BONUS TRACKS: Study Explores Why Humans Everywhere Make Music
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about music as a uniting force and a universal language. Here at No Depression, we’ve recently published stories about music crossing national and cultural borders, as with the American Patchwork Quartet; music crossing genres, as exemplified by Béla Fleck’s work with
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Sharing in the Spirit,’ Ana Egge Stirs the Recipe for Hope
We’re all just looking for a reason to fall in love again. Maybe that’s with a person, a cause, ourselves, the world in general — or even just a new album. Ana Egge makes it all easy to do on her 13th album, Sharing in the Spirit. Egge hit
ALBUM REVIEW: Compassion Is the Compass for Tim Easton’s ‘Find Your Way’
“Think of everyone you hurt, starting with yourself,” sings Tim Easton on his latest album, Find Your Way, his voice expertly seasoned by the nearly three decades of his journeyman career. He repeats the refrain like a call and response: “Everyone you lied to, starting with yourself / Every broken promise,
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SPOTLIGHT: Kaia Kater Sizes Up What Matters in ‘Maker Taker’ [VIDEO]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaia Kater is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May. Learn more about her and her new album, Strange Medicine (out May 17 on Free Dirt Records), in our interview, and look for more all month long.
It takes a lot to be a maker.
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No Depression Sessions at Folk Alliance International 2024: AJ Lee & Blue Summit
California bluegrass band AJ Lee & Blue Summit stopped by the AEA Ribbon Mics suite at Folk Alliance International 2024 in Kansas City for a positively devastating No Depression Session featuring two songs from their forthcoming album, City of Glass, along with Lee’s solo performance of “Someone Please.”
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ALBUM REVIEW: Ani DiFranco Shakes Up the Script on ‘Unprecedented Sh!t’
When was the last time Ani DiFranco got weird with her music?
After the free-flowing eclecticism of her 2003 record Evolve, DiFranco settled into a comfortable, acoustic-folk groove. With the release of Unprecedented Sh!t, her 23rd album, she shakes things up again and presents 11 tracks that are marked