Folk music-fomenting nonprofit Folk Alliance International has announced the nominees for this year’s International Folk Music Awards. The awards, which honor the best song, album,....
https://www.nodepression.com/international-folk-music-awards-nominees-and-honorees-announced/

The title comes from “Stompin’ at the Savoy,” a swing jazz standard honoring the famed Harlem ballroom that has personal relevance for Taj, as he....
https://www.nodepression.com/taj-mahal-to-pay-tribute-to-the-classics-on-savoy/

The awards recognize blues artists in a number of subgenres, including traditional blues, soul blues, contemporary blues, blues rock, and acoustic blues, as well as....
https://www.nodepression.com/john-nemeth-shemekia-copeland-lead-blues-music-award-nominees/

Voraciously curious, endlessly knowledgeable, and unflaggingly energetic about bringing buried music history to light, Dom Flemons reminds us he can also craft songs for his....
https://www.nodepression.com/dom-flemons-gets-personal-for-traveling-wildfire-coming-in-march/

“Roots music” is often used to describe different styles of American music. The mind jumps to the American South, or to the folk lyricism of....
https://www.nodepression.com/what-is-roots-music/

Hot on the heels of our annual Readers Poll, we checked in with No Depression’s staff and contributors to get their takes on the best....
https://www.nodepression.com/critics-poll-nd-writers-favorite-roots-music-albums-of-2022/

In the summer of 2020, I applied for The Common Good Masterclass for Artists hosted by Western States Center in Portland, Oregon. As a singer-songwriter....
https://www.nodepression.com/ana-egge-on-lessons-in-poland-from-a-past-that-haunts-the-present/

At the time, none of the members of the band realized the impact the album would have; all they had in mind was making music....
https://www.nodepression.com/after-50-years-will-the-circle-be-unbroken-still-bridges-generations

Through the Lens Amos Perrine presents his 10 favorite roots music albums of 2022, including Tami Neilson, John Moreland, and more With photos. On a....
https://www.nodepression.com/through-the-lens-my-2022-in-review-the-best-of-everything/

In what is now a holiday tradition, No Depression brings you the best of the year’s new batch of roots music songs celebrating the season.....
https://www.nodepression.com/the-2022-no-depression-guide-to-holiday-music-that-doesnt-suck/