THE READING ROOM: Jane Eisner’s, 'Carole King: She Made the Earth Move'
Carole King’s A Natural Woman (2012) remains one of the best music memoirs ever published. While many artists fill page after page with bawdy and salacious episodes on the road, in the motel room, on stage, and in the studio, King instead offers a measured and candid look back
ALBUM REVIEW, What We Missed: Joelton Mayfield Unleashes a Tidal Wave Of Emotion on Killer Debut, ‘Crowd Pleaser’
Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an ongoing series
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Jill Sobule, Emily Portman, and River Road
It's Holiday time for many, and while the crowdfunding landscape slows down during this month, there are still a few artists who launch campaigns in the giving season. In some ways, it's a great time to launch as you have less competition for funding dollars and
THROUGH THE LENS: Our Favorite Roots Music Photos of 2025
FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Small But Mighty Music
Shop small, they say, backed by a brief national marketing campaign, signage, slogans, all the rest. Yes, please. Please support small business, what's left of it, for I am a serial entrepreneur, married into a bookstore/coffeeshop located in a small town in the Appalachian foothills. Voting matters,
BONUS TRACKS: RIP Raul Malo and More Roots Music News
Raul Malo, frontman and founder of the genre-crossing roots-rock band The Mavericks passed away on Monday at the age of 60. For the last year and a half, the smooth-voiced tenor battled colon cancer that metastasized into leptomeningeal disease (wherein the cancer spreads into the fluid surrounding the brain and