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No Depression’s Best of April 2025 Playlist

No Depression's Best of April 2025 starts off with April Spotlight artist Valerie June's directive, plea, and call to action "Joy, Joy!" The song, which kicks off her fourth studio LP, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, serves as a guiding light for so much these days.

Straight from The Source: Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and American Roots Music Continue to Go Hand In Hand

In Lynchburg, Tennessee, about an hour outside Nashville, the historic Jack Daniel’s Distillery welcomes around 300,000 people annually. Visitors travel from around the globe to learn how Tennessee whiskey is made at America’s oldest registered distillery — which is also one of the largest in the world — and

SPOTLIGHT: The Gift of Art as a Service [ESSAY]

Editor’s Note: Valerie June is No Depression’s Spotlight Artist for April 2025. Learn more about her life and new album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, which was released April 11, in this feature. I just got off the phone with Fiona Prine. I couldn’t have said it better.

SPOTLIGHT: Valerie June - "I'm In Love" [VIDEO]

Editor’s Note: Valerie June is No Depression’s Spotlight Artist for April 2025. Learn more about her life and new album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, which was released April 11, in this feature. Valerie June cozied up in her basement for a solo-acoustic version of her new song, "

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