Steve Earle Lifts Up His Son's Legacy on 'J.T.'
I had the chance to chat with Steve Earle for the Summer 2019 No Depression journal. While our conversation focused on Guy, his album of Guy Clark covers released that spring, we skimmed the surface of several topics that weren't published, including what it meant for Earle to
Sierra Hull on Tony Rice: How Lucky We Have Been
I cried the day my dad came into the house and announced with great disappointment that his old Ford Ranger truck (complete with a cassette player) had officially eaten the tape — our only copy of Church Street Blues by Tony Rice. “How could this happen?!” My 8-year-old heart was broken.
50 STATES OF FOLK: A Unique Sound Takes Root in Oklahoma's Red Dirt
There are a lot of jokes about modern country music. What can I say, it’s easy to make fun of a bunch of millionaires pretending to enjoy being on a farm when all they really want is to be in one of their climate-controlled mansions.
But these tropes mostly
ND Reviewers and Writers Pick Their Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020
This year, as we have every year since 2004, we gave our readers the impossible task of choosing their 10 favorite roots music albums from among the year’s new releases. In 2020, as always, readers took up the challenge enthusiastically, with more than 6,800 chiming in to create
Bronwynne Brent Makes Songs About Connecting on ‘Undercover’
EDITOR'S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn't get a chance to review but we think are worthy of your attention. Undercover was released in
Iconic Bluegrass Guitarist Tony Rice Dies at Age 69
The International Bluegrass Music Association announced on its social media channels Saturday that iconic bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice passed away on Christmas Day at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 69 years old.
"Sometime during Christmas morning while making his coffee, our dear friend and guitar hero