BONUS TRACKS: Disney’s (Alt)Country Bear Jamboree Reopens With Familiar Voices
In case you haven’t been staying on top of your Disney news, the Country Bear Jamboree audio-animatronic show at Disney World has been shuttered for most of the year for a makeover. Why am I telling you this? Because the bears are now voiced by some familiar folks to
JOURNAL EXCERPT: 'The Air As Your Territory': Tracing the Legacy of Civil Rights Music
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt of a story from our Summer 2021 journal issue, exploring the theme of “Voices.” We share it today in honor of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, who passed away this week at the age of 81. Reagon is featured in this piece written by
JOURNAL EXCERPT: The People and Moments That Have Propelled Béla Fleck
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a profile in our Summer 2024 journal issue of the issue's guest editor, Béla Fleck. You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription to keep our
ALBUM REVIEW: Boy Golden Reports Honestly From the Bright Side on ‘For Eden’
Boy Golden makes weightless music in heavy times.
“Untitled,” the closing track of his new album, For Eden, documents the weightlessness of youth: of drinking in the same three bars, serving drinks for a living, playing local shows, looking forward into the great expanse of future. Boy Golden — aka Canadian
IBMA Announces Nominees for 2024 Bluegrass Music Awards + Hall of Fame Inductees
The International Bluegrass Music Association announced its 2024 award nominees live today from the SiriusXM studios in Nashville.
The live announcement, helmed by SiriusXM host Joey Black and musicians Dailey & Vincent, also revealed the 2024 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and IBMA’s Distinguished Achievement Award
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Borned in Ya,’ Melissa Carper Roams the Full Range of Her Country Sound
She may have borrowed the album title, Borned in Ya, from an old interview with Ralph Stanley, but it couldn’t be better suited to anyone than Melissa Carper. Quite literally, she’s got the bona fides. Carper was raised on the classics — Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles — and