ALBUM REVIEW: Two Runner’s ‘Porchlight’ Shines a Beacon of Hope
Moving on tends to hurt. Even if it’s good; even when it’s necessary. From that inescapable ache Paige Anderson begins Two Runner’s latest album, Porchlight: “How many times have you left / A life you’ve always known?” The answer hangs in the question’s implication — in the
Nanci Griffith and The Impossible Double Standards of 'Storms'
Editor's Note: Erin Osmon has been awarded one of two No Depression Criticism Fellowships to write in-depth album reviews on roots music's most important albums. Read her previous review of Roger Miller's A Trip In The Country here, and stay tuned for more
How Dolly Parton Grew to Embody The Organic Feminism of Working-Class Women
Editor's note: In honor of Dolly Parton passing away this week at the age of 80, we're revisiting some of No Depression's best stories about the "Queen of Country." This excerpt comes from the first installment in a four-part series by
ALBUM REVIEW: Laurelyn Dossett's 'How Many Moons' Is an Album of Multifaceted Songcraft
Laurelyn Dossett sings in layers.
“She can’t speak, but she can cry / she can’t fight, but she can die,” Dossett sings over a melancholy groove on “The River’s Lament.” “Poisoned on a winter’s day / while we looked the other way.” The rural North Carolina songwriter sings
In The Deep End With Brandon Flowers
Country crossover albums are nothing new. Notably in that long tradition, there’s Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, The Pointer Sisters’ Fairytale, and Cyndi Lauper’s Detour, and Bowling for Soup Frontman Jarret Reddick’s Just Woke Up. Ringo Starr cut his first country album, Beaucoups
ALBUM REVIEW: Riley Downing Makes the Moments Feel Real on 'Landfill Poetry'
Riley Downing loved his grandparents.
There is no mistaking the tenderness, the warmth, and the wonder he feels for the bond they shared. It drives “Helen & Gene,” in which Downing turns family lore into a living, breathing narrative of two young people falling for each other. They were on