SPOTLIGHT: How Jeremy Ivey’s Unique Path to Music Helped Him Find His Own Way
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeremy Ivey is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for March 2022, and his new album, Invisible Pictures, is out March 11. Look for more about Ivey and the new album here at nodepression.com all month long.
"When I graduated high school, I thought The Doors
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘House to House,’ Matt Andersen Keeps It Simple
Matt Andersen has drawn from the best roots music has to offer over his decades-long career: down and dirty blues, heart-wrenching soul, life-affirming gospel, and introspective singer-songwriter balladry. These sounds, textures, and influences are laid bare on House to House, which is Andersen’s ninth studio album but first solo
ALBUM REVIEW: Cloud Cult Keeps at Big Questions, But With New Understanding, on ‘Metamorphosis’
That Cloud Cult is still doing what Cloud Cult has always done is a startling realization if you’ve paid any amount of attention to the Minnesota-based band’s output over the last 20-plus years.
Craig Minowa is the load-bearing wall in the musical house known as Cloud Cult, an
ALBUM REVIEW: Ceramic Animal Finds Extra Shine in Partnership with Dan Auerbach
Despite Dan Auerbach’s knack for spinning gold, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, hometown heroes Ceramic Animal were already three albums and a ton of hard work in when they crossed paths with the producer and his magic touch. Establishing themselves locally as a tight five-piece, the band — which consists of brothers Chris,
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Bandcamp Preorders Provide Perks and Artist Support
For most of 2020 and all of 2021, independent artist-oriented site Bandcamp ran its “Bandcamp Fridays,” where they waived their fees on the first Friday of the month, sending approximately 93% of the money spent at the site to artists (payment processors were not on the fee-waiving bandwagon). At the
JOURNAL EXCERPT: George Harrison’s Legacy of Spirituality, Music, and Activism Carries On
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Winter 2021 journal, “Good News.” You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription for more roots music journalism, in print and online, all year