Monthly Archives: January 2026

When The Country Grieves, Springsteen’s There For Us Again In the aftermath of 9/11, Bruce Springsteen was walking in his hometown of Freehold, New Jersey when a fan yelled out, “Bruce, we need you.” The comment kick-started Springsteen into writing songs for The Rising which summed up the country’s collective grief and provided hope when […]

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Kid Rock’s Congressional testimony about unfair ticketing practices was personal and persuasive. Continue reading…

Reading Alice Gerrard’s inviting and candid Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music (North Carolina, December 2, 2025) is much like sitting down with her in her front room or on her porch and listening to her regale us with tales of her relationships ( the musicians she&

“We’re investing in the musicians to keep sharing their music, to keep sharing their poetry for the people they play for, and then those people are going to look them up, and then those people are going to find others, and our work.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to No Depression’s newest column — Best of the Blues. Each month we’ve asked long-time No Depression contributor, Grant Britt, to round up some of his favorite new blues records for your listening pleasure.

Anybody who thinks that the blues is

It seems like Lucinda Williams needs music as much as the world needs her songs now… still. A beloved lyricist whose sound has too often been oversimplified as “too country for rock and too rock for country,” Williams is one of roots music’s patron saints

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Way more prestigious than American Idol. Hundreds braved the ice and cold in Nashville today to “audition” for country superstar Luke Combs and comedian Druski today in Nashville. Audition for what? I’m so glad you asked. If you’re not familiar with Druski, he’s the comedian behind hilarious skits like the one he released a few weeks ago mocking megachurch pastors, and his hilarious sketch going undercover as a white man at a NASCAR race. (Druski is, of course, not white). […]

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Get ready to get your Del on. Originally founded in 2008 by bluegrass legend Del McCoury, the festival has emerged in recent years as one of the premier festivals in bluegrass and roots music.

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