SPOTLIGHT: Joshua Hedley Brings Back Country Bangers on ‘Neon Blue’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joshua Hedley is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for April 2022. His new album, Neon Blue, comes out on April 22 via New West Records. Look for more from Hedley all month long.
Joshua Hedley, it seems, was born to play country music.
“When I was 3,
Believing In and Practicing Magic: Anne Harris on Why Her Next Violin Will Make History
EDITOR’S NOTE: Anne Harris is a roots and blues fiddle player and singer-songwriter based in Chicago. She is currently raising money to commission a violin from luthier Amanda Ewing via a GoFundMe campaign. We asked Harris to tell us what brought her to Ewing, and why who makes her
ALBUM REVIEW: Molly Tuttle Brings the Joy of Bluegrass to ‘Crooked Tree’
Molly Tuttle has bluegrass in her blood. Thanks to her father and grandfather, she grew up listening to the genre and attending bluegrass festivals. Tuttle always had the desire to make a full-length bluegrass record, and after two largely folk-rock releases — her 2019 debut When You’re Ready and her
ALBUM REVIEW: Paul Cauthen Brings Wit and Wide Range to ‘Country Coming Down’
Paul Cauthen offers a sequence of catchy, humorous, and heartfelt songs on his latest album, Country Coming Down. Overall, the sound is unmistakably country, though Cauthen and his band draw from and recontextualize a variety of playbooks. While previous projects, including the raconteurial Room 41 and sermonic Have Mercy, revealed
Western Centuries, Donna the Buffalo Founding Member Jim Miller Dies on Tour
Jim Miller, part of the roots music trio Western Centuries and a founding member of Donna the Buffalo, died last week from cardiac arrest while on tour in Boston.
“We’re all absolutely heartbroken and speechless right now,” Western Centuries posted on its social media channels Friday. “Jim was family,
Are Cassettes Making a Comeback? Why Yola, Lilly Hiatt, and Others Are Feeling the Format
Perhaps improbably in this technological age, cassettes are back, re-emerging from the 1980s and ’90s as a format some artists are using — alongside others — for new releases and reissues.
For some, the idea comes from record labels, who broach the idea as a way to offer something physical at a