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No Depression's Best of February 2025 Playlist

February was particularly frigid in the Northeast, with multiple snowstorms battering New York City and temperatures dropping well below zero in Montreal during the Folk Alliance International annual conference (recaps from which can be found here and here). Luckily, last month saw enough fresh, new music to keep our spirits warm. Check out releases from February 2025 Spotlight artist Cristina Vane (whose stirring essay can be found here), Southern songwriters like Patterson Hood (who is featured in the Spring 2025 issue of the journal), classic blues musicians like John Lee Hooker, and so much more in the playlist below and in the Reviews section of the site.

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

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

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.

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