BONUS TRACKS: Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winners + Remembering Dualtone Records' Paul Roper
The Steve Martin Banjo Prize announced its two winners for 2024 — Tray Wellington and Allison de Groot. With a board chaired by banjoist and Compass Records co-owner Alison Brown, as well as sponsors including the FreshGrass Foundation (the nonprofit publisher of No Depression and Folk Alley), Compass Records, and the
No Depression Sessions At AMERICANAFEST 2024: Emily Nenni
Music City singer and guitarist Emily Nenni joined us at Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge for her No Depression Session at AMERICANAFEST '24, to share three songs including one from her latest record, Drive & Cry, and one from her 2022 album On The Ranch. Joining Nenni is
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Three Campaigns with Vinyl Perks
Periodically, my fellow No Depression columnist and analog enthusiast Amos Perrine publishes a column detailing the state of vinyl in roots music. Certainly vinyl is continuing its recent comeback as the primary physical media form. With CD players in cars disappearing, CD sales have plummeted while vinyl continues to rise,
THE READING ROOM: The Best Music Books of 2024
In times of darkness and despair, books offer hope and glimpses into world far away from our own. The best books entertain us, inform us, shape us, and transform us. Music books often carry us back to times in our lives when the world looked different and when the future
Western North Carolina Music Community Still Coming Together to Recover from Hurricane Helene
It’s been nearly three months since Tropical Storm Helene marched through Western North Carolina, leaving an historical amount of wreckage in its path. When ND last checked in with the area’s roots music scene, folks were still in survival mode, focused more on navigating each 24-hour period than
Ben Chapman Marches to the ‘Downbeat’ of his Own Drum on New Record
It’s often said that Nashville is a “ten year town.” If that’s the case, then Ben Chapman’s big break could be just around the corner.
The singer, 26, began making trips north to the city from his hometown of LaFayette, Ga. while still in high school, honing