John Craigie Finds Peace in a Troubled World on 'Asterisk the Universe'
As John Craigie was creating his new album, Asterisk the Universe, he was reflecting on what it means to live in 21st-century America, mirroring the scenes, conflict, and beauty he saw as a traveling musician.
Neither Craigie nor anyone else could have predicted the historical, tidal shifts that would take
Christian Sedelmyer’s Fiddle Unfolds Collaborative Beauty Housed in ‘Ravine Palace’
Christian Sedelmyer’s new album opens with the sprightly tune “Table Mountain,” with his violin circling nimbly around Andrew Marlin’s mandolin. The tune opens slowly in two leisurely measures before blossoming into a lively reel that allows every instrument to dance around the tune’s musical theme. It’s
SPOTLIGHT: Sarah Jarosz Takes Familiar Ground to New Territory
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Jarosz is No Depression‘s Spotlight Band for June 2020. Look for more about her and her new album, World on the Ground, out June 5, throughout the month.
Sarah Jarosz’s spring did not go the way she’d envisioned it.
She was already checked
Blanco White Finds Nuance Within Familiar Palette on ‘On the Other Side’
Blanco White’s new album, On the Other Side, is singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist John Edwards’ most integrated project, the culmination of a style introduced on previous singles and EPs, including 2018’s The Nocturne. Like his possible progenitor David Gray, Edwards navigates themes of romance and loss, vocals infused with longing and
THROUGH THE LENS: Let’s Go to Luckenbach, Texas … With Jerry Jeff Walker, Bobby Bare, and More
Serendipity happens. In response to the Through the Lens column of two weeks ago that included Jerry Jeff Walker’s influential album ¡Viva Terlingua! that was recorded at the Luckenbach Texas Dance Hall, I got a note from contributing ND photographer Kevin Smith saying that he had visited the venue
What Hazel Dickens Gave to a Riot Grrrl
As I sat taking on the weight of yet another motherless Mother’s Day recently, I pulled out the Hazel & Alice record that my mom raised her three daughters on. The stark gray album cover features a small black-and-white photo of two women, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. Their