THE READING ROOM: Jane Eisner’s, ‘Carole King: She Made the Earth Move’
Carole King’s A Natural Woman (2012) remains one of the best music memoirs ever published. While many artists fill page after page with bawdy and salacious episodes on the road, in the motel room, on stage, and in the studio, King instead offers a measured and candid look
19 Sad Country Christmas Songs to Make You Weep This Holiday
Opry’s 100th Anniversary Tribute is Perfect Time to Reinstate Hank

Hank Williams III founded the The Reinstate Hank movement back in 2003 in an effort to get the Grand Ole Opry to recognize his grandfather who was kicked out for drunkeness and missing rehearsals in 1952.
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ALBUM REVIEW, What We Missed: Joelton Mayfield Unleashes a Tidal Wave Of Emotion on Killer Debut, ‘Crowd Pleaser’
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
Basic Folk podcast, eps. 333 – 2025 Wrap-Up Round Table with Kaïa Kater, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, and Isa Burke
There’s no one we trust more to wrap-up this wild and wacky year than Lizzie No, Kaïa Kater, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, and Isa Burke. Be a girl’s girl and join us for a sensational exchange between pals. Also: Cindy & Lizzie reflect on Basic Folk’s top and favorite episodes, Cayamo, Alaska, the pod’s new baby, and dogs (including the corn cob incident).
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Morgan Wallen Tops List of 10 Highest-Selling Country Artists
Riley Keough Is Mother of John Travolta’s Son, Lawsuit Claims
Cody Johnson Recalls Not Being Able To Afford Ramen Noodles One Christmas, & Then A Miracle Happened
A Christmas miracle. In 2021, Cody Johnson released his A Cody Johnson Christmas album, which is a ten-song project full of holiday classics, including Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December.” Of coures, that song was first released in 1973 as the lead single for Merle’s Christmas album Merle Haggard’s Christmas Present, but it later became the the title track to a non-Christmas album four months later, as well. A solo write by Merle, the song became one of the […]
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Trisha Yearwood’s Big Confidence Booster for Her Songwriting Is Husband Garth Brooks

Trisha Yearwood, 61, and Garth Brooks, 63, just hit the 20-year mark in their marriage. Wed on December 10, 2005, the country music power couple has released hit after hit and they are still going strong. Yearwood recently spoke candidly abut the role that Brooks plays in her songwriting. He probably isn’t perched beside her […]
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