Rhiannon Giddens Starts Biscuits & Banjos Music Festival to Celebrate Black Culture
Rhiannon Giddens is starting a music festival. The Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning musician announced today that her first Biscuits & Banjos music festival will take place in Durham North Carolina next April as a celebration of Black music, art, and culture and the 20th anniversary of the Black Banjo Gathering.
THROUGH THE LENS: Roots Music Legends Abound at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024
Every October the eyes and ears of roots music fans everywhere turn to the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. The Park’s landscape includes 680 forested acres, 130 acres of meadows, and 33 acres of lakes, but it’s the one-of-a-kind fest Hardly Strictly Bluegrass that draws our
No Depression Sessions AMERICANAFEST 2024: Aoife O'Donovan
Grammy-Award winner Aoife O’Donovan joined us in the Carter-Cash dressing room in Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium for her No Depression Session at AMERICANAFEST '24. O'Donovan shared two songs including the title track from her current album All My Friends, leading with a devastating acapella
ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Deep Feeler,’ Liv Greene Gets to Know Herself, and Invites Us To, Too
The scary side effect of really getting to know yourself is the sudden inability to be anything but honest. Liv Greene has learned that in the sweetest way, spinning self-awakening into the golden-hued songs that make up her second album Deep Feeler. Self-care mingles with harsh realities, deep comfort with
ALBUM REVIEW: With Solo Debut, ‘Dear Life,’ Brenna MacMillan Delivers a Bluegrass Reflection on Life
From the opening notes of Brenna MacMillan's debut solo album Dear Life, her authenticity shines through. The album is a collection of original songs, which opens with the autobiographical "What's to Come?" revealing, "I grew up Kentucky born – Texas mom, dad from the
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SPOTLIGHT: Joy Clark 'Lesson' [VIDEO]
EDITOR'S NOTE: Joy Clark is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for Oct. 2024. Learn more about her and her new album, Tell it to the Wind (out Oct. 4 on Righteous Babe Records), in this interview, and look for more all month long.
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