In the Deep End with Brennen Leigh
“Everything’s bigger in Texas / that includes heartache, too,” country singer/songwriter Brennen Leigh sings on “Alone In The Lone Star,” off her latest album. Leigh, who’s a meticulous explorer of country music subgenre ought to know, after all. Her hefty catalogue and trove of personal knowledge encompass not
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SPOTLIGHT: William Prince - "All The Same [VIDEO]
Editor's Note: William Prince is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for October 2025. Learn more about his new album, Further From the Country, in this deeply personal essay and stay tuned for more from Prince all month long.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Rockabilly Patriarch Carl Perkins Shines Bright on ‘Some Things Never Change’
In its mid-‘50s heyday, Sun Records launched the careers of some high-wattage talents, among them Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison. Though not the first name that comes to mind when you think of the revolutionary Memphis label, Carl Perkins got his start there,
ALBUM REVIEW: Jonny Fritz Is Still Goofing — And Still Getting to the Point on ‘Debbie Downers’
Jonny Fritz long ago established himself as a kind of reliable clown of country music, recording genuinely great songs that always toed the line of absurdity. A master of people-watching and zooming in on the funniest details of the mundane—the gravity of trash pick-up day, the characters
A Postcard From Jillian Jacqueline
EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression’s “Postcard From” series features dispatches from artists' daily lives on the road, in the studio, or anywhere in between. Our next installment comes from Nashville singer-songwriter Jillian Jacqueline, whose new album MotherDaughterSisterWife was released on October 17, 2025.
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FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Re-Release of Tony Joe White’s ‘The Real Thang’ Certainly Is
It is possible, with very little effort, to stream live video of Elvis Presley singing “Polk Salad Annie,” back during his final credibility scare, and then of the songwriter, Tony Joe White, singing it on network T.V. with the host of “The Johnny Cash Show” (oh yeah, that'