ALBUM REVIEW: Alex Williams Proves His Metal
On his first two albums, Alex Williams delivered bracingly hard-edged honky-tonk and country-rock with attitude and heart. And his original songs – especially on 2022’s Waging Peace, where he unflinchingly faced up to his demons — revealed him to be a fresh new voice. It was hard not to view him
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SPOTLIGHT: Tami Neilson - "Salvation Mountain" [VIDEO]
Editor's Note: Tami Neilson is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for July 2025. To kick off her Spotlight, we're sharing this exclusive video of a song from her new album, Neon Cowgirl, which was released July 11 via Outside Music. Stay tuned for a feature
QUEER COUNTRY: Six Degrees of Karen Pittelman
EDITOR'S NOTE: Queer artists and queer country music make up an essential part of the independent music community No Depression is proud to cover. Like the best folk musicians, they both challenge and uplift its traditions, moving the genre and culture forward in important, innovative ways. This month,
ALBUM REVIEW: Cam's 'All Things Light' Searches for Solid Ground Through Small, Intimate Moments
Most artists spent lockdown digging deep into their discomfort, their isolation, their loneliness and wrote intimate, thoughtful albums that taught us all how to make peace with ourselves. Then they got those albums out as soon as they could. For Cam, All Things Light, has been five years in the
ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Homegrown' Cole Quest and the City Pickers Deftly Move the Legacy of Woody Guthrie Along in All the Right Ways
Homegrown, the fourth album from the New York City-based Cole Quest and the City Pickers, opens with the voice of Pete Seeger reading the words of Woody Guthrie: “There’s a feeling in music, and it carries you back down the road you have traveled and makes you travel it
Hitchhiking the Appalachian Trail: An Essay by Ketch Secor
EDITOR'S NOTE: Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor wrote this vivid essay for the Spring 2018 "Appalachia" issue of No Depression and we're resharing it in honor of his debut solo album Story The Crow Told Me, which came out July 11 on