THROUGH THE LENS: Mountain Stage Celebrates 42 Years of Presenting Roots Music
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BONUS TRACKS: Changes at Folk Alley and IBMA, New Music from Keb' Mo' and Wyatt Flores, and More Roots Music News
For the last seven years or so, No Depression has been honored to share a metaphorical roof with Folk Alley. In 2019, the FreshGrass Foundation (No Depression's nonprofit publisher), brought Folk Alley into the fold, helping keep the 24-hour streaming radio service playing when its previous radio host
THE READING ROOM: ‘Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music’
In 1970, Linda Martell, the first Black woman to play the Grand Ole Opry, released her album Color Me Country. “Color Him Father,” the first single from the album, hit number twenty-two on the Billboard country charts. Over fifty years later, Beyoncé was the first Black person to win the
THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update - Uncle Tupelo, Robert Johnson, Tony Rice & Other Legends
Of all the vinyl updates this column has done, this is the one I am most excited about. The reissues featured below come from legends in virtually every music genre that ND covers: Uncle Tupelo (alt country); Tony Rice (bluegrass); Robert Johnson and BB King (blues); Jimmy Scott (jazz); The