ALBUM REVIEW: Charisma Wins on Shovels & Rope's 'Something Is Working Up Above My Head'
With their new album, Something Is Working Up Above My Head, the Charleston, SC-based duo Shovels & Rope continue to display their affinity for rock-leaning Americana. The album follows 2022’s Manticore, which was steeped in the agitation and uncertainty of the Covid era. This time, Cary Ann
THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update & Five Other Roots Music Releases to Savor
As we begin counting down the days to AMERICANAFEST and the onslaught of new roots music releases, this week's column offers very short takes on five new albums that should not get lost in the shuffle. We also have an update on some stellar vinyl re-issues that
BONUS TRACKS: Still Be Around
It’s hard to know where to begin this column. I think I’d better break with convention and begin with the end: This is goodbye.
Mostly.
Today is my last day on staff at No Depression, after 11 years of various little jobs here that eventually added up to
THE READING ROOM: Daniel Levitin Goes Back Inside the Brain for ‘Music as Medicine’
Most musicians recognize the transformative power of music and the ways it can stir up listeners’ emotions. During a concert, a band might play a defiant anthem that has the crowd jeering angrily about the song’s subject; at another moment, a different song might send waves of harmony through
ALBUM REVIEW: Shemekia Copeland Speaks Out at Full Strength on ‘Blame It on Eve’
Shemekia Copeland has never had a problem making herself heard. She fully inhabits any venue she appears in, live or on record. Her instrument is as awe-inspiring as a pipe organ, her vocals delivered with such intensity that you can feel her power blowing your hair back and rattling
ALBUM REVIEW: Caleb Caudle Keeps Climbing on ‘Sweet Critters’
Caleb Caudle has traveled a long road to where he stands today. His music has gone through many permutations, and his latest album, Sweet Critters, has found the sweet spot between his explorations into folk, gospel, country soul, and funk. This is an album of homecomings and growing into yourself