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No Depression: Roots Music and Culture Journalism

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This week's news recap is both a reminder to "just keep swimming" and to keep supporting live and independent music amongst the horrors.

Of the horrors out of Washington, the Kennedy Center will likely close this summer for the...


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Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion '25 drew us even deeper into the rich history of recorded music in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee and Virginia. It's coming up on a century since Ralph Peer's 1927 Bristol Sessions introduced Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family t...


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Editor's Note: Big Richard, whose new LP Pet is out February 6 via Signature Sounds, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for February 2026. Stay tuned for more from Big Richard all month long.

Just weeks after federal agents murdered multiple people in Minneapolis under the Trump administration’s wildl...


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Vividly present and strangely distant at once, John Craigie haunts the tender landscapes of I Swam Here like a ghost imparting an urgent message. If the gently alluring melodies and mild-mannered singing suggest a man on a mission to soothe, his crafty lyrics tell a different story, stirring up specters of death, loneliness, and other unnerving spirits. Existential d...


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