ALBUM REVIEW: MJ Lenderman’s Latest Is an Insular Distillation of His Distinctive Talents
There was a homespun quality to Boat Songs, the 2022 album that won Asheville, NC-based singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman an unexpected avalanche of critical praise and hype. That time around, Lenderman came across as a natural-yet-iconoclastic Gen Z update to the slacker grunge and alt-country cool
ALBUM REVIEW: The Vulnerable, Invincible Amy Helm
Amy Helm dwells in the songs she writes, turning her phrases and words in and out. She delivers little masterpieces of folk and soul that plumb the depths of human emotion. On Silver City, her fourth album, Helm tells the stories of various women, reclaiming their voices, naming their struggles,
ALBUM REVIEW: Denitia Navigates Change on 'Sunset Drive'
Jagged earth under warped tires, the air whipping through open windows, the heart that beats along to the car stereo – all of it changes, forced to weather the seasons and evolve. In this life, change is the one constant, the only sure thing. For Denitia, it serves as the compass
ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Roll It Out,' The Deslondes Make It Sound So Easy
Sometimes, even after a period of fruitful reinvention, it helps to go back to the root of the thing. The Deslondes, one of the most consistent bands putting out music today, are doing just that with their latest release, Roll It Out. After the extensions and experiments of 2022’s
No Depression’s Best of August 2024 Playlist
August 2024 had a whopping five Fridays, meaning an abundance of new music releases and more than 50 tracks on this month's playlist. Long-time No Depression artists like roots royalty Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, folk artist Amos Lee, and country singer-songwriter Shelby Lynn all released
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