ALBUM REVIEW: Justin Golden Delivers a Knockout Debut with ‘Hard Times and a Woman’
Can this really be the work of a rookie? Hard Times and a Woman is so fully realized and so compelling it’s hard to believe Justin Golden is practically a newcomer. While the Virginia native has dropped a few stray tracks over the last few years, there’s been
SPOTLIGHT: Joshua Hedley on Home and Heart in Robert’s Western World
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joshua Hedley is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for April 2022. Read more about Hedley and his new album, Neon Blue (out April 22), here, and look for more from him all month long.
Located at 416 Broadway, in the heart of Music City, nestled within the
ALBUM REVIEW: Amy Speace Sides With Survivors, Tells Her Own Story on ‘Tucson’
Hauntingly beautiful in its spacious lyricism, Amy Speace’s new album, Tucson, floats through a powerfully emotional landscape, moving from darkness to dawn tentatively but with the increasing confidence of a survivor gaining power over the past by being there for others.
Like poets Mary Oliver and Elizabeth Bishop, Speace
Watchhouse’s Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz Hit by Car While Walking in Iowa City
The band Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) suffered an unexpected bump — literally — on their tour last night in Iowa City.
According to a post on the band’s verified social media accounts, Andrew Marlin and his wife Emily Frantz were crossing the street at a crosswalk when they were hit by
ALBUM REVIEW: Slide Guitarist Jack Broadbent Plays With Presence and Poise on ‘Ride’
Jack Broadbent's Ride has a small, immediate sound, like someone waking up from a dream and trying to capture everything in a bedside journal before the images exit the mind. Except in Broadbent's case, the final product is bluesy, slide-driven rock music and not a
ALBUM REVIEW: Calexico Weaves a Magical Mirage on ‘El Mirador’
Though the Southwest has always been woven into the fabric of their music, Calexico’s 10th studio album, El Mirador, is a true love letter to the region. With brushstrokes of textured instrumentals, the group paints the vast deserts and big skies surrounding the place where the album came together.