No Depression’s Best of August 2024 Playlist
August 2024 had a whopping five Fridays, meaning an abundance of new music releases and more than 50 tracks on this month's playlist. Long-time No Depression artists like roots royalty Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, folk artist Amos Lee, and country singer-songwriter Shelby Lynn all released new records,
ALBUM REVIEW: Charisma Wins on Shovels & Rope's 'Something Is Working Up Above My Head'
With their new album, Something Is Working Up Above My Head, the Charleston, SC-based duo Shovels & Rope continue to display their affinity for rock-leaning Americana. The album follows 2022’s Manticore, which was steeped in the agitation and uncertainty of the Covid era. This time, Cary Ann Hearst and
THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update & Five Other Roots Music Releases to Savor
As we begin counting down the days to AMERICANAFEST and the onslaught of new roots music releases, this week's column offers very short takes on five new albums that should not get lost in the shuffle. We also have an update on some stellar vinyl re-issues that serve
BONUS TRACKS: Still Be Around
It’s hard to know where to begin this column. I think I’d better break with convention and begin with the end: This is goodbye.
Mostly.
Today is my last day on staff at No Depression, after 11 years of various little jobs here that eventually added up to
THE READING ROOM: Daniel Levitin Goes Back Inside the Brain for ‘Music as Medicine’
Most musicians recognize the transformative power of music and the ways it can stir up listeners’ emotions. During a concert, a band might play a defiant anthem that has the crowd jeering angrily about the song’s subject; at another moment, a different song might send waves of harmony through
ALBUM REVIEW: Shemekia Copeland Speaks Out at Full Strength on ‘Blame It on Eve’
Shemekia Copeland has never had a problem making herself heard. She fully inhabits any venue she appears in, live or on record. Her instrument is as awe-inspiring as a pipe organ, her vocals delivered with such intensity that you can feel her power blowing your hair back and rattling your