O Brother, Where Aren’t Thou?: The Two-Decade Cultural Impact of ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’
Editor's Note: No Depression is thrilled to reshare this deep-dive into the history and legacy of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, originally commissioned for its 20th anniversary. Five years later, the recently relaunched Lost Highway record label reissued a special edition, double gatefold LP on
JOURNAL EXCERPT: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Offers Musicians a Multiverse of Creativity
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Strung Like a Horse – 'Crazy Like Me'
Strung Like a Horse releases their first official video, “Crazy Like Me,” from their debut studio album, WHOA!, produced by renowned Grammy-winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, John Prine, Margo Price). The record this month debuted at #2 on the Amazon Alt-Country/Americana chart, #2 on the Billboard
Dave Alvin Looks Back Across Time, Genres, and Instruments on ‘From an Old Guitar’
It ain’t easy to drop a lasso around Dave Alvin’s neck and rope him into a musical corral. Since 1979, Alvin’s been a rockin’ county-western folkie soulful bluesblaster, first with brother Phil and then on his own. Alvin was the chief songwriter for the brotherly Blasters
THE READING ROOM: Chris Hillman on Surviving Fires Real and Metaphorical
Chris Hillman’s refreshingly candid new memoir, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond (BMG), opens with an eerily apocalyptic scene on the night of Hillman’s 73rd birthday on Dec. 4, 2017. Around 11 p.m., his wife, Connie, woke up to the smell of
Ani DiFranco on ‘Revolutionary Love’ and Tending to Wounds
EDITOR’S NOTE: Singer-songwriter and activist Ani DiFranco’s new album, Revolutionary Love, is scheduled for release on Jan. 29, 2021. The title track from it is out today. Listen below and read about what the title and the concept behind it mean to DiFranco and can mean for