In the Deep End With … Alejandro Escovedo
A funny thing happened on Alejandro Escovedo’s way to the studio.
As he was en route to Italy to record an album of new songs formed largely through improvisation, he listened back to Por Vida, a 2003 tribute album made by friends and admirers to provide financial support and
FRESH TRACK: Waxahatchee – 'Right Back To It'
Waxahatchee, the solo project of Alabama-born and Kansas City-based Katie Crutchfield, is returning with her most confident and resilient album to date. Her first on new label home ANTI-, Tigers Blood is available now.
ALBUM REVIEW: John Moreland Emerges From Time Off the Grid With Clear-Eyed Songs of ‘Visitor’
This has been a Sabbath season of sorts for John Moreland.
Moreland, often referred to as a “songwriter’s songwriter,” is a prolific bard with a steady stream of releases, which made his need to get off of the grid recently less about locating the muse and more about a
BONUS TRACKS: New Music Documentaries and a Songwriter with 24,000 Songs
We’ve covered some very prolific songwriters at No Depression, but none of them hold a candle, numbers-wise, to Matt Farley. Farley, under various artist names, has written more than 24,000 songs, all uploaded to Spotify, which is exactly the point. The aim is to create songs that come
THE READING ROOM: ‘High Bias’ Unfurls the History of Cassette Tapes
Somewhere between vinyl records and CDs, music lovers started collecting their favorites on a small, portable product that could hold 60-90 minutes of recorded music: the cassette tape.
Although the technology of storing music on cassettes was available in the early 1960s, it took devices such as Sony’s Walkman
ALBUM REVIEW: Old 97’s Live for the Moment on ‘American Primitive’
After 30 years, Old 97’s came in more unprepared than ever.
On their 13th album, American Primitive, the Dallas-born band holed up with producer Tucker Martine to celebrate three decades as a musical brotherhood with zero pre-production for the first time. Suddenly vocalist Rhett Miller, guitarist Ken Bethea, bassist