SPOTLIGHT: Vincent Neil Emerson Stays True To Himself on 'Blue Stars' Editor's Note: Vincent Neil Emerson, whose new LP Blue Stars came out April 17 via LaHonda Records, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for April 2026. Check out an exclusive video of the title track here and stay tuned for more from Emerson all month long. First
Reese McHenry Forever Spider Bags was loud. But Reese McHenry herself was somehow louder than the entire band. It was July 15, 2017 at The Pinhook in Durham. Amelia Riggs was at the release show for Bad Girl, the collaborative album between raucous Durham rock and rollers Spider Bags and locally beloved vocalist
A Postcard From Tyler Ballgame EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression’s “Postcard From” series features dispatches from artists' daily lives on the road, in the studio, or anywhere in between. Our next installment comes from singer-songwriter and roots-rock artist Tyler Ballgame, whose debut album For the First Time, Again came out via Rough Trade