THROUGH THE LENS: Dead & Company, Tyler Childers, and Other Photos of the Week
This week is a hybrid of sorts. Included are photos by 15 ND photographers from three festivals, Red Wings Roots Festival, The Peach Music Festival, and Wind Grass Bluegrass Festival, as well as from concerts by perennial favorites such as Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, and boygenius. But let's
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: 3 New Projects as Summer Yields to Crowdfunding Season
As the end of summer, and the summer outdoor touring season, heads toward its end, bands begin turning their thoughts toward their next album. As a result, there's an uptick in crowdfunding campaigns this time of year. This week, I’m highlighting projects from two roots music veterans
ALBUM REVIEW: Love in Every Detail of Buck Meek’s Richly Painted ‘Haunted Mountain’
Buck Meek sees love in everything, it seems. On his latest solo outing, Haunted Mountain, it looks like things both eternal and ephemeral, surrounding him like a hypnotic haze. Jewelry, nature, vistas, drawings, clothing — all become more beautiful, it turns out, when you’re in love, and it’s through
JOURNAL EXCERPT: Guest Editor Dom Flemons Finds Balance Between the Past and the Present
EDITOR’S NOTE: To continue highlighting the Summer 2023 issue of No Depression, we're pleased to share this feature profile about Guest Editor Dom Flemons. As guest editor, Flemons — whose new album, Traveling Wildfire, came out via Smithsonian Folkways in March (ND review) — worked with us to conceptualize
BONUS TRACKS: The Mystery of Oliver Anthony
Music is a weird business. You can put out the best song in the world, hire the best people in the world to promote it, and it can still fizzle. Meanwhile, all sorts of terrible songs inexplicably catch fire and rocket to the top of the charts. Oliver Anthony, this
ALBUM REVIEW: East Nash Grass Brings Live Spirit to ‘Last Chance to Win’
If indeed East Nash Grass is betting it all on Last Chance to Win, the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled debut, the odds of success are stacked in their favor. The album opens with an old-time vibe on the title track, with the band’s five members pulling out all