ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Homegrown' Cole Quest and the City Pickers Deftly Move the Legacy of Woody Guthrie Along in All the Right Ways
Homegrown, the fourth album from the New York City-based Cole Quest and the City Pickers, opens with the voice of Pete Seeger reading the words of Woody Guthrie: “There’s a feeling in music, and it carries you back down the road you have traveled and makes you travel
Hitchhiking the Appalachian Trail: An Essay by Ketch Secor
EDITOR'S NOTE: Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor wrote this vivid essay for the Spring 2018 "Appalachia" issue of No Depression and we're resharing it in honor of his debut solo album Story The Crow Told Me, which came out July 11 on
FRESH TRACK: The Pleasures - "WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID"
"WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID" ushers in an evolution in The Pleasures’ sound with bigger, bolder, and more riff laden moments. It's a country duet seen through a '90s alt-rock lens – with discernible shades of Sheryl Crow and even Tom Petty in its mid-
ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Who Wants to Talk About Love?' Jade Bird Does
With her first two albums, Jade Bird demonstrated an affinity for country, folk-rock, and pop templates. On her latest, Who Wants to Talk About Love?, she again explores genre intersections and overlaps. While the integrations she reaches for don’t always come to fruition, the project does highlight her
THROUGH THE LENS: The 2025 Waterfront Blues Festival Presented an Eclectic Mix of Blues, Soul & Funk to a Discerning Audience
ALBUM REVIEW: Rick Faris Explores Life’s Ups and Downs on 'Life’s Parade'
With the release of Life’s Parade, his fourth solo album, Rick Faris cements his place in bluegrass music as a performer and songwriter. The songs on the album cover the gamut of bluegrass themes in a fresh way—love and heartbreak, loneliness and gratitude—sometimes offering sage advice for