FRESH TRACK: Puppets of Castro – 'Extraordinary Things'
An appreciation for the little things. Written as a Father's Day song, or maybe it was Thanksgiving. Or perhaps Bastille Day. The upside of self reflection. Enjoy.
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Support an Artist’s Work and Get a Custom-Written Song
Crowdfunding campaigns tend to be pretty similar. In addition to the album, common backer perks tend to be things like T-shirts, stickers, hats, and handwritten lyric sheets. But a perk I'm seeing more often recently is a custom written song. The backer is usually able to give an
SPOTLIGHT: Jaime Wyatt on Finding Permission to Feel Good
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jaime Wyatt is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for November 2023. Learn more about her and her new album, Feel Good, in our interview, and check out a video of an intimate performance of The Grateful Dead’s “Althea” here.
Music, dance, and gathering have long been
THE LONG HAUL: The Secret to Getting Great Live Sound
One of the most stressful things about playing live shows is trying to get the sound right. Unless you are able to carry your own sound engineer on tour, soundcheck will likely be a hit-or-miss experience for the large majority of a tour. But I have learned that with a
THROUGH THE LENS: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Marty Stuart, Eddie Vedder & More Photos of the Week
It’s time again to see what the ND photographers have been up to lately, what shows they’ve seen and, of course, the stellar photos they’ve taken. When I do one of these columns it’s certainly like that proverbial box of chocolates, you never know exactly what
FRESH TRACK: Glen Hansard – 'There's No Mountain'
All That Was East Is West of Me Now is by turns noisy and meditative, sprawling and hypnotic. Easily Glen Hansard’s most rock record since Burn the Maps-era The Frames. The title, which Hansard says stems from the “sudden realization that there’s more behind than ahead,” suggests a