SPOTLIGHT: The Twists and Turns That Led to American Aquarium’s ‘Lamentations’
EDITOR'S NOTE: American Aquarium is No Depression's Spotlight Band for May 2020. Look for more from the band and frontman BJ Barham all month long.
“There’s no handbook for releasing an album in the middle of a global pandemic. But if any band is ready
THE READING ROOM: A Study of 'The Gospel According to Johnny Cash'
Johnny Cash embodied the lyrics in the chorus of his friend Kris Kristofferson’s song “The Pilgrim, Chapter 33”: “He's a poet, he's a picker / He's a prophet, he's a pusher / He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem
Darrell Scott Celebrates the ‘Down-and-Out’ that Dwells in Hank Williams’ Songs
Darrell Scott struggles to pick just one favorite song from Hank Williams, an artist who left an indelible mark on his childhood.
There’s “Alone and Forsaken.” Or maybe “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.”
Broadly, it’s “the sadder the better,” the veteran musician and singer-songwriter says in
Pete Yorn on 'The World' Inside and Out
Greetings from Groundhog Day. There are some benefits to this quarantine life, assuming we and our loved ones stay healthy. This definitely has raised the bar for me since I find that out of simple mental health necessity, I have been the most disciplined I've ever been; in
Shelby Lynne Opens Emotional Floodgates
There’s a raw beauty, an exquisite vulnerability, and a defiant passion running through the songs on Shelby Lynne, and Lynne’s brilliant canniness in exploring the musical landscape of emotions pulls us into the songs so that we can dwell with her in their expansiveness.
The album opens with
JOURNAL EXCERPT: Don't Forget to Write, by John Prine
EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece was the Screen Door — the final page — of the Spring 2019 issue ("Standards & Stanzas") of No Depression's quarterly journal. We were so honored that John Prine agreed to write it for us, and so delighted by how much his