Stories No Depression's Best of July 2025 Clockwise from left, Jesse Welles, Tami Neilson, Patty Griffin, Ben Nichols, Tyler Childers, and The Swell Season
In The Deep End With Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence From their backgrounds, Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence make an unexpected pair. Carper spent formative years between the Great Plains and the Ozarks, wielding her double bass, while singing lead in a variety of musical outfits. Lawrence, a young, French singer-songwriter, moved across the Atlantic Ocean to be closer to
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion: Denitia Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion '25 drew us even deeper into the rich history of recorded music in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee and Virginia. It's coming up on a century since Ralph Peer's 1927 Bristol Sessions introduced Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family to
SPOTLIGHT: Big Richard Skewers The System With Bluegrass Editor's Note: Big Richard, whose new LP Pet is out February 6 via Signature Sounds, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for February 2026. Stay tuned for more from Big Richard all month long. Just weeks after federal agents murdered multiple people in Minneapolis under the Trump