THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update & Other New Roots Music Releases

In 2025, the world got a little quieter as a large chorus of musician’s voices fell silent. The list of artists who died last year includes soul icons Brenton Wood and Sam Moore, metal innovator Ozzy Osbourne, folk legend Peter Yarrow, songwriting genius Brian Wilson, and consummate Americana storyteller

If you're reading this, you have a sense of how deeply important No Depression is to independent roots music. Maybe you've been reading since the glossy magazine days of the 1990s (I have a vivid memory of picking up this issue with Lucinda Williams on the