ALBUM REVIEW: Black Pumas’ Adrian Quesada Breathes New Life Into Vintage Balada Sound
As guitarist and producer for Black Pumas, Adrian Quesada has earned a reputation for crafting funky, psychedelic soul. He applies a similar aesthetic on his latest solo album, Boleros Psicodelicos. With Black Pumas, Quesada puts a new spin on the sounds of classic soul crooners like Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers,
SPOTLIGHT: Quiet or Loud, S.G. Goodman Strikes an Emotional Chord
EDITOR'S NOTE: S.G. Goodman is No Depression's Spotlight artist for June 2022. Look for more about Goodman and her new album, Teeth Marks (out June 3 on Verve Forecast/UMG), all month long.
There is a moment on “Teeth Marks,” the opening track on S.
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘White Jesus Black Problems,’ Fantastic Negrito Shines Modern Light on Ancestral Story
Xavier Dphrepaulezz has tried on a closet full of personas. As his alter ego Fantastic Negrito, he has been a shape-shifting shaman sewn up in the skin of a preacher, funkateer, soothsayer, bluesman, poet, roots doctor, rocker, and prognosticator.
Now you can add revolutionary archivist to his list of inhabited
ALBUM REVIEW: Mary Gauthier Bears Witness to Love’s Power on ‘Dark Enough to See the World’
“Fall Apart World,” the track that opens Mary Gauthier’s new album, Dark Enough to See the Stars, might just be a perfect song. Danny Mitchell’s lush piano notes float over his soaring B3 strains, laying a shimmering bed for Juan Solorzano’s vibrato lead runs on the bridges,
SPOTLIGHT: How Songwriter Cindy Walker Blazed a Path for Brennen Leigh
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brennen Leigh is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2022. Read more about her and her new album, Obsessed With the West, in our interview, and check out a video of Leigh performing “Cottonwood Fuzz” just for ND readers.
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Shawn Amos Weaves Music and Memories Through Middle-Grades Novel ‘Cookies & Milk’ + Album
No one’s got a recipe for music quite like Shawn Amos, from his ever-evolving blend of sounds and styles to the complex flavors in the life story that inspires it all.
In Cookies & Milk, a new book for middle-grades readers, Amos finds a new way to tell that