SPOTLIGHT: Jeremy Ivey on Finding the Little Victories
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeremy Ivey is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for March 2022. Learn more about him and his new album, Invisible Pictures (out now), in our interview and in this video.
I’ve been listening to Charley Patton on a cheap turntable singing “Rattlesnake Blues.” The sky is
ALBUM REVIEW: Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Hew to Tradition While Embracing the Progressive on 'Never Slow Down'
The world of bluegrass has a reputation for holding fast to tradition, nodding always to the past. But all things and people came from somewhere, and it’s important to honor the lived experiences of the previous generations. And musicians especially tend to put their own spins on what it
Inside Mike Compton’s ‘Rare & Fine’ Collection of Bill Monroe’s Unreleased Songs
EDITOR’S NOTE: We asked mandolinist Mike Compton about his lifelong obsession with bluegrass forefather Bill Monroe and how it led to his latest project, Rare & Fine: Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe. Below are Compton’s reflections, along with some songs from the project, which came out March 4.
ALBUM REVIEW: Ray Wylie Hubbard Back for More Fun With Friends on ‘Co-Starring Too’
Ray Wylie Hubbard had such a good time making his last album, Co-Starring (ND review), that he came back for more, and hell if he doesn’t party ’till his wheels fall off on this roaring, rocking, swampy collection of songs. On Co-Starring Too, his “co-stars” include Willie Nelson, Jaimee
The Literary Inspiration Behind Andrew Bird’s New Single, ‘Atomized’
We’ve all likely felt a bit scattered lately, but there aren’t a lot of songs to soundtrack that.
But Andrew Bird has just the thing with his new single, “Atomized,” inspired by Joan Didion’s essays about the “atomization” of life in 1960s America, which she saw as
ALBUM REVIEW: Colin Hay Keeps Optimistic Contemplating ‘Now and the Evermore’
For all new wave outfit Men at Work’s impact, which includes releasing several defining hits of the ’80s, they spent precious little time atop the charts. The band had its last top-ten hit in 1983, a mere two years after they unleashed “Down Under” and became international stars. More