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No Depression's Best of March 2025 Playlist

Today might be April Fool's Day, but last month's playlist is no joke. March 2025 saw the return of some of roots music's biggest stars like Jason Isbell and Alison Krauss and Union Station. Additionally, ever-prolific Charley Crockett released his 15th studio album last month and bluegrass stalwarts The Seldom Scene keep reinventing themselves in their fifth decade. Sierra Hull released her first new album in five years and Lucy Dacus released her first solo material in four years.

In the playlist below, check out a number of exciting musical collaborations from March, too. Kenny Wayne Shepherd teamed up with Bobby Rush for a whole album; A.J. Croce tapped Margo Price for an album closer; Kris Delmhorst duetted with Anaïs Mitchell; Mumford & Sons returned with a guest spot from Madison Cunningham; Paisley Fields and Laura Stevenson covered Townes Van Zandt; and so much more!

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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