ALBUM REVIEW: Aaron Lee Tasjan Dares Us to Follow His ‘Stellar Evolution’
It’s not safe to expect more of the same from an artist as curious and driven as Aaron Lee Tasjan. Tasjan’s new album, Stellar Evolution, tracks his growth as a person and an artist. Tasjan may be known to No Depression readers as a piercing singer-songwriter, but he
Andrew Bird Trio Opens the Great American Songbook on New Album ‘Sunday Morning Put-On’
For his new album, Sunday Morning Put-On, Andrew Bird is looking back to the classics.
The Great American Songbook figures prominently on the album, coming out May 24 via Loma Vista Records, and in Bird’s own musical foundations, too.
“When I was in my 20s, I lived in an
ALBUM REVIEW: Lizz Wright Fully Inhabits the Songs of ‘Shadow’
On her new album, Shadow, Lizz Wright creates a dazzling soundscape with her smooth, sultry vocals as she ranges from jazz and blues to folk and soul. Shadow contains five original songs as well as her interpretations of songs she frequently performs.
The propulsive “Your Love,” fueled by Meshell Ndegeocello’
Shakey Graves, Molly Tuttle, and More to Headline FreshGrass | North Adams 2024
The FreshGrass Festival returns to North Adams, Massachusetts, this fall with another outstanding lineup. The 13th annual event — produced by No Depression's nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — will take place at the massive contemporary art museum Mass MoCA Sept. 22-24. In line with the Foundation's mission
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘My Black Country’ Reframes the Songs of Alice Randall
One might be tempted to say that the My Black Country album, released in conjunction with Alice Randall’s memoir of the same name, is timed well. Close on the heels of Beyoncé’s first foray into country music with the release of Cowboy Carter (ND review), this project celebrating
ALBUM REVIEW: Will Hoge Gives Songwriting the Spotlight on ‘Tenderhearted Boys'
Teenagers are basically just giant toddlers.
Usually we say this with a chuckle. It helps us wrap our heads around the baffling, illogical things teenagers say and do (or forget to do … ). Will Hoge, however, sees the toddler sweetness in his teenaged sons. On “Tenderhearted Boys,” the title track of