ALBUM REVIEW: The Cold Stares Make a Cathartic Racket on ‘Voices’
Consumed by regret, loneliness, and desperation, Chris Tapp is a forlorn traveler on the rocky road of life, weary yet resilient, fierce yet vulnerable. On the electrifying Voices, the frontman for The Cold Stares constantly seems to be on the verge of a meltdown – if he never quite loses it,
THROUGH THE LENS: Soul-Lifting Fun Aboard the 2023 Outlaw Country Cruise
The Outlaw Country Cruise (OCC), like the Cayamo cruise that's the subject of last week's column, is a self-contained music festival on a ship, but with an emphasis, as its name suggests, on outlaw country. By all accounts of those who have been on board, it
ALBUM REVIEW: The Panhandlers Weave a Texan Tapestry on ‘Tough Country’
It’s impossible to assess, let alone appreciate, the music made by The Panhandlers without first acknowledging the shoulders upon which they play.
The Panhandlers are a collective of successful solo artists and players — Texas-based singer-songwriters Josh Abbott, John Baumann, and William Clark Green along with frontman Cleto Cordero of
SPOTLIGHT: Mighty Poplar Rises Up From Bluegrass Bedrock
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mighty Poplar is No Depression’s Spotlight band for March 2023. Learn more about the group and their self-titled album, out March 31 on Free Dirt Records, all month long.
While several members of Mighty Poplar, bluegrass’s latest supergroup, have stood together in a line on
Rodney Crowell Teams With Jeff Tweedy for New Album, ‘The Chicago Sessions’
Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell certainly doesn’t need help putting together an album, but for his new project, The Chicago Sessions, he enlisted Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy as producer, co-writer on one of the songs, instrumentalist throughout the album, and a good hang in a special place.
The album, out May
ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Nelson Gets to the Heart of Harlan Howard’s Songs
Harlan Howard's definition of country music as three chords and the truth is almost as famous as the songs he wrote to back up that quote he made in the 1950s. The prolific country songwriter turned out more than 4,000 tunes covered by a who's-who