SPOTLIGHT: Joshua Ray Walker Puts the Sounds of Sunset into ‘See You Next Time’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joshua Ray Walker is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for October. Look for more on Walker, and his new album, See You Next Time, out Friday, all month long.
Texas-born and Dallas-based troubadour Joshua Ray Walker paints a portrait of a waning American institution on his latest
Taylor Rae Showcases Wide Range on Debut ‘Mad Twenties’
Santa Cruz, California, native Taylor Rae’s debut album, Mad Twenties, unfolds cinematically, evolving dreamily as it traverses an emotional landscape littered with the shards of a broken relationship. Rae’s edgy vocals slide easily from tender to tough, from gentle whisper on folk ballads to soaring shouts on the
Brandi Carlile’s Uncomfortable Truths Feel a Little Too Comfortable on ‘In These Silent Days’
Brandi Carlile’s new album, In These Silent Days, is uncomfortable. Don’t worry — she sets us up for it from the jump with “Right on Time,” a sparse ballad about recovering from a fight with her wife of nine years, Catherine Shepherd. From the outside, the past few years
THE READING ROOM: Real Moments Outshine Rock Memories in Dave Grohl’s Memoir
Very few rock memoirs feel like sitting in the room with an old friend who’s telling tales about growing up and discovering how deeply music is etched in his heart and dreams, but this is exactly how Dave Grohl’s new memoir The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Alison Krauss on Daydreams, Tony Rice, and the Road to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame
The only surprise when Alison Krauss was announced among the 2021 inductees to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame was that she wasn’t already in.
So many women who play or just love the music got into it because of Krauss, who began leading bands barely into her teen years
On ‘In Heaven,’ Tim Showalter’s Strand of Oaks Pulls from Past Eras to Make Songs for Now
Strand of Oaks' In Heaven is dramatic, the songs serious and filled with anthemic hooks. Band mastermind Tim Showalter channels ’90s angst, but also reaches back to the 1980s for a little bit of chime.
Strand of Oaks is singer-songwriter-guitarist Showalter, plus a band. His music began as folk,