An Unfortunate Review: Bill Mallonee - Lands & Peoples
Note: this review was originally posted on my blog, and the tone is not intended for the vast majority of the No Depression community – a community filled with music lovers who have proven to have a great capacity to search for, embrace, and then share underappreciated artists.
Bill Mallonee is
Whit Smith - On the Nature of Strings
As founder of the Hot Club of Cowtown, Whit Smith is known far and wide as one of the kings of western swing guitar. But on his new solo EP, On the Nature of Strings, Smith gets to stretch a little by focusing less on the western and more on
When God Loves a Man: An Appreciation for Percy Sledge
As the song begins, it’s amazingly simple. There’s no dramatic build up, no minimalist entry way; it’s just the sound of the drums, an electric bass, and a church organ together. They wait as though they call for some sense of devotion in anticipation of a voice.
A Song For You: Meaning In Imagery
Awhile back, before the Great Migration, I wrote an article here titled: Gram Parsons: An Underrated Songwriter? At the time I was the Admin of an ND group devoted to Parsons and his legacy (a group that happened to have the most members of 190+ groups here at the time)
Eilen Jewell Brings It All Back Home to Boise
Boise is a place caught between two worlds.
The city, which rises on a high desert plain in Southwestern Idaho, is both urban and wild. The Boise River snakes its way past monuments of industry, while mountains rise to the northeast and stretch to the far southeastern tip of the
For Bobby Memphis
Friends and music fans gathered at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville for a fundraiser to support popular Memphis music personality Robert Jordan, better known as Bobby Memphis. Bobby Memphis, who is recovering after a long hospitalization, defied the odds and walked into 3rd and Lindsley and was a lively presence