Ironic that just after
moshing with Peter Blackstock, we learn that his
No Depression magazine is being shuttered after the next issue. ND was born the journal of the alt-country universe. It's name was an homage to the Carter Family song made famous to a new generation by
Uncle Tupelo. It later broadened its theme to try to encompass all flavors of Americana, and each issue is filled with stories, and reviews, and ads addressed to bluegrass, alt-country, country, and other inidgenous musical flavors.
ND is the only magazine I subscribe to; have from the (nearly) the beginning. To be honest, I get it for the ads as much as anything else. Each month, I dog ear the pages hawking the CDs I want to buy, then supplement that with the reviews and other stories.
RIP No Depression.
I'm going where there's no Depression
To a better land that's free from
care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in heaven
I'm going there.
1 comment:
Oddly, I never subscribed to ND, and only read it once or twice. I don't know why. Anyway, it's demise is a shame.
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