ALBUM REVIEW: Amy Rigby Carves Out Her Own Definition of Cool
What does it mean to be “cool” after 60, and does it even matter? Amy Rigby is getting to the heart of it on her latest record, Hang in There With Me, expressing the universal feeling that one is always just their younger self trapped in an aging body, looking
The Universal Language of Bluegrass in La Roche
The crowd filed into the festival grounds at this year’s Bluegrass in La Roche in eastern France as the hot August sun began to set, offering a little relief to festivalgoers. The band Blue Weed, from Italy, was wrapping up their first song on the main stage. This annual
BONUS TRACKS: Music Shares the Spotlight at the Democratic Convention
Music had a front-row seat at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with announced guests and plenty of surprises (including Jason Isbell!) getting the spotlight right alongside the politicians speaking. Another way music was featured was during Tuesday night’s traditional roll call, when each state’s delegation
FOUNDERS’ KEEPERS: Two Thompsons, Jon Langford, and Madeleine Peyroux
The curse of Linda Thompson is that she is known principally for the exquisite agony of 1982's Shoot Out the Lights, the divorce album she recorded and toured behind with soon-to-be-ex-husband, Richard. And for her voice, no small gift but rendered undependable by a condition called spasmodic dysphonia.
ALBUM REVIEW: Guy Davis Casts a Country Blues Spell on ‘The Legend of Sugarbelly’
Guy Davis has been telling stories for a long time. In the 1980s he followed in the footsteps of his illustrious parents, actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, appearing in movies and on TV. But for the last three decades, his focus has been music, on record and on stage,
SPOTLIGHT: Wild Ponies on Finding Luck, Love, and a Creative Community
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wild Ponies are No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2024. Learn more about them and their new album, Dreamers, coming Aug. 23 on No Evil Records, in our interview. And watch them perform “Breathe” from the album just for ND readers in this video.
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