THROUGH THE LENS: Nelsonville Music Festival 2023
How does one begin talking about a perfect musical weekend in a tucked-away corner of southeast Ohio? A weekend highlighted by fair skies, moderate summer temps, and what seemed to be a constant gentle breeze. The evenings were even a tad chilly. That was the backdrop of last weekend&
ALBUM REVIEW: In Simple Duets of Fiddle and Voice, Phoebe Hunt Captures Complexity
Listening to Phoebe Hunt’s newest project, Nothing Else Matters, conjures up a host of adjectives — ethereal, plaintive, haunting, tender. After years performing as a part of The Belleville Outfit and then fronting The Gatherers, Hunt has created an album that is completely stripped down to the essentials: herself and
FRESH TRACK: Ben Folds – 'Exhausting Lover'
On What Matters Most, his first album since 2015, Ben Folds delivers a set of 10 songs both bold and timely. The cinematic work examines the tragic and the absurd in equal measures as it reckons with hope and despair, gratitude and loss, identity and perspective in a delivery only
No Depression Sessions at DelFest: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
True to her California roots, the first song in Molly Tuttle’s No Depression Session from DelFest 2023 is “El Dorado,” partly inspired by a childhood trip to the Sierra Nevada foothills to learn about the 1840s California gold rush. One of the most endearing veins to Tuttle’s songwriting
BONUS TRACKS: Miranda Lambert, That Small Town Song, and a Lost Suit Found
Let’s get the elephants in the room out of the way. If you’ve been online at all this week, you’ve heard that Miranda Lambert stopped mid-song to scold some fans for taking selfies during a show last weekend and Jason Aldean released a video for a
SPOTLIGHT: Gabe Lee, The Road, and ‘The Wild’ [VIDEO]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gabe Lee is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for July 2023. Learn more about him and his new album, Drink the River, in our interview, and look for more all month long.
On his new album, Drink the River, Gabe Lee wants to nudge people out of