Yearly Archives: 2026

There’s a lot of “country guys” on the Atlanta Braves, but one player in particular takes the cake. Some members of the Braves recently sat down with us on the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast. Third baseman Austin Riley, utility player Kyle Farmer, and the voice of the Braves Radio Network, Ben Ingram, all carved time out of their 162-game schedule to talk about their favorite country artists, how the locker room is full of “Ella Fellas,” and how the Atlanta […]

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There is confirmation that street teams have been handing out Clovis during CMA Fest this week in Nashville, and two Charley Crockett semis are parked just outside of the CMA perimeter, repping the independent country star.

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For the last seven years or so, No Depression has been honored to share a metaphorical roof with Folk Alley. In 2019, the FreshGrass Foundation (No Depression‘s nonprofit publisher), brought Folk Alley into the fold, helping keep the 24-hour streaming radio service playing when its previous radio host

Denise La Grassa – A Crossroads Communion If you’re looking for an original singer with a distinctive brand, Chicago-born Denise La Grassa is the ticket. She has the pipes, but isn’t like any of the well-known high-octane female belters of the past. There’s a quirky, deep-throated, polished hell-bent tonality to Ms. La Grassa that stands […]

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The Gated Community – Goodbye Work Wonderful music continues to cross my desk. Lots of talent. Some lack direction, but this Minneapolis-based Gated Community isn’t one. They have a light touch & a melodic vitality. The bright “Hand In the Air” opens the set (not listed on my CD, it’s out of sequence), sung with […]

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Spike &The Gandy Dancers  What You Gonna Be? This album was released earlier (2025), but this is the main push. It starts with a pensive ballad sung in a strong, authoritative voice by Peter VanDusartz (aka Spike), who plays acoustic guitar. The introductory “Be Here Now Now” is engaging, while track 2 is unnecessarily steeped […]

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Canadian songwriter Cat Clyde shared two songs from her fourth full-length album Mud Blood Bone with us on her “day off” between shows at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, and Club Passim in Cambridge.

Between songs, Clyde discussed the album’s creation, including her collaboration

A voice like Charlie Marie’s doesn’t come along too often, but when people were floored by it in 2021 upon release of her phenomenal, hard-won debut Ramble On, she wasn’t prepared for the reverberations. As her golden-throated country songs were finally catching on, her

Coby Acuff goes full-blown Outlaw on ‘Handmade Horsepower,’ laying grooves down, giving into two-tone beats, featuring a little phaser on the guitar every now and then, and getting outright mouthy about the ills of the music industry.

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Looks like Morgan Wallen is ready to drop some new music any day now. Of course, he released his monster fourth studio album I’m The Problem in May of 2025, and he did go on a 20-show tour of the same name last year too, but since then, he’s been pretty quiet, though he did put out a studio cut of his cover of “Graveyard Whistling” in October of last year, which fans thought could potentially be part of a deluxe edition of I’m […]

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