THE READING ROOM: 2022’s Most Memorable Music Books
This has been a challenging year in book publishing. Book sales continue a slow downward spiral, in part because Amazon — most publishers’ biggest customer, and their biggest competitor — has cut back on their orders and in part because of supply chain and print and production issues earlier in the year.
ALBUM REVIEW: The Dip’s Soul Shines on Self-Produced 'Sticking With It'
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren't able to review when they first came out. Sticking With It was released in March via Dualtone Records.
In their latest release, Sticking With It, The Dip stay
ALBUM REVIEWS: Ken Yates Offers a Soundtrack for Coping on ‘Cerulean’
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren't able to review when they first came out. Cerulean was released in June via Soundly Music.
Though what Ken Yates was going through while writing his fourth album,
THE LONG HAUL: The Year-End Summary Spotify Wrapped Doesn’t Include
Around this time of year, musicians and music lovers alike begin to post their stats from Spotify. Who they have listened to, who has been listening to them, what kind of festival they would program based on their favorite artists, etc.
Spotify is good at many things; introducing listeners to
Mavis Staples, CAAMP, and Sierra Ferrell to Headline Third Annual FreshGrass Festival in Bentonville
No Depression's parent organization, the nonprofit FreshGrass Foundation, has announced the initial lineup for its third event in the Arkansas Ozarks. Soul legend Mavis Staples, folk-jam start-ups CAAMP, and cross-genre phenom Sierra Ferrell are slated to headline the two-day event taking place May 19-
THROUGH THE LENS: Joni Mitchell, Allison Russell, and Other Great Roots Music Photos of 2022
This week’s column features just a few of the many outstanding photos taken this year by 37 ND photographers. From New York to Australia, the 57 photos in the gallery below are representative of each photographer’s work as well as the many branches of roots music. You will