SPOTLIGHT: Pony Bradshaw Explores Region’s Full Range on ‘North Georgia Rounder’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pony Bradshaw is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for January 2023. Read more about Bradshaw and his new album, North Georgia Rounder, out Jan. 27, all month long.
On Pony Bradshaw’s North Georgia Rounder, the landscape is as much a character as he is.
On the
THROUGH THE LENS: My 2022 in Review - The Best of Everything
With COVID easing somewhat, the year was as close to back to normal as we are likely to get for some time, and many artists returned to the studio to record some stellar music. My favorites are listed below.
On a sad personal note, Roland White passed away this year.
CRITICS POLL: ND Writers’ Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2022
Hot on the heels of our annual Readers Poll, we checked in with No Depression’s staff and contributors to get their takes on the best roots music albums released in 2022.
As usually happens, there’s only a little overlap between the two polls, but the good news is
After 50 Years, ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’ Still Bridges Generations
In 1971, the long-haired rock and rollers of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Jeff Hanna, John McEuen, Jimmie Fadden, Les Thompson, Jimmy Ibbotson — sat in a circle with legends of country and bluegrass music at Woodland Studio in Nashville and in six days recorded 36 songs. A year later, those
THE READING ROOM: ‘Black Country Music’ Centers Stories of Fans and Artists of Color
Many country songs evoke the persistent longing for place, for community, for belonging, but in many of those songs inclusion comes only through the exclusion of others. Although there are exceptions, country music has long excluded women, queers, and Black and Brown artists from the country mainstream in order to
SPOTLIGHT: Adeem the Artist on the Life Stories That Led to ‘White Trash Revelry’
EDITOR'S NOTE: Adeem the Artist is No Depression's Spotlight artist for December 2022. Along with the essay below, you can read our interview with them and watch an exclusive video of "Carolina" from their new album, White Trash Revelry, out now on Four Quarters