BONUS TRACKS: 'Song Keepers' Book Co-Published With Music Maker Foundation Nominated For Award And Other Roots Music News
Today, Living Blues announced that the book No Depression co-published with the Music Maker Foundation last year, has been nominated for Best Blues Book of 2024 in this year's Living Blues Awards. Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology was written by Georgann Eubanks and is the sixth
ALBUM REVIEW: Jedd Hughes' 'Nightshades' Should Get Him The Attention He Deserves
Jedd Hughes is well-known among Nashville’s finest musicians—he's played with Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, and Patty Loveless, among others—but he deserves to be even better known outside those circles, too. Nightshades, Hughes’ second solo album, should get him the attention he deserves.A
ALBUM REVIEW: Samantha Crain's 'Gumshoe' is Fluid and Celebratory
With Gumshoe, Samantha Crain overcomes her tendency to self-isolate. Crain’s signature blend of folk, blues, and rock has appeared on Reservation Dogs and Lily Gladstone’s film Fancy Dance. A member of the Choctaw nation, Crain used Gumshoe as an opportunity to take on their motto “Together we’re
No Depression’s Best of April 2025 Playlist
No Depression's Best of April 2025 starts off with April Spotlight artist Valerie June's directive, plea, and call to action "Joy, Joy!" The song, which kicks off her fourth studio LP, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, serves as a guiding light for so much these
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SPOTLIGHT: The Gift of Art as a Service [ESSAY]
Editor’s Note: Valerie June is No Depression’s Spotlight Artist for April 2025. Learn more about her life and new album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, which was released April 11, in this feature.
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THROUGH THE LENS: MerleFest 2025 Highlights - Tami Neilson, The War & Treaty, Stephen Wilson Jr., and More
This year’s edition of MerleFest, which took place in Wilkesboro, North Carolina from April 24-27, 2025, was the epitome of how Doc Watson described the festival he and his wife Rosa Lee founded in 1988 to honor their son Merle — “traditional plus.” To make it even more inviting, the