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The FreshGrass Foundation , the 501(c)(3) organization that publishes No Depression , announced the FreshGrass Porchside Jubilee, taking place at the Porches Inn in North Adams, Massachusetts on October 3. Bluegrass groups Della Mae and East Nash Grass co-headline the half-day event with support by Mafer Bandola and
Yes, things are bad these days. While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the unending tide of awful news, the folks who speak out against despair and inequality can help raise the spirits. Chris Pierce is one. More than two decades into a career grounded in plainspoken folk-
Editor's Note: Sera Cahoone, whose new LP titled I've Missed You All These Years is due out August 28 via SubPop Records, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for August 2026. Read on to learn more about the percussionist and
Ray Wylie Hubbard’s latest album is alive. While the Texas music icon says it may be his last, throughout Reel 2 Reel 4 Real, chords shift and reshape, like restless muscles; rhythms snap, like bones into place; steel slithers and slinks, something awakening, yawning, stretching under the
Brennan Wedl has been making music for a long time, but it feels right that only now is she finally releasing a self-titled album. Her debut for ANTI-, Brennan Wedl, is an amalgamation of the sounds that have shaped her musical coming of age, consciously or not, but it&
A lot has happened on the vinyl front since the last update nearly three months ago. Not only have we been treated to definitive reissues (reviewed below) of albums by Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and blues legends Skip James and Albert King, but also albums by two underserved
With their latest album, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys navigate another set chock-full of drawls, twangs, harmonies, and foot-stomping rhythms. Welcome to the Club , like previous projects, honors the quintet’s heroes — Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers, among others — while effusing a contemporary flair,
The Chicks announced a 20th anniversary reissue of Taking the Long Way due out October 2 via Legacy Recordings. The reissue will be available as a triple-LP set and will include three previously unreleased demos and two rarities. The whole album, including the bonus tracks, will also be available
It’s been too long since we’ve heard from Elizabeth Cook. Now, six years after her last album, 2020’s Aftermath , she returns with her eighth studio album, Great Television , and it’s a welcome gift. The album appears at the same time as her
Waylon Wyatt joined us at the Hinterland Music Festival in Saint Charles, Iowa for a two-song No Depression Session to help celebrate the release of his debut album Dustpiles . Flanked by pedal steel guitarist Jack McLoughlin, Wyatt shared a stripped-down version of "Wishful Thinking" from Dustpiles
When the needle drops on Bronwyn’s latest record, Rattlin’ Bones , one thing that hasn’t changed and is quickly evident is the linchpin of her music: the incendiary fiddle playing, which is on full display straight through from the album’s opener (and lead single)
Forty years ago, on August 25, 1986, Paul Simon released his seminal album, Graceland . On it, Simon collaborated with a number of South African musicians, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vusi Kumalo, Bakithi Kumalo, and Ray Chikapa Phiri, among many others. As music historian Ashley Khan ( A Love Supreme ) points out
Waiting six years between records when you’re at the height of your powers might be like shooting yourself in the foot, but not for Phoebe Bridgers, whose cultural presence somehow looms even larger since the release of Punisher all the way back in 2020. This is, in large
While West Virginia flies under the radar for most people for most things, it is known around the world for its traditional roots music. This week’s column highlights Gerry Milnes, the 2026 recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship . Established in
