ALBUM REVIEW: Lee Gallagher Carves a Unique Niche on ‘The Falcon Ate the Flower’
“Planes,” the opening track on The Falcon Ate the Flower, Lee Gallagher’s third album with his band The Hallelujah, musically exists somewhere between inventive prog rock and a psychedelic jam worthy of the late ‘60s San Francisco scene. Piano lines dance around aggressive, yet nimble guitar while spaced-out synth
SPOTLIGHT: Jaime Wyatt Breaks More Free for ‘Feel Good’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jaime Wyatt is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for November 2023. Her new album, Feel Good, comes out Nov. 3 on New West Records. Learn more about Wyatt and the new album all month long at nodepression.com.
Jaime Wyatt was trying to find the words.
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No Depression's Best of October 2023 Playlist
This spooky season is all treats, notably, nearly 60 of the best roots music songs from October. The playlist spans the breadth of genres, including some stomping bluegrass numbers from The Brothers Comatose and Sierra Ferrell, the return of legendary folk singers like Alice Gerrard and rock stars like The
ALBUM REVIEW: Our Man in the Field Looks to Complex Topics on ‘Gold on the Horizon’
With Gold on the Horizon, Alex Ellis, a.k.a. Our Man in the Field, builds on the lyrical proficiency and vocal depth displayed on his 2020 debut, The Company of Strangers. Frequently addressing the prerequisite subjects of love and heartache, Ellis also comments on more complex themes, such as
ALBUM REVIEW: Flannery O’Connor Dwells in Songs of Colin Cutler’s ‘Tarwater’
Colin Cutler’s life has many threads: a former Pentecostal Christian, a military veteran, a troubadour who bummed rides across Europe, and a community college instructor, it all leads to one magnificent tapestry of roots music on Tarwater. The album is named for both a Flannery O’Connor character and
No Depression Sessions at AmericanaFest: Charlie Mars
Mississippi singer-songwriter Charlie Mars joined us at Jaan’s House in Nashville for his No Depression Session at AmericanaFest 2023, sharing music from his seventh studio album, Times Have Changed, which came out in early October and stems from his experiences after recently moving back to the Mississippi countryside.
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