A Postcard From Shane Smith & The Saints
EDITOR’S NOTE: Shane Smith & the Saints are on tour this summer after the release of their new album, Norther, in March. They hosted the inaugural Saints Weekend in the Sawtooths in July.
Greetings from Shane Smith & the Saints, from Stanley, Idaho.
We recently hosted our first music
ALBUM REVIEW: Pony Bradshaw Caps Character-Driven Trilogy With ‘Thus Spoke the Fool’
Pony Bradshaw does more than share stories with his music. Rather, he embodies an entire cosmology of figures from his adopted home of North Georgia. Bradshaw’s latest album, Thus Spoke the Fool, concludes the trilogy he embarked upon with Calico Jim (2021) and North Georgia Rounder (2023).
As he
ALBUM REVIEW: Ben Sollee Buckles In for Spirited, Eclectic ‘Long Haul’
It’s been a long, tumultuous seven years since Ben Sollee released his 2017 chamber-bluegrass self-titled album, Ben Sollee & the Kentucky Native. Now the father of three, Sollee kept himself busy with soundtrack scores (LAND from director Robin Wright and John Slattery’s Maggie Moore(s), among others) and
ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Pilot Finds Its Wings Again on ‘In the Shadow of the Holy Mountain’
It's been eight years since Blind Pilot released their last album, 2016's And Then Like Lions. That long interval was the result of a period of personal and musical upheaval for frontman and primary songwriter Israel Nebeker, who experienced a lengthy period of writer's
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SPOTLIGHT: Wild Ponies Take Time to ‘Breathe’ [VIDEO]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wild Ponies are No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2024. Learn more about them and their new album, Dreamers (out Aug. 23 on No Evil Records), in this interview, and look for more all month long.
As busy as Wild Ponies have been the past few
ALBUM REVIEW: Ray LaMontagne Sounds Content in His Journey to ‘Long Way Home’
When Ray LaMontagne debuted two decades ago, his weathered tenor sounded otherworldly. Its power seemed unlikely from such a shy, subdued performer. Now entrenched in middle age, the New England singer-songwriter’s instrument is no less sonorous or wondrous. He has just grown into it. LaMontagne sounds more comfortable, and