Something More Than Perfection
Every six months I compile a list of what I consider are the top ten songs and top ten albums released in that period. Each June and December I tend to write something fairly in depth about what I consider the best album release was in the preceding six months.
The Friday That Took Tater: Remembering Jimmy Dickens
It was a Friday night but not just any Friday night. In the moments leading up to the Grand Ole Opry's first weekend episode in the new year of 2015, word came that it had lost one of its own, the 94-year-old balladeer known as Little
Sister Sadie: A Groundbreaking Band
Sister Sadie, a five-member super band composed of premier performers from across the bluegrass spectrum, first came together as what looked like something of a lark for a “one-off” show at the Station Inn in Nashville.
The Station Inn's history dates back to the mid-'
When Lemmy Met Wanda Jackson
The last time I saw Lemmy Kilmister, we were sitting in a small room just off the side of the stage at Amoeba Records on Sunset Boulevard. He was holding a bottle of Jack Daniels with one hand while a too-young blonde, who was trying awfully hard to look
Your Top 50 Albums of 2015
Here we are at the end of another year, and it was quite a year in roots music.
Here at No Depression, we returned to the printed page with the first of many magazines to come. (I'm currently in the baby stages of pulling together the Spring 2016
Take the Leap with Shane Smith & The Saints on 'Geronimo'
Quickly garnering a following for their well-crafted songs and exuberant live shows, Shane Smith & The Saints released their sophomore album, Geronimo, on September 11th. Self-Produced and recorded in Austin, Dallas and Nashville, the collection consists of fifteen detailed story songs vividly brought to life by Smith (Vocals,