SPOTLIGHT: John R. Miller’s ‘The Great Unknowing’ Is a Thoughtful Education on The World’s Crumbling
Editor's Note: John R. Miller, whose new LP titled The Great Unknowing came out today via Rounder Records, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for July 2026. Read more about Miller's fifth album and stay tuned for more from him all month long.
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BONUS TRACKS: Uncertainty at Levon Helm Studios, New Willi Carlisle LP Produced by Tyler Childers, and More Roots Music News
Breaking news out of Woodstock, New York this week illuminated deep fissions among the ownership of Levon Helm Studios. Levon, of course, was a beloved, co-founding member of The Band and established this space, affectionately just known as The Barn, in 1975. In the early 2000s, as he was
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Maya de Vitry, Rio Tripiano, and David Wax Museum
Most months, all three of my featured campaigns come from Kickstarter. That's because Kickstarter is, by far, the biggest crowdfunding platform around for music. But there are others, including some unconventional ones, which deserve attention as well. This month they get it as all of my featured campaigns
THE READING ROOM: Craig Havighurt’s ‘Musicality for Modern Humans’
We often refer to certain pieces of music, usually popular songs or albums associated with memorable experiences (whether happy or sad) or significant swathes of time, as the soundtrack of our lives. Every now and then, a song comes on the radio and in that moment we’re transported to
ALBUM REVIEW: Cinder Well’s Austere ‘A Blooming Body’ Finds Fascination in the Everyday
Amelia Baker delivers her austere songs with the sober bearing of someone imparting fateful news. For a decade the California native, who records as Cinder Well, has excelled at an unadorned brand of folk that rewards full attention, performing spare tunes in a gently commanding voice. Teasing deeper meanings from
In The Deep End With Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell’s been around the block, literally and figuratively. As a sometimes secondary character in alternative country music’s schism from establishment norms in the 1970s, he formed fast friendships and collaborations with stalwarts like Guy Clark and Emmylou Harris (with whom he played in her Hot Band and