Some of you might have been familiar with the music magazine No Depression when it was published from 1995 until last year. Outstanding magazine that covered alt-country, roots, americana . . . a fairly broad umbrella - with a majority of artists that fell a bit outside of the mainstream or were hard to classify. It featured some great writing, from artist profiles to history, reviews and local/regional scene coverage. . . . anyway, it was something I looked forward to six times a year.
So ND has now morphed into a music social networking site - http://community.nodepression.com/. . . it's a growing location to connect to music resources - musicians, fans, writers, bloggers, reviewers, music, videos, etc. And this week, the entire archive of No Depression magazine is available through the site! NoDepression.com has been developing since the magazine's demise and is turning into a very valuable destination for many of us. I urge you to check it out, sign up and participate (if you do, add me as a friend). It might be very useful to develop a Portland community on the site (other locales are doing that, with some being very active).
And on Saturday, the first No Depression Festival will be held at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA. A $45 ticket gets you a full day of music with Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, Patterson Hood, Jessie Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Justin Townes Earle, and others . . . . Music begins at 1 pm, so you have plenty of time for the drive up . . . . It should be a wonderful event.
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