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BONUS TRACKS: Covers by Iron & Wine and I'm With Her, Hayes Carll and Jobi Riccio, and More Roots Music News
This week was a good one for uncovering cover songs. First up, Hayes Carll and Jobi Riccio tackle Blaze Foley.
Next, Iron & Wine and I'm With Her played some of both of their songs together in a new EP that was just released, titled Songs from the
Chasing Songs Around: The Reach of Todd Snider's Troubadour Life
EDITOR'S NOTE: This feature originally appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of No Depression and we're sharing it now in honor of Todd Snider's new album, HIGH, LONESOME AND THEN SOME, which is due out on October 17 via Aimless Records / Thirty Tigers. This
THE READING ROOM: A Fresh Twist on Jimmie Rodgers in Paul Burch's 'Meridian Rising'
Like much of his music, Paul Burch’s new album Cry Love carries its listeners on a rambunctious, sometimes mellow, tour of the back roads and highways of Americana music. From the slip and sliding rockabilly of “Glencoe,” the hip-shaking jukebox country pop of “One If by Land,” and the
ALBUM REVIEW: Mariel Buckley Guides Us on The 'Strange Trip Ahead'
We all thought we’d be further along by now. When I first heard Mariel Buckley’s 2018 album Driving in the Dark, I was captured by its optimism in the face of a murky future. In 2025, Buckley’s latest album, Strange Trip Ahead embraces that murk – kicking and
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: New Album Campaigns from Amelia White, Jon Latham and the Lifers, and Emily Scott Robinson
I have a lot of places that I find new roots music, whether that be press releases, the album review offerings here at No Depression, or as openers for other roots acts I already know. But one of the best places for me to find new roots music is at
ALBUM REVIEW: Joshua Ray Walker Ponders Mortality and Earthly Possessions on ‘Stuff’
While undergoing treatment for cancer last year, the country-inclined troubadour Joshua Ray Walker worried that his creative life might be nearing an end. Determined to carry on, the Dallas-based artist set out to record enough music for three albums. The first, the familiar-sounding Tropicana, was released four months ago. Now,