THE LONG HAUL: The Job Skills You Gain as a Touring Musician
As I enter my 30s in full force it has come to my attention that I am increasingly ineligible for employment outside of the music industry. When I graduated from university, I subscribed heavily to the myth sold to my generation that a bachelor's degree would open the
FreshGrass Foundation to Receive IBMA Award + List of 2022 Nominees
The International Bluegrass Music Association announced the nominees for its 2022 Bluegrass Music Awards today in Nashville, as well as the latest round of Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductees and recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award.
The FreshGrass Foundation — publisher of No Depression and producer of Folk Alley, among other
ALBUM REVIEW: Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer Find Folk Fellowship on ‘All New’
Old friends, new music. That’s the key to All New, a collaborative album from folk stalwarts Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer. The songs on All New are culled from the trio’s weekly Zoom songwriting sessions, begun early in COVID lockdown. There’s something for everyone in
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Emerald Blue,’ Andrew Duhon Brings Easy Feeling of New Orleans to a Wider World
Andrew Duhon’s Emerald Blue is effortless. Perhaps taking a note from his hometown, New Orleans — the Big Easy — Duhon casually glides through his songs. Whether the noted singer-songwriter is musing on the delicious loneliness of life on the road or celebrating the transcendent moments found in daily life, there’
THROUGH THE LENS: A Personal Journey into the Blues
This week I thought I’d do something a bit different. Earlier this month, Peter Dervin covered two blues festivals (the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon, and the Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival in Winthrop, Washington), and Jim Gavenus covered the Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania. But
SPOTLIGHT: Willi Carlisle on Singing Honestly and Bearing Witness to the Now
EDITOR’S NOTE: Willi Carlisle is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for July 2022. Learn more about him and his new album, Peculiar, Missouri, in our interview, and watch an intimate performance of “Life on the Fence” in this video.
I wake up laughing, full of an old love. It’