You All These Years is due out August 28 via SubPop Records, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for August 2026. Read on to learn more about the percussionist and singer-songwriter and stay tuned
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Hinterland: Waylon Wyatt
Waylon Wyatt joined us at the Hinterland Music Festival in Saint Charles, Iowa for a two-song No Depression Session to help celebrate the release of his debut album Dustpiles. Flanked by pedal steel guitarist Jack McLoughlin, Wyatt shared a stripped-down version of "Wishful Thinking" from Dustpiles,