Daily Archives: December 22, 2025

It’s hard to overstate Joe Ely’s influence. When your admirers range from Bruce Springsteen to the Clash, it says everything about both your reach and your range. Ely helped lay the groundwork for what became alt-country/Americana—starting with the Flatlanders—and then spent the rest of his career embodying Texas music in its fullest sense: folk storytelling, […]

Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an

The results are in for one of our favorite traditions! We asked our writers, editors, and photographers what albums they couldn’t stop listening to this year. Collectively, the responses covered nearly 100 albums and reminded us just how broad and diverse the roots music world is. Our top

We spy two familiar faces during Blake Shelton’s ‘The Road’ finale performance: It’s Zuma and Apollo Rossdale! Continue reading…