Dropkick Murphys, Rhiannon Giddens, Lukas Nelson, and More to Headline FreshGrass | North Adams 2023
The annual FreshGrass Festival — produced by No Depression's nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — is set to return to North Adams, Massachusetts, Sept. 22-24. The three-day event, which takes place at the sprawling contemporary arts museum MASS MoCA, announced its lineup today with an impressive assemblage of, as the
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SPOTLIGHT: Mighty Poplar Rides Off Together on ‘Blackjack Davy’ [VIDEO]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mighty Poplar is No Depression’s Spotlight band for March 2023. Learn more about the band and their self-titled album, coming March 31 on Free Dirt Records, in our interview here. And look for more throughout March.
When Mighty Poplar neared the time they’d booked to
Aoife O’Donovan Finds Fertile Ground in ‘Nebraska’
“I first heard Nebraska as a young child in the early 1990s when I was just old enough to start having my own opinions about music,” Aoife O’Donovan reminisces. “I remember that my first response was being freaked out because it was like nothing I had ever heard before.
Alt-Country: Where Did It Come From and Where Is It Going?
As is the case with country subgenres, alt-country emerged from a collision of styles. A story with many disputed beginnings, the most prominent influences on alt-country were outlaw country and punk rock. One of many subgenres that emerged as a reaction to the slick countrypolitan sound prevalent in Nashville and
ALBUM REVIEW: Daddy Long Legs Calls For Coming Together on ‘Street Sermons’
Daddy Long Legs, the New York City-based trio of singer/harmonica player Brian Hurd, guitarist Murat Akturk, and drummer Josh Styles, has carved out a niche for itself over the past decade playing its raucous mix of lo-fi electric blues.
The group has been silent on the recording front since
Musical Mission: A Trip to Havana With Trombone Shorty
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is an extended version of a photo essay that appears in the Spring 2023 issue of No Depression. Get that issue of the journal here, and subscribe today to support independent music journalism.
Troy Andrews, the man behind New Orleans funk outfit Trombone Shorty &