The influence of technology on music has always guided the industry — from the importance of the radio to current means of digital crowdfunding. The Fall-Winter 2018 issue of No Depression will explore past innovations that shaped how we consume roots music, present trends in how we experience it, and the future of musical pioneers and their sonic inventions.
Contents list:
- Wilco and the use of technology on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- The history of the dreadnought guitar
- The influence of the parlor piano
- Tim Easton on recording his new record direct to lacquer
- Radio Bristol
- The rise of online music lessons
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Anna & Elizabeth
- Outlaws & Armadillos at the Country Music Hall of Fame
- Profiles on Gaelynn Lea, Flor de Toloache, and Jeremy Dutcher
Archival photos from the Rock County Historical Society
Design by Marcus Amaker