Mar 19, 2024 | Folk Alliance - Results, No Depression
No Depression Sessions at Folk Alliance International 2024: Ron Artis II “I can’t write anything that sums up his words more eloquently than the way he said them, so please stay tuned between the first and second song to hear his take on recognizing misfortune...
Feb 22, 2024 | Folk Alliance - Results, No Depression
Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, and Iris DeMent Honored at International Folk Music Awards “This year’s International Folk Music Awards, presented on the opening night of Folk Alliance International’s annual conference Wednesday, smiled on bluegrass-leaning roots...
Jan 17, 2024 | Folk Alliance - Results, No Depression
FAI Announces Honorees and 2023 Nominees for International Folk Music Awards “As Folk Alliance International gears up for its annual conference next month, it has announced the nominees for its International Folk Music Awards in the album, artist, and song...
Oct 11, 2023 | Ghalia Volt - Results, No Depression
ALBUM REVIEW: Ghalia Volt Supercharges Her Sound on Shout Sister Shout! “Volt looks like a rockabilly goddess from the ’50s with her pouffed-up pompadour and leather attire, and she sings like a harder rocking Wanda Jackson and plays guitar like a stone age...
Jun 15, 2023 | Annie Bartholomew - Results, No Depression
Annie Bartholomew Finds Musical Treasure in the Stories of Klondike Gold Rush Sex Workers “If Sisters of White Chapel marks Bartholomew’s emergence as a gifted storyteller, it’s just the latest stop on a winding trail.” | Read More at No...
Jan 9, 2023 | Folk Alliance - Results, No Depression
International Folk Music Awards Nominees and Honorees Announced “Folk music-fomenting nonprofit Folk Alliance International has announced the nominees for this year’s International Folk Music Awards.” | Read More at No...
Oct 21, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Results, No Depression
“Folk Alliance International’s annual conference is set for next February, and details about the event are beginning to come into view.” | Read More at No...
Sep 21, 2022 | MMRF - Results, No Depression
Music Maker Songbook Shows Off Blues’ Best and Invites Playing Along “This Music Maker compilation is one of the best the foundation has put out to date, an in-depth look and listen of the treasures these elders still have to offer.” | Read More at No...
Aug 23, 2022 | No Depression, Nora Brown - Results
At 17, Nora Brown Taps Into Past Generations With Her Banjo “From the instruments Nora Brown plays and company she keeps, to the research and knowledge enabling her to fully occupy the music she interprets, it’s evident the bloodlines of banjo lore run thick in...
May 31, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Results, No Depression
Through the Lens: Connections and Community at 2022 Folk Alliance International “FAI brings the biggest names in roots music together with lesser known, yet significant purveyors of the folk music tradition on a stage as equals.” | Read More at No...
Mar 21, 2022 | MMRF - Results, No Depression
New Recording Shows Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins Rocking Hard “But slap a guitar in her hands, turn on the stage lights, and Beverly Watkins was transformed from a mild-mannered church lady into a rocking avenger, shredding anything that dared stand in her...
Mar 3, 2022 | Anne Harris - Results, No Depression
Believing In and Practicing Magic: Anne Harris on Why Her Next Violin Will Make History “Sometimes you do a thing because you are called forth to do it. A calling loud enough to override fear.” | Read More at No...
Feb 2, 2022 | MMRF - Results, No Depression
Album Review: Pianist Albert Smith’s Songs Pack Healing and Heart into Big Belly Mama “Albert Smith’s music has a smile in it. No matter the subject, the South Carolina pianist’s rattly, rollicking keyboard accompaniment creases a listeners’ face with happy...
Jul 29, 2021 | Howard Grimes - Results, No Depression
Drummer Howard Grimes Weaves Memphis Through His Memoir “The book takes us through episodes from Grimes’ years at Stax Records and Hi Records in Memphis, growing up in Memphis and how the music scene has changed since then, and memories of the many musicians for...
Sep 17, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results, No Depression
The Reading Room: Art, Music, and History Merge in Hanging Tree Guitars “North Carolinian Freeman Vines is one such luthier, though until now his story has been little known outside of his small patch of ground in eastern North Carolina.” | Read More at...
