Colter Wall Finds Freshness in Traditional Country Themes
Drawing from a range of folk and country sources, Canadian singer-songwriter Colter Wall offers Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, adopting and claiming as his own the perennial personas of the rambling man, the cowboy, and the unapologetic outsider.
The opening track, “Western Swing & Waltzes,” is an
Fisk Jubilee Singers Keep ‘Living History’ Alive
The Fisk Jubilee Singers didn’t plan to release an album of Negro spirituals* and politically current songs about treating strangers with kindness in the middle of the Black Lives Matter protests — it just worked out that way.
Celebrating Fisk!:The 150th Anniversary Album was released June 26 on Curb
Country-Folk Singer-Songwriter Justin Townes Earle Has Died at 38
A social media post on Justin Townes Earle's artist pages Sunday evening stated that the singer-songwriter has passed away at 38 years old.
The statement remained brief, concisely informing fans and followers “of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin.” It continued, “So many of
SPOTLIGHT: Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott on the Upside of Downtime
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bright Eyes is No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2020. Read our feature story about the band — Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott — and their new album, Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, here. In the essay below, multi-instrumentalist Walcott talks about
50 STATES OF FOLK: The Sacred Harp of Henagar, Alabama
A cappella is having a bit of a moment in pop culture these days. With the popularity of groups like Pentatonix and the blockbuster success of the Pitch Perfect movies, we can certainly forgive you if you’re experiencing a bit of a cappella exhaustion.
But a cappella is more
Jerry Joseph Balances the Current and Timeless on ‘The Beautiful Madness’
At the end of the Bible, John the Revelator writes one of the most apocalyptic, prophetic pieces of text in history. Though the book of Revelation is full of images and stories that conjure visions of the end of times, it also presents the culmination of this world as being