ALBUM REVIEW: On 'symbiont,' Blount and Obomsawin Remix the Ancestors
Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation) have worked nothing less than a miracle on symbiont, out Friday on Smithsonian Folkways. The album continues the work of Blount's Afro-futurist climate change epic The New Faith (2022) and Obomsawin's portentous assertion of Indigenous music’s place
SPOTLIGHT: JD McPherson's First Five Guitars — Where Are They Now?
EDITOR’S NOTE: JD McPherson is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September 2024. Learn more about him via this interview or check out an exclusive video of a song from his new album, Nite Owls, which releases Sep. 27 on New West Records.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Randall Bramblett's Latest Weaves a Musical Tapestry
Randall Bramblett is a dreamcatcher of sorts. He captures images from the airy vaults where they recline, waiting to be downloaded by sensitive souls like him. Of course, translating them into a musical format requires some shapeshifting, so he blends jazz, country, folk, gospel, rock, and soul.
Bramblett has shared
FreshGrass | North Adams 2024: A Perfect Soundtrack to Perfect Weather
Right around where the traffic starts to thin on the drive from New York City to the Berkshires, the colors of the trees lining the Taconic Parkway start to change drastically — from green, to yellow, to fiery orange and red. Fall has officially hit the Berkshires, which means that it’
THROUGH THE LENS: AMERICANAFEST 2024 — A Moveable Feast
To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway: If you are lucky enough to have experienced AMERICANAFEST, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for AMERICANAFEST is a moveable feast.
This week’s column features three takes on the fest by ND regulars Chris Griffy (Crowdfunding Radar
FRESH TRACK: Nick Lowe - "Jet Pac Boomerang"
Nick Lowe's "Jet Pac Boomerang" showcases a character struggling to leave an unhealthy relationship and keeps coming back to their partner even though they know they're worse off because of it. Even with the difficult subject matter, Lowe's ability to compose some