No Depression's Best of June 2025
ALBUM REVIEW: Stillhouse Junkies Deliver Ambitious Concept Album, 'The Ballad of Charlie Avalon'
The Ballad of Charlie Avalon, Stillhouse Junkies’ new concept album, demonstrates the powerful vocal and instrumental arrangements of the Colorado bluegrass band at their best. To describe the project as “ambitious” is an understatement. What fans loved about the band’s distinct sound on Small Towns remains intact, but this
The Best Albums of 2025 So Far
This year has alternately flow and dragged by. But roots artists have been steadily releasing top-notch music all year long. As we arrive at its midpoint, No Depression writers and editors reflect on their favorite albums of the year, so far.
10. Valerie June – Owls
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FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Sticking to the Music of James McMurtry and Mark Rubin
FRESH TRACK: Willi Carlisle - "Beeswing"
Within his heart and his music, folksinger Willi Carlisle holds tight the conviction that love is bigger than hate and no one is expendable. Deemed by Paste as, "One of country music’s most important and unmistakable voices,” Carlisle’s music has always been a dance between spectacle and
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