Daily Archives: April 30, 2026

Eric Church fans, you know who to root for. Iconic outdoors brand Field & Stream, as well as Chief’s on Broadway, the downtown Nashville bar owned by Church, have teamed up to sponsor the #67 car of 23XI Racing driver Corey Heim in the upcoming Cracker Barrel 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. It will be the second time Chief’s has been on the car for Heim, after sponsoring the part-time driver last year at Nashville in this […]

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David Allan Coe was one of country music’s most polarizing figures, but he also left a large-looming musical legacy. Continue reading…

Welcome to Handsome Club at Sea! We invited Kashus Culpepper and Abraham Alexander on stage during the Cayamo Cruise knowing that they would be a good duo interview, but we were not prepared for how much fun it was. We discussed several parallels for Abe and Kash: their boisterous singing voices, learning guitar as adults, intense histories with sports, and, of course, being very handsome. We introduce our conversation with the two musicians as “Handsome Club,” and ask them to speak about their relationship with beauty. Don’t sleep on the hilarious moment where we find out that both guys learned guitar from the one and only Marty Schwartz.

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The country superstar has disappeared from the public eye. Continue reading…

It was supposed to be one of the biggest tours of the summer. But right now, the only thing that’s big is the cavernous stadiums that need to be filled, and the availability in tickets that at some venues are upwards of 75%.

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Merlefest 2026 The 38th annual MerleFest, held from April 23–26, 2026, once again drew over 70,000 people to the small town of Wilkesboro, NC. Founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson by his father, Doc Watson, the festival is one of the largest music festivals in the country, creating a destination for lovers […]

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Charlie Winton – Shadowland Another Scott Mathews (Brian Wilson, Van Morrison) produced effort, recorded in Mill Valley, CA, showcases the raw-voiced Northern Californian-native Charlie Winton’s 8-cut Shadowland (Drops May 1/Independent/31:15). It starts with some vigorous music from the well-arranged & performed “Dreamin’s The Best.” By the time he slides into “Never Say Never” & “Shadowland,” […]

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Every now and then a book comes along and pulls back a curtain on tired ways of thinking, revealing the breadth and depth of movements or ideas that we’d taken for granted. Erin Osmon’s richly textured Won’t Back Down: Heartland Rock and the Fight

Editor’s Note: Vincent Neil Emerson, whose new LP Blue Stars came out April 17 via LaHonda Records, is No Depression’s Spotlight Artist for April 2026. Check out an in-depth profile of the Texan songwriter here and stay tuned for

Heather Mae should be going viral for her art: she has a commanding voice and a deft pen, just as competent writing sinuous electro-pop and affirming, heartbreaking folk music. She is not shy about her politics: her music is unapologetically queer, fat-positive, and condemning of repressive Evangelical Christianity. Her double