JOURNAL EXCERPT: Inside the Making of Wilco’s 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'
EDITOR’S NOTE: As Nonesuch Records releases seven (!!!) special editions of Wilco's milestone album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot this week, we wanted to share this excerpt from a story in our Fall-Winter 2018 journal, “Innovate.” You can read the whole story and check out exclusive images in that
ALBUM REVIEW: Snarky Puppy Packs Raw Sonic Force into ‘Empire Central’
In most cultural mythologies, anything with more than one head tends to be bad news: the balaur, the Lernaean hydra, Yamata no Orochi. In some cases, though, two heads are more benevolent than one, and one such case is Dallas’ genre-fluid Snarky Puppy, a beast rocking as many as
ALBUM REVIEW: John Fullbright Sets Himself Free for ‘The Liar’
“Some people suffer from a social stage fright / Like the world is a sniper with a bright spotlight,” John Fullbright sings on “Social Skills,” a darkly humorous tune off The Liar, his first new album since 2014. Though he can find the funny in needing a little alcoholic lubricant to
ALBUM REVIEW: Dropkick Murphys Put Modern Power Behind Woody Guthrie Lyrics
It’s kind of funny, but arguably no current act has done more to preserve and advance the legacy of Woody Guthrie as Celtic punk legends Dropkick Murphys. Bandleader Ken Casey is a devout student of Guthrie’s life and music, with his readings of the Guthrie archive prompting the
Dom Flemons to Bring Bluegrass History to Life With ‘Shultz’s Dream’ Performance
Even for the most forward-leaning artists performing this weekend at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Bluegrass Live! festival in Raleigh, North Carolina, the past echoes through the music.
The most familiar narrative about that past is that it was male and white. But as scholars, artists, and fans
Connection and Community at FreshGrass | North Adams 2022
We get asked a lot where No Depression is based, and the answer in this age of remote work is, well, we’re all over. So it’s really special for us to get to gather as a staff, including our compatriots at Folk Alley and the FreshGrass Foundation, at