ALBUM REVIEW: Kelsey Walden looks to the future while interrogating the past on 'Every Ghost'
Since signing to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 2019, Kelsey Waldon has established herself as a defining talent among her generation of country musicians, penning homegrown, lived-in songs that veered from immensely personal (like 2019’s “Kentucky, 1988”) to societal critiques (“Lived and Let Go” from that same
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Brandy Zdan, Kam Franklin, and Julia Nunes
Typically, I'm unfamiliar with the artists I cover in this column until I run across a campaign that looks interesting and spend some time on YouTube. Considering many crowdfunders are regionally-known acts who are releasing their first or second album, this isn't surprising. But there are
ALBUM REVIEW: Love, Legacy, and the Long Road to Lukas Nelson’s 'American Romance'
After more than a decade of leading his band Promise of the Real, Lukas Nelson is going solo with the more personal writing that emerges on his official debut, American Romance. A collection of love songs to the roads that raised him as a young adult constantly on tour, and
Radio Bristol’s 'High-Tech Vintage'
Editor's Note: This feature originally ran in the Fall-Winter 2018 "Innovate" issue of No Depression. In honor of the 10th anniversary of Radio Bristol's flagship program, "Farm and Fun Time," we've decided to share the story online now. Additionally, during
ALBUM REVIEW: S.G. Goodman’s ‘Planting by the Signs’’ Heat Lightning, Hymns, and Other Forces of Nature
The oxytocin-induced delirium of an early romance; the blurred line between dreams and memories; the surreal, blink-and-you-miss-it flicker of heat lightning in a dark, distant sky. There is mysticism in the everyday—being in love, planting a garden, reuniting with an old friend as you grieve another. On her third
ALBUM REVIEW: D.K. Harrell Struts His Stuff in High Style on ‘Talkin’ Heavy’
D’Kieran Harrell clearly loves his work. With every exuberant turn of phrase, and each sharp guitar lick, the Louisiana-born showman displays a pure joy in performing that’s hard to resist. Intended for both blues purists and fans of a broader range of roots styles, his stellar sophomore album,