ALBUM REVIEW: Blues, Gospel, and Soul Mix Just Right on Joe Louis Walker’s ‘Weight of the World’
Joe Louis Walker has been to church and back. Roommate Mike Bloomfield's 1981 death from an accidental overdose shook Walker so thoroughly that the young guitarist went from wallowing with heathens including Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix to soaring to lofty heights with the Spiritual Corinthians Gospel Quartet.
Ben Folds Announces New Album, ‘What Matters Most’
While Ben Folds has been busy with a wide array of musical projects in the past decade or so, it’s been a while since we’ve heard him tap back into his singer-songwriter side — but that wait is about to be over.
For What Matters Most, his first studio
ALBUM REVIEW: Humanity Shines Through on Jaimee Harris’ ‘Boomerang Town’
On her sophomore album, Boomerang Town, Jaimee Harris weaves spellbinding tales, wrapping stories of home, grief, loss, addiction, and love into deeply moving atmospheric music.
The title track tells the story of two people longing to leave their small town where people “spin in circles, round and round” but constantly
THE LONG HAUL: Musicians vs. Airlines – What Can We Do?
If you want to know what musicians talk about at parties, it’s not usually their favorite lyrics or chord progressions (although sometimes that does happen). It’s not usually about favorite venues or guitar pedals (OK, that does happen a lot). But what simply never fails to come up
ALBUM REVIEW: Ron Sexsmith Forges Straight Ahead on ‘The Vivian Line’
With his 17th album, The Vivian Line, Ron Sexsmith elaborates on previous work, including such standout albums as 1997’s Juno Award-winning Other Songs, 2001’s Blue Boy, 2008’s Exit Strategy of the Soul, and his previous set, 2020’s Hermitage. Per usual, his songcraft and performances are exemplary,
JOURNAL EXCERPT: Winter 2022 Guest Editor Margo Price's Gold Star
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was the Screen Door — the final page — of the Winter 2022 issue of No Depression's quarterly journal. Margo Price served as the inaugural guest editor, writing this essay and helping conceptualize another feature story in the issue. Get the issue here or subscribe