
SPOTLIGHT: Drive-By Truckers Take On Politics, Thoughts and Prayers, and Writer’s Block
EDITOR'S NOTE: Drive-By Truckers are No Depression's Spotlight band for January 2020. Look for more on the band and their new album, The Unraveling (out Jan. 31), all month long.
There’s an interesting juxtaposition on the cover of Drive-By Truckers’ new record. The artwork is

ND ARTIST OF THE DECADE: Dave Cobb on Jason Isbell’s Music, Real Life, and Shoe Game

Debut Album from AJ Lee and Blue Summit Backs Up the Buzz
EDITOR’S NOTE: In December, we like to take a look back at albums we didn’t get around to reviewing earlier in the year. Like I Used To was released in May.
One of the most awarded young bands in bluegrass, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, backed up its

No Depression Critics’ 20 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2019
Throughout the year, the reviewers, columnists, writers, and staff at No Depression have our radars up and ears tuned to great roots music. We hear the good, the not-so-good, and, occasionally, the ugly. But the good stuff really sticks with us. It’s the albums we can’t shut up

ND ARTIST OF THE DECADE: A Front-Row Seat to the Evolution of Brandi Carlile

Black Pumas Debut Is Worthy of Its Buzz
EDITOR’S NOTE: In December, we like to take a look back at albums we didn’t get around to reviewing earlier in the year. Black Pumas was released in June.
The Grammy nominations came out recently, and the “Best New Artist” category was quite interesting. You had some obvious