ALBUM REVIEW: Esther Rose's 'Want' Is Her Most Settled Record Yet
Much has been written and poetically waxed about the tricky existential conundrums of the Millennial generation. But no one seems to nail it quite like Esther Rose, who has been quietly building a catalogue of powerful, achingly beautiful songwriting for the past few years. Across lo-fi, twangy foot-stompers
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SPOTLIGHT: Valerie June - "I'm In Love" [VIDEO]
Editor’s Note: Valerie June is No Depression’s Spotlight Artist for April 2025. Learn more about her life and new album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, which was released April 11, in this feature.
Valerie June cozied up in her basement for a solo-acoustic version of her new song,
FRESH TRACK: Steve Bardwil Band - "Send 'Em Love"
The Steve Bardwil Band releases its debut album, Nothing But Time, produced by iconic 11-time Grammy award-winner Joe Chiccarelli and recorded/mixed at the famed East West Studios in Los Angeles.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Cleary's 'The Bywater Sessions' Celebrates New and Classic Crescent City Music
Jon Cleary is a monster. Devouring the sounds of New Orleans piano legends including Professor Longhair, James Booker, and Tuts Washington from his Cranbook, Kent home, the funky English pianist left for the Crescent City in 1980 in search of fresh hunting grounds for his insatiable musical appetite. Landing a
BONUS TRACKS: Songs for Earth Day and More Roots Music News
With Earth Day on Tuesday and Arbor Day today, we thought it prudent to share some roots music in honor of the planet, the trees, and our urgent, global need for environmental protections.
Nashville-based alt-country artists Jobi Riccio (ND review) released a new, one-off single on Earth
Inside The Entwined Stories of Loose Cattle's LP 'Someone’s Monster’ and Ex-Broadway Show 'Tammy Faye'
In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye Messner and her ex-husband Jim’s Christian television show, The PTL Club, flourished then flamed out in the white-hot, big bang of TV evangelism. Preachers like Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham proselytized directly into American living rooms though home TV sets