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ALBUM REVIEW: Jim Lauderdale and Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Pair Up for a Generation-Spanning Bluegrass Blend

ALBUM REVIEW: Jim Lauderdale and Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Pair Up for a Generation-Spanning Bluegrass Blend

For Jim Lauderdale, it’s another opportunity to extend his far-reaching legacy to a new generation. For the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, it’s a well-deserved badge of honor that further builds their bona fides. Together, on their new collaborative album, The Long and Lonesome Letting Go, they have crafted one

ALBUM REVIEW: Buffalo Nichols Breathes New Life Into the Blues on ‘The Fatalist’

ALBUM REVIEW: Buffalo Nichols Breathes New Life Into the Blues on ‘The Fatalist’

“Those ’70s and ’80s blues men took on these Black stereotypes and made this new stereotype of bad, ‘your uncle’s band in a garage’ blues music,” Carl “Buffalo” Nichols told David Browne in a 2022 Rolling Stone story. “It’s already been so far removed from anything recognizable from

The Steel Wheels Navigate Bends in Life’s Road on New Album ‘Sideways'

The Steel Wheels Navigate Bends in Life’s Road on New Album ‘Sideways'

During the pandemic lockdown, The Steel Wheels put words and music to their fans’ feelings via commissions that were collected into the two-volume Everyone a Song project. Now they’re back to songs from their own hearts with a new album that acknowledges that some things aren’t so easy

THE LONG HAUL: Complicated Relationships

THE LONG HAUL: Complicated Relationships

Sometimes I think that the most complicated relationship I have in my life is with my fiddle. Maybe this is a testament to how lucky I’ve been with my family and friends, but It’s true! I’ve played the fiddle since I was four years old, and she

SPOTLIGHT: Logan Ledger Looks Ahead to ‘Some Misty Morning’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Logan Ledger Looks Ahead to ‘Some Misty Morning’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Logan Ledger is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September 2023. Learn more about him and his new album, Golden State, in our interview, and look for more all month long. In his Spotlight interview, Logan Ledger said that while the title of his new album, Golden

ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Nelson Casts His Songs in the Glow of a Different Kind of ’Grass

ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Nelson Casts His Songs in the Glow of a Different Kind of ’Grass

Willie Nelson is on the road again. But this time the road goes backwards to the roots music that influenced him. He's labeled it simply Bluegrass, but with Willie, nothing is that simple. You can stick banjos and dobros and fiddles in it, but it still comes out

THROUGH THE LENS: Appaloosa Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2023

THROUGH THE LENS: Appaloosa Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2023

This week’s column features two roots festivals located in Virginia. The first, Appaloosa Festival, was held over Labor Day Weekend in Front Royal, 70 miles west of Washington, D.C. The other, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, was this past weekend in downtown Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee — a town