THROUGH THE LENS: Topanga Banjo Fiddle & Albino Skunk Festivals - Throwbacks in Time
This week features two roots festivals new to the column — the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival (Calabasas, California, May 17, 2026) and the Albino Skunk Music Festival (Greer, South Carolina, May 6-9, 2026).
Begun in 1961 as a modest gathering in the Santa Monica Mountains Topanga has
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SPOTLIGHT: The Honky-Tonks Are For All [ESSAY]
Editor's Note: Emily Nenni, whose new LP Movin' Shoes came out May 1 via New West, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for May 2026. Check out the feature profile about her here and stay tuned for more from Nenni the rest of the month.
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No Depression’s Best of May 2026 Playlist
May was one of the most intense months for new music that we've seen quite literally in years. Usually, No Depression clocks between 40-50 releases that fall under the wide umbrella of roots music. May 2026, however, saw 70! We did our best to cover as many
BONUS TRACKS: Changes at Folk Alley and IBMA, New Music from Keb' Mo' and Wyatt Flores, and More Roots Music News
For the last seven years or so, No Depression has been honored to share a metaphorical roof with Folk Alley. In 2019, the FreshGrass Foundation (No Depression's nonprofit publisher), brought Folk Alley into the fold, helping keep the 24-hour streaming radio service playing when its previous radio
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Wild Coyote: Cat Clyde
Canadian songwriter Cat Clyde shared two songs from her fourth full-length album Mud Blood Bone with us on her "day off" between shows at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn, and Club Passim in Cambridge.
Between songs, Clyde discussed the album's creation, including her
ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Marie Finds Herself in the Great Unknown on ‘Signs’
A voice like Charlie Marie’s doesn’t come along too often, but when people were floored by it in 2021 upon release of her phenomenal, hard-won debut Ramble On, she wasn’t prepared for the reverberations. As her golden-throated country songs were finally catching on, her personal