A Postcard From Robert Francis
EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression’s “Postcard From” series features dispatches from artists' daily lives on the road, in the studio, or anywhere in between. Our next installment comes from Robert Francis, whose new album Phantasmagoria was written in the wake of the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst Fires ravaged
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion: Trey Hensley
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion '25 drew us even deeper into the rich history of recorded music in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee and Virginia. Nearly a century has passed since Ralph Peer's historic Bristol Sessions, and the performance space inside The Birthplace of Country Music
BEST OF THE BLUES: February 2026
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to No Depression’s newest column — Best of the Blues. Each month we’ve asked long-time No Depression contributor, Grant Britt, to round up some of his favorite new blues records for your listening pleasure.
February is a great month for blues lovers. You'
ALBUM REVIEW: Rose's Pawn Shop Take Stock of Twenty Years of Music on ‘American Seams’
Even from the opening fiddle bars, American Seams, the fifth studio album from Rose's Pawn Shop, speaks directly to the moment. The band proves their prowess at drawing from all aspects of American music to create something timeless and enduring. After twenty years of pounding the boards, it&
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SPOTLIGHT: Big Richard on Where They Get The Audacity [ESSAY]
Editor's Note: Big Richard, whose new LP Pet came out February 6 via Signature Sounds, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for February 2026. Read their feature profile here and watch an exclusive, acoustic version of their new song "Alaska" here.
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THE READING ROOM: Ani DiFranco and Lauren Coyle Rosen’s ‘The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music, and Freedom’
In her riveting memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco shared the ways that music brought her “deeper and deeper into the world.” For the singer and songwriter, music and poetry created a space that received her and sheltered her from the brokenness of the world around her.