BONUS TRACKS: Box Set Celebrating Black Country Artists Gets 21st-Century Update
A quarter century ago, country musician Cleve Francis and college professor Nelson Wilson saw a gap in the story of country music that was being presented to mainstream audiences. To help tell a fuller story, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Warner Music Nashville worked together on
ALBUM REVIEW: Songs and Sounds of Social Justice Fire Up The Reverend Shawn Amos’ ‘Soul Brother No. 1’
Adopting James Brown's mantle as Soul Brother No. 1 for an album title is a ballsy move. But it quickly becomes apparent that on his latest project, The Reverend Shawn Amos is not trying to subvert Brown's legacy or sound, but rather carrying on the tradition
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Anniversary,’ Adeem the Artist Draws From Their Beautiful, Impossible American Life
Rockers. Love ballads. Tragedies and picket songs. They’re all here on Adeem the Artist’s Anniversary. Recorded over five days with Butch Walker and a slate of Nashville’s finest, Anniversary is Adeem’s follow-up to 2022’s White Trash Revelry (ND story), which landed them a nomination for
ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Smither Cuts Deep on ‘All About the Bones’
Nobody blends groove and gravitas quite like Chris Smither.
The folk-blues master leads off his new album with the title song, “All About the Bones.” Over a seductive mid-tempo rhythm burnished by his own deftly picked guitar, Chris Cheek's late-night sax, and BettySoo’s ethereal backing vocals, Smither
ALBUM REVIEW: Loud or Soft, Will Kimbrough Gets It Out of His System on ‘For the Life of Me’
Mention the name Will Kimbrough and the word “collaboration” often springs to mind, such is the long and rich list of his musical partners: Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Todd Snider, Shemekia Copeland, and Gretchen Peters to name only some. Among all these collaborations he has an equally impressive list of
SPOTLIGHT: Kaia Kater Mixes Her Own Cure on ‘Strange Medicine’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaia Kater is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2024. Look for more about her and her new album, Strange Medicine (out May 17 on Free Dirt Records), all month long.
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