No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Cristina Vane and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Watch Sicilian-American-Guatemalan musician Cristina Vane join forces with the fiddle royalty of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes at Jaan’s House in Nashville during AmericanaFest 2023. We’ve crossed paths with each of these inimitable artists in other dazzling configurations over the years, so we were ecstatic to host a
THROUGH THE LENS: Six Overlooked Roots Music Releases of 2023
As the year winds down, many of us take time to look back on the year that was, and it was a busy one for roots music releases. This week’s column offers some quick summaries of six titles that got kind of lost in the shuffle. I hope you
FRESH TRACK: Puppets of Castro – 'Extraordinary Things'
An appreciation for the little things. Written as a Father's Day song, or maybe it was Thanksgiving. Or perhaps Bastille Day. The upside of self reflection. Enjoy.
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Support an Artist’s Work and Get a Custom-Written Song
Crowdfunding campaigns tend to be pretty similar. In addition to the album, common backer perks tend to be things like T-shirts, stickers, hats, and handwritten lyric sheets. But a perk I'm seeing more often recently is a custom written song. The backer is usually able to give
SPOTLIGHT: Jaime Wyatt on Finding Permission to Feel Good
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jaime Wyatt is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for November 2023. Learn more about her and her new album, Feel Good, in our interview, and check out a video of an intimate performance of The Grateful Dead’s “Althea” here.
Music, dance, and gathering have long been
THE LONG HAUL: The Secret to Getting Great Live Sound
One of the most stressful things about playing live shows is trying to get the sound right. Unless you are able to carry your own sound engineer on tour, soundcheck will likely be a hit-or-miss experience for the large majority of a tour. But I have learned that