FRESH TRACK: Ana Egge – 'Door Won't Close'
“Door Won’t Close” is about telling the truth. Telling a very hard truth that cost me a very dear relationship. But the truth isn’t concerned with comfort. And I think as more people stand up and speak out against abuse, it gives other people more strength to do
SPOTLIGHT: On ‘Roadrunner!,’ Kaitlin Butts Puts ‘Oklahoma!’ on a Modern Map
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaitlin Butts is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2024. Look for more on Butts and her new album, Roadrunner! (out June 28 on Soundly Music), all month long.
The great state of Oklahoma has long been the starting point for generations of rootsy artists — Woody
No Depression's Best of May 2024 Playlist
If you subscribe to No Depression in print (which you should), you know that the opening letter from the editor is called "Hello Stranger" after The Carter Family's song from 1937. Likewise, this month's playlist opens with a new version of the song by
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Pollen & The Rot,’ Curtis McMurtry Looks Beyond Spring’s Flowers
It’s one thing to write songs about jerks. It’s another to fully inhabit them, willfully and convincingly becoming an unlikable narrator. That only works if the songs are enormously likable. And Austin singer-songwriter Curtis McMurtry once again strikes that balance on his fourth album, The Pollen & The
ALBUM REVIEW: The Mavericks Reach New Heights on 'Moon & Stars'
The Mavericks just keep getting better. There’s an intimate, organic quality to their music that pulls listeners in immediately, allowing them to dwell in the luscious harmonies, the sumptuous instrumentation, and the ingenious songwriting of the band. Moon & Stars launches these qualities into the sonic stratosphere.
The album
ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Muq Debuts With Soaring, Soulful ‘Flying Away’
A journey like Jon Muq’s is almost cinematic in its grand, sweeping twists and turns. Born and raised in Uganda and settling, somewhat fortuitously, in Austin on the verge of the pandemic, Muq was warmly welcomed by the city’s vibrant music community. Eventually came the Dan Auerbach stamp