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ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Nelson Casts His Songs in the Glow of a Different Kind of ’Grass
Willie Nelson is on the road again. But this time the road goes backwards to the roots music that influenced him. He's labeled it simply Bluegrass, but with Willie, nothing is that simple. You can stick banjos and dobros and fiddles in it, but it still comes out
THROUGH THE LENS: Appaloosa Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2023
This week’s column features two roots festivals located in Virginia. The first, Appaloosa Festival, was held over Labor Day Weekend in Front Royal, 70 miles west of Washington, D.C. The other, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, was this past weekend in downtown Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee — a town
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Imaginary People,’ Viv & Riley Embrace Pop Sounds to Tell Modern Stories
Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno’s exceptional self-titled debut from 2021, as well as Leva’s 2018 solo foray, leaned in a notably rustic direction. The duo’s new album, produced by Alex Bingham, largely backburners the old-timey tells as they embrace a decidedly more pop aesthetic. The result is
ALBUM REVIEW: Shakey Graves’ ‘Movie of the Week’ Maps Life’s Big Search
Movie of the Week, the latest by singer-songwriter Shakey Graves (the nom de plume of Alejandro Rose-Garcia), has an intriguing backstory. It started out in 2018 as an entirely different thing altogether, a soundtrack Rose-Garcia had recorded for some friends who were making a movie. His vision of the film
HELLO STRANGER: A Walk Through No Depression’s Fall 2023 Journal + Playlist
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal. Buy the Fall 2023 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this issue and help support No Depression’s music journalism in print and online all year long.
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Texas Singer-Songwriter Charlie Robison Dies at 59
Texas singer-songwriter Charlie Robison has died at the age of 59.
According to a report from The Associated Press that cited a family representative, he died Sunday in a San Antonio hospital from cardiac arrest and other factors that were not specified.
After an injury sidelined him from his football