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WHAT WE MISSED:
Grant Britt considers Nefesh Mountain's 'Beacons,' which showcases the impressive husband and wife team of Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff while incorporating the sounds of guest stars like Jerry Douglas, Rob McCoury and Greg Leisz. Read below!
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Some of the biggest Americana artists right now have surprising ties to a little-known folk punk community that’s fueled the genre in secret for more than 20 years.
Writer Devon Leger charts the trajectory of folk-punk from squats to stages. Read below!
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Here at No Depression, there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year.
First up: the heavenly harmonies of Folk Bitch Trio!
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It's Wednesday, which means you have just one week remaining to vote in the Year-End-Reader's Poll.
Pick your 10 top Roots Music Albums of the year at the link below.
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Holiday music can suck. But it doesn't have to.
If you've already heard "Last Christmas" one too many times this season, try our "Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck" playlist on for size.
📸 THROUGH THE LENS: ND Photographers’ Favorite Roots Albums of 2025 📸
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FRESH TRACK: “Low High” – Omer Netzer
Omer Netzer's new song channels smoke-filled bars, late-night confessions, and the volatile push-and-pull of a love that swings between chaos and calm. Check it out below!
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Raul Malo, frontman of The Mavericks, passed away due to cancer on Monday, December 8, 2025 at just 60 years old.
Below, read the passionate essay he wrote for ND's Winter 2020 issue. The entire ND team sends their condolences to the Malo and Mavericks families.
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Sabine McCalla, whose debut LP Don’t Call Me Baby came out November 7 via Gar Hole Records, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for November 2025!
Today, Sabine shares an essay related to her song 'Two of Hearts,' which we recently shared as an acoustic session.
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BONUS TRACKS is back! This week, read about the 25th Anniversary of 'O Brother Where Art Thou,' a Nashville tribute to Todd Snider, and more.
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VOTE for your favorite roots music albums of 2025!
Our annual Year-End-Readers Poll is LIVE at the link below – cast your vote through Dec. 17!
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Tommy Womack may lack the stoner persona of his late pal and fellow Nashvillian, Todd Snider, but they shared unflinching, warts-and-all emotional honesty and wise-guy charm.
Read Nick Cristiano's review of Womack's new album below:
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Kris Truelsen and Country Casserole bring it for the next installment of our ND sessions from Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion! Check out the full session below:
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Chris Thile is always up to something.
With occasional commentary from Spoiler, his family's Labrador-mutt, Thile checked in with ND to talk about his musical variety show (now in its second season on Audible) and his new album of Bach for mandolin. Read below:
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From the 1960s through the 1980s, a tiny corner of northwest Alabama produced some of soul, rock and pop's most timeless sounds.
Read Henry Carrigan's latest READING ROOM to learn more about Land of a Thousand Sessions: The Complete Muscle Shoals Story.
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'Tis the season for reflection! As the year winds down here at ND, we're bringing back our favorite tradition: asking our readers to tell us what music YOU loved most this year.
Head below to pick your favorites from nearly 600 titles we've tracked this year!
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Mercado 48, the new album from singer-songwriter Daniel Knox, was recorded over a two days in a Portuguese shop of the same name. Knox’s most unadorned work to date, these tracks brim with mystery and remarkable presence.
Read John Amen's review at the link below:
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There’s one big problem with the new Lettuce album – the weather isn't warm enough outside to enjoy it fully.
Perfect for a backyard cookout or a lazy drive with the windows down, 'Cook' generates more than enough heat to keep the winter blues at bay.
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Only one month left of 2025!
This week, thirteen ND photographers chime in with words and photos about their favorite roots music gigs of 2025. From Australia to the Caribbean Sea, it's a comprehensive look at the state of roots music today.
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Music icon, national treasure, and Grammy award-nominee Mavis Staples’ new album, Sad And Beautiful World, is out now!
Listen to the FRESH TRACK below!
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November was full of exciting releases, including multiple tributes to Merle Haggard, and new albums from Colter Wall, The Mammals, Mavis Staples, Spotlight artist Sabine McCalla, and more. Check out our best of November playlist below!
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Dude Cervantes and his Panchos are tear-the-joint-down bar band brawlers. The Southern California band's latest, The Ride or Die of Dude Cervantes and the Panchos, is too raucous and wiggly to be restrained – just cue it up-and hang on tight.
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Fundraiser ends today!
Last call for $5 print journals, and to donate to help ND reach our goal of 15k in new memberships and donations. Head below for journals, and donate at the button on our homepage.
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To celebrate the release of their second album, A Feather in a Hurricane (out Friday!) ND sat down with Oliver the Crow for our new “Top 5” series, where roots musicians share what they’re listening to at the moment.
Become an ND member today to check it out!
Jean-Michael Basquiat supposedly observed that "Art is how we decorate space. music is how we decorate time."
Trans musicians in particular can point to unique ways to relate to time, as Rachel Cholst explores in the latest QUEER COUNTRY column.
Jesse Sykes will not be rushed. On her first album in 14 years (and fifth overall), the Seattle explorer takes a leisurely excursion to the folkier side of psychedelia.
Read Jon Young's review below:
As readers in the US celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow, we’re re-sharing this story from the Fall 2022 issue of No Depression about roots musicians' complicated relationship with Thanksgiving songs about it.
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We're thrilled to continue our No Depression Session series in partnership with Lucinda's and Hiatus Tequila with a performance from Hunter Root!
Hunter Root joined us to share three songs from his current album Crooked Home.
Watch the full session here:
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Record Store Day is a great way to support your local record store and score some great music at the same time!
This Black Friday, a dizzying number of releases are available – to help you sort through, we've collected our top 10 recs from ND editors and writers.
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