SPOTLIGHT: Dean Johnson’s Journey from Seattle Bartender to Beloved Indie Folksinger
Editor's Note: Dean Johnson is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for August 2025. Learn more about the Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter and his new album I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, due out August 22 via Saddle Creek, in this feature. Keep an eye out for more
FRESH TRACK: The Black Keys - 'No Rain, No Flowers'
The Black Keys latest album, No Rain, No Flowers, is available now! Check out the visualizer for "A Little Too High" below.
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In The Deep End With...Tift Merritt
Tift Merritt has always been one of the most thoughtful songwriters in roots music. After 20 years, the North Carolina-based musician is revisiting her breakthrough, Grammy-nominated LP, Tambourine, remastering it and reissuing it on vinyl for the first time in years. Additionally, Merritt dug up a 10-song collection of previously
Another Side of Woody Guthrie: Recently Discovered Collection Captures the Sounds of ‘Woody At Home’
Woody Guthrie was named after progressive president Woodrow Wilson, who advanced policies on government regulation and social welfare. He was also born on Bastille Day, a turning point of the French Revolution that ended the monarchy. These were two auspicious signs for a folksinger who made a life of fighting
ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘So Long Little Miss Sunshine,’ Molly Tuttle Loses Her Way on the Road to Reinvention
On So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle leaves her bluegrass bedrock far behind to stake out new musical territory.
It was bound to happen. Since launching a music career barely into her teens and releasing two solo albums, a covers album, and two Grammy-winning albums as bandleader of Golden
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at MerleFest: Cristina Vane
No Depression set up the "studio" at the 37th annual MerleFest for a dozen sessions with legends and legends-in-the-making. The festival was founded in 1988 in memory of Doc Watson’s son Merle, and features “traditional plus” music, meaning a broad range of styles from the sweet falsetto