No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Hannah Connolly
Singer-songwriter Hannah Connolly, now based in Los Angeles by way of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, joined us at Jaan’s House in Nashville for this No Depression Session during AmericanaFest 2023 to share music from her upcoming 2024 album, Shadowboxing.
Flanked by pedal steel player Karl Smakula and her longtime collaborator
BONUS TRACKS: Why Joshua Ray Walker Is Taking a Break
Joshua Ray Walker has fit enough ups and downs for an entire lifetime into his 2023, it seems. In August he released a delightful album of covers, What Is It Even? (ND interview), and was booked to play one of its songs, Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You,” on Jimmy
SPOTLIGHT: Rainbow Girls on Finding a More Personal Perspective for ‘Bedroom Lobby’ [VIDEO]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rainbow Girls are No Depression’s Spotlight band for December 2023. Learn more about this trio and their new album, Welcome to Whatever, in our interview, and look for more all month long.
Rainbow Girls have a real way with cover songs. Their video of a performance
ALBUM REVIEW: Burgeoning Singer-Songwriter Fenne Lily Captures the Details and the ‘Big Picture’
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. Big Picture was released in April.
Lately it seems like there are more and more singer-songwriters blending breathy folk songs with
ALBUM REVIEW: Omar and the Howlers Back to Full Speed on ‘What’s Buggin’ You?’
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. What’s Buggin’ You? was released in August.
Omar Kent Dykes has been howlin' since he shot out of the
ALBUM REVIEW: Jacob Aranda’s ‘War Planes’ Reaches for Healing After Trauma
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. War Planes was released in September.
Trauma and sadness cut deep on War Planes, the gently devastating Americana gem from Jacob