No Depression: Roots Music and Culture Journalism

The FreshGrass Foundation, the 501(c)(3) organization that publishes No Depression, announced the FreshGrass Porchside Jubilee, taking place at the Porches Inn in North Adams, Massachusetts on October 3. Bluegrass groups Della Mae and East Nash Grass co-headline the half-day event with support by Mafer Bandol...

Yes, things are bad these days. While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the unending tide of awful news, the folks who speak out against despair and inequality can help raise the spirits. Chris Pierce is one. More than two decades into a career grounded in plainspoken folk-pop, this California troubadour continues to champion social justice and the need for empathy in daily li...

Editor's Note: Sera Cahoone, whose new LP titled I've Missed You All These Years is due out August 28 via SubPop Records, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for August 2026. Read on to learn more about the percussionist and singer-songwriter and stay tuned for more from her all month long.

For the last several years, Seattle-...

Ray Wylie Hubbard’s latest album is alive. 

While the Texas music icon says it may be his last, throughout Reel 2 Reel 4 Real, chords shift and reshape, like restless muscles; rhythms snap, like bones into place; steel slithers and slinks, something awakening, yawning, stretching under the meat of his grizzled Americana. 

Tracked directly to analog tape, ...

Brennan Wedl has been making music for a long time, but it feels right that only now is she finally releasing a self-titled album. Her debut for ANTI-, Brennan Wedl, is an amalgamation of the sounds that have shaped her musical coming of age, consciously or not, but it’s also a defining set that demands attention, repeat listens, and cranked-up volume. Wedl sings lik...