THROUGH THE LENS: Cowpunk Sets Sail on Outlaw Country Cruise West
After six highly successful Outlaw Country cruises from the eastern portion of the United States, organizers Renegade Circus and Sixthman decided to take their talents to the West Coast for the aptly titled Outlaw Country West (OCC West). Billed as a celebration of California’s country rock and cowpunk legacy,
Roots Musicians Aim to Bring More Thanksgiving Songs to the Table
EDITOR’S NOTE: As readers in the US celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we’re sharing this story about the holiday and roots musicians' complicated relationship with songs about it. To read the full piece, buy the Fall 2022 issue of No Depression or, better yet, subscribe and support nonprofit
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: A Newly Found Live Recording of Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels
I don't back all of the albums I feature in this space. If I did, I'd be writing for negative money. But I do back quite a few, and recently one I featured a while back (Lady Moon) sent my reward: a digital copy of the
ALBUM REVIEW: Melissa Carper Travels Joyful Road on ‘Ramblin’ Soul’
When your whole life revolves around travel and gigging, and that world suddenly stops revolving, what happens? Melissa Carper faced that question in 2020, fresh off the release of her acclaimed Daddy’s Country Gold (ND review). Carper is a joyous nomad, having spent her entire adult life exploring the
ALBUM REVIEW: Neil Young Takes a More Tempered View on ‘World Record’
The world record that Neil Young sings about on his so-named 42nd studio album isn’t one that anyone’s likely going to want to lay claim to or take credit for. Climate change, dirty water, air the color of charcoal, soil that won’t sustain life, and the incessant
ALBUM REVIEW: Ruthie Foster Soars With the Soul on ‘Healing Time’
From the very first guitar notes of Ruthie Foster’s exuberantly joyous new album, Healing Time, to the quietly meditative, almost melancholic, final strains, we’re lifted up, exalted, transformed. Foster’s capacious vocals soar into the stratosphere at one moment and descend slowly and tenderly into warm, delicate tones