Boy from the North Country
I’m North Dakota-Minnesota Midwestern. I’m that color. I speak that way. I’m from someplace called the Iron Range. My brains and feelings have come from there.
— Bob Dylan, Playboy, 1966
Born in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, on May 24, 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman
I Got a Song - A History of the Newport Folk Festival
A new book on the history of the Newport Folk Festival is a treasure trove for music fans. Former Providence Journal reporter Rick Massimo has written the first complete account of the legendary festival, describing its many successes and occasional blunders. Massimo interviewed many of the major organizers the festival,
Re-Trace
In 1995, No Depression printed its first issue with a story by co-founding editor Peter Blackstock leading the way. Titled “Dim Lights, Small Cities,” the article examined the debut album, Trace, from Son Volt – the band formed by Jay Farrar after he left alt-country pioneer Uncle Tupelo.
Now,
The Steel Wheels Release the Best Album of Their Career
The Steel Wheels just dropped the best album of their career. Trent Wagler, Eric Brubaker, Brian Dickel and Jay Lapp have a lot of reasons to be proud. Their new release, Wild as We Came Here, has the boys from the Blue Ridge out on the road, giving some of
Kruger Brothers' Tribute to a Magnificent Mountain
The Kruger Brothers’ dedication to Americana music is sincere and profound. It’s the thing that inspired Jens and Uwe Kruger to leave their native Switzerland, bond with bassist Joel Landsberg and resettle in North Carolina, a pilgrimage of sorts that had them embracing the music of their soon-to-
Colter Wall finds his voice on his self-titled debut
Colter Wall's eponymous debut full-length album begins as all good country records do: a great story. In true Johnny Cash fashion, Wall recounts his run in with a police officer in his hometown of Swift Current, Saskatchewan (nicknamed Speedy Creek) in the track "Thirteen Silver Dollars&