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
ALBUM REVIEW: The Cactus Blossoms Move Along on ‘Every Time I Think About You’
As The Cactus Blossoms, brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum have been assembling their version of revivalist Americana now for nearly a decade and a half. In that time, they’ve established a unique sound, rooted deep in early rock and roll, folk, and country-western music.
Their latest release,
JOURNAL EXCERPT: Artists Celebrate Drivin N Cryin’s Kevn Kinney with 100-Song Tribute Project
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2024 journal issue in honor of Drivin N Cryin's ongoing tribute album compilation. You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription