SPOTLIGHT: Sarah Jarosz Takes Familiar Ground to New Territory
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Jarosz is No Depression‘s Spotlight Band for June 2020. Look for more about her and her new album, World on the Ground, out June 5, throughout the month.
Sarah Jarosz’s spring did not go the way she’d envisioned it.
She was already checked
Blanco White Finds Nuance Within Familiar Palette on ‘On the Other Side’
Blanco White’s new album, On the Other Side, is singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist John Edwards’ most integrated project, the culmination of a style introduced on previous singles and EPs, including 2018’s The Nocturne. Like his possible progenitor David Gray, Edwards navigates themes of romance and loss, vocals infused with longing and
THROUGH THE LENS: Let’s Go to Luckenbach, Texas … With Jerry Jeff Walker, Bobby Bare, and More
Serendipity happens. In response to the Through the Lens column of two weeks ago that included Jerry Jeff Walker’s influential album ¡Viva Terlingua! that was recorded at the Luckenbach Texas Dance Hall, I got a note from contributing ND photographer Kevin Smith saying that he had visited the venue
What Hazel Dickens Gave to a Riot Grrrl
As I sat taking on the weight of yet another motherless Mother’s Day recently, I pulled out the Hazel & Alice record that my mom raised her three daughters on. The stark gray album cover features a small black-and-white photo of two women, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. Their
Teddy Thompson Makes Studio Magic on ‘Heartbreaker Please’
Right now the studio may just be the most important instrument.
Think about it: Live music, that ephemeral, magical, simultaneously intimate and mass experience, is off the table (and likely not coming back soon), thanks to COVID-19. Live streams and virtual shows are cool and all, but this really seems
THE READING ROOM: New Levon Helm Book Delves into The Band and Beyond
Levon Helm would have turned 80 this week. It’s been just over eight years since his unmistakable voice fell silent and his steady, propulsive drumming rolled over yonder. Spending the day listening to his music — whether from his years with The Hawks or The Band or from his albums