THROUGH THE LENS: New Roots Music Releases Blooming on the Horizon
We may still be in the throes, somewhat, of winter's short days, but spring promises nicer weather, longer days, and a slew of new roots music releases. This week's column highlights five releases — three albums and two singles — that should not get lost in the shuffle.
FRESH TRACK: Tinsley Ellis – 'Devil in the Room'
Blues-rock guitar legend Tinsley Ellis swaps his blistering, full-band workouts for an album of equally intense, soul-searching acoustic folk blues. All of Tinsley’s famed guitar chops and gruff, passionate vocals are on full display across the Naked Truth's 12 tracks. Nine newly written originals sit alongside reverent,
SPOTLIGHT: Madi Diaz on Mining the Soul for Songs
EDITOR’S NOTE: Madi Diaz is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February 2024. Read more about her and her new album, Weird Faith, here, and look for more all month long.
It’s such a weird thing, starting a record. It’s almost like starting a conversation that you
BONUS TRACKS: Remembering Mojo Nixon + More of the Week’s Music News
It’s hard to imagine a voice like Mojo Nixon’s ever being silenced, but here we are. Nixon, 66, died Wednesday from a “cardiac event” aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, according to a statement from his family. Nixon merged the speed, loudness, and brashness of punk with roots music
Kacey Musgraves Finds Fresh Footing for New Album ‘Deeper Well’
As you might have heard Kacey Musgraves sing in a cryptic commercial aired during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards broadcast, “My Saturn has returned” — and so, it was firmly announced today, has Musgraves, with a new album coming next month.
Deeper Well, surfacing on March 15 on Interscope/MCA Nashville,
ALBUM REVIEW: Tinsley Ellis Strips Down Songs for ‘Naked Truth’
Tinsley Ellis has finally come unplugged. It took 21 albums to do it, but on Naked Truth the Atlanta-based bluesman has forsaken his Stevie Ray Vaughan amp settings for an acoustic gathering of originals and a sampling of a couple of old masters, including Son House's chilling “Death