ALBUM REVIEW: Boy Golden Reports Honestly From the Bright Side on ‘For Eden’
Boy Golden makes weightless music in heavy times.
“Untitled,” the closing track of his new album, For Eden, documents the weightlessness of youth: of drinking in the same three bars, serving drinks for a living, playing local shows, looking forward into the great expanse of future. Boy Golden — aka Canadian
IBMA Announces Nominees for 2024 Bluegrass Music Awards + Hall of Fame Inductees
The International Bluegrass Music Association announced its 2024 award nominees live today from the SiriusXM studios in Nashville.
The live announcement, helmed by SiriusXM host Joey Black and musicians Dailey & Vincent, also revealed the 2024 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and IBMA’s Distinguished Achievement Award
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Borned in Ya,’ Melissa Carper Roams the Full Range of Her Country Sound
She may have borrowed the album title, Borned in Ya, from an old interview with Ralph Stanley, but it couldn’t be better suited to anyone than Melissa Carper. Quite literally, she’s got the bona fides. Carper was raised on the classics — Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles — and
THROUGH THE LENS: Seven of the Summer’s Coolest New Country and Blues Releases
We are in the midst of a flood of new roots music releases right now, and invariably some extraordinary ones will slip through the cracks. This week's column seeks to correct that a bit by featuring short takes (and of course, photos!) on two albums, two EPs, two
SPOTLIGHT: Watch AJ Lee and Blue Summit Perform ‘Hillside’ 10,000 Feet Above Sea Level
EDITOR’S NOTE: AJ Lee and Blue Summit are No Depression’s Spotlight band for July 2024. Learn more about them and their new album, City of Glass (out July 19 on Signature Sounds) in our interview, and look for more all month long.
AJ Lee and Blue Summit’s
BONUS TRACKS: 431 (!!!) Live Recordings from Bob Dylan
Most live albums feature maybe a concert’s worth of songs, whether recorded all in one performance or collected from different points along a tour. But Bob Dylan isn’t most artists. His 1974 Live Recordings collection announced this week will deliver a whopping 431 tracks (the real number! not