ALBUM REVIEW: Kathleen Edwards Finds Her Edge Again on ‘Billionaire’
When Kathleen Edwards released 2020’s excellent Total Freedom after nearly a decade’s pause in new music, it was like meeting an artist for the first time. Its follow-up, Billionaire, on the other hand, feels more like she never left. With Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson at the producing
ALBUM REVIEW: Tommy Prine is Unguarded and Eloquent on ‘Love Circle’ EP
“Here’s a piece of my heart and soul…” Tommy Prine sings in the final words of his EP, Love Circle. By its fragile end, the silence swallowing gauzy keys and silken strings, the abbreviated project – a follow up to his lauded 2023 debut This Far South – has seen the
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SPOTLIGHT: Dean Johnson’s Journey from Seattle Bartender to Beloved Indie Folksinger
Editor's Note: Dean Johnson is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for August 2025. Learn more about the Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter and his new album I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, due out August 22 via Saddle Creek, in this feature. Keep an eye out for more
FRESH TRACK: The Black Keys - 'No Rain, No Flowers'
The Black Keys latest album, No Rain, No Flowers, is available now! Check out the visualizer for "A Little Too High" below.
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In The Deep End With...Tift Merritt
Tift Merritt has always been one of the most thoughtful songwriters in roots music. After 20 years, the North Carolina-based musician is revisiting her breakthrough, Grammy-nominated LP, Tambourine, remastering it and reissuing it on vinyl for the first time in years. Additionally, Merritt dug up a 10-song collection of previously