THROUGH THE LENS: The 2026 Tucson Jazz Festival Served Up the Many Flavors of Jazz
Spanning a nine-day period, January 16-24, 2026, the marvelous world of jazz took over Tucson, Arizona. Begun in 2015 the Tucson Jazz Festival has presented the many flavors of jazz: standards, swing, smooth, fusion, heritage, modern, Latin, and funk.
With over 20 venues all over town featuring intimate
Bringing Back Revelations
EDITOR'S NOTE: This Screen Door essay originally appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of No Depression. We're sharing the perpetually relevant piece now in honor of the cross-cultural, folk-punk band Gogol Bordello's new album, We Mean It, Man!, which arrives today via
BONUS TRACKS: Gigs from Brandi Carlile and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Updates from Newport Jazz Festival, and More Roots Music News
Just after her smashing performance of "America The Beautiful" with SistaStrings at the Super Bowl, Brandi Carlile announced that she's expanding her “Echoes Through the Canyon” gigs at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state. The whole weekend of concerts runs from Friday, May 29 through Sunday,
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion: Jim Lauderdale
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 of the The Birthplace of
ALBUM REVIEW: Celebrating Life with The Lone Bellow on ‘What a Time to be Alive’
On their sixth album, What a Time to Be Alive, The Lone Bellow captures the joyful vitality of their live shows, as well as the band’s deeply intimate friendship that they share in their camaraderie with their audience. The songs on this album, which were written collaboratively for the
Center of The Universe
EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression is thrilled to share this timely essay from Nashville-based fiddler George Jackson. His new album with a trio, titled Center of The Universe, was recorded live and without creative direction from artificial intelligence.
This is a fraught moment for artists and musicians. A musician’