ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Desert Pavement,’ ISMAY’s Songs Teem With Life
On Desert Pavement, ISMAY crafts a world that exists somewhere in between past and present, reality and fantasy, country and city. The title was inspired by the bluegrass lifer’s interest in cowboy poetry. Desert pavement is a natural phenomenon described in the book Home Ground: A Guide to the
Midwest Melancholy: A Page From Willi Carlisle’s Zine
Willi Carlisle’s folk music is truly about folks, and he loves connecting with people at his live shows any way he can.
In addition to connecting through songs and handshakes and conversations as he travels, he’s also launched a periodic zine collecting what he calls his “ramblings and
ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Reveal the Self on Katy Kirby’s ‘Blue Raspberry’
Processing a relationship and all its messy complications through songwriting is a daunting enough feat, but exploring your identity at the same time could be enough to do some artists in. Katy Kirby, though, is sturdy and steady on Blue Raspberry, the follow-up to her 2021 debut Cool Dry
ALBUM REVIEW: Chatham County Line Roams New Frontiers on ‘Hiyo’
“Hiyo” is how the Lone Ranger would goad his horse, Silver, into their next adventure in the Wild West. As the title of Chatham County Line’s newest album, it’s a call to saddle up for the band’s latest foray into the sonic wilderness.
It’s been more
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Darlingside
Three of the four core members of Massachusetts band Darlingside joined us at Jaan’s House in Nashville for a No Depression Session during AmericanaFest 2023 to share music from their latest album, Everything Is Alive (ND review).
Darlingside's fourth core member, Dave Senft, still actively contributes to
SPOTLIGHT: Lizzie No on Climbing Personal and Musical Mountains
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lizzie No is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for January 2024. Read more about her and her new album, Halfsies, in this interview, and watch a video of No performing her song “Getaway Car” here.
I listened to “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” for the first