Stephen Bruton, Nick Lowe, Jack White Help Power JD Simo
Powerhouse Nashville guitarist JD Simo may never forget a night when he played at the Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas, about 13 years ago. He remembers the evening, though, not for his band’s performance but rather for the prowess of the headliner, Stephen Bruton.
“We actually opened the show,
A Brief Comparison of the Johnson City and Bristol Sessions
The region of East Tennessee should be proud to boast that it hosted arguable two of the most important recording sessions in country music history in the late 1920s. Located merely 25 miles apart, Johnson City, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee, and more importantly, the recording sessions that took place there
Some Connections Between Hiram King “Hank” Williams & Waylon Jennings
Hank Williams was one of the most prolific figures of country music in the first half of the 20th Century until his untimely departure from this cold, cold world in the backseat of a Cadillac on New Year’s Day in 1953. Williams charted eight number one singles during his
Thirty Tigers' David Macias Looks into the Future
As the music industry has changed so much in recent years, many artists now run their own record labels and need help with marketing and distribution and how to best realize their artistic vision. That's where a label services company like Thirty Tigers can step in. Thirty Tigers
Meet Hilary Saunders, No Depression's New Editor
Here in Asheville, in the wood behind my home, the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. The temperature has yet to give way, but I know it's coming -- that crisp, autumnal, chai-flavored breeze. The beer people are looking forward to the release of Cold
Tom Petty: An Appreciation
"When he took the stage and the music began, if you listened closely, through the drums, the organ, the electric guitars, you could hear thunder, feel its movement, you could see the mist of blue rain falling onto the stage and over the ocean of people, hands in the