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10 Years of No Depression Magazine
For 10 years No Depression magazine has provided its readers with a bi-monthly dose of "Alt.Country (Whatever That Is)." Now, a decade after its founding in September 1995, No Depression marks its 10th anniversary with a new slogan and a series of concerts at selected venues around the country.
As many No Depression readers are aware, the magazine's adopted slogan, "Alt.Country (Whatever That Is)," has appeared in one form or another on every issue since its first publication. Of course, the editors have had lots of fun with the slogan through the years, giving us such variations as "The Black & White & Red All Over Alt.Country (Whatever That Is) Bimonthly" and "Happy Acting as an Alt.Country Bimonthly (Whatever That May Be)." For its July-August edition, the slogan read "The Last Alt-Country (Whatever That Is) Bimonthly."
Beginning this month, the magazine has jumped on board a trend which has been documented and discussed at Americana Homeplace. The 10th anniversary edition reads, "Surveying the Past, Present, and Future of American Music." It appears that this in one more nail in the coffin of the term "alt.country." Soon the term will pass the way of other such labels like "cowpunk," "y'all-ternative" and "insurgent country." It's just another sign of inevitable musical progress and evolution.
No Depression is also marking its anniversary by staging a series of concerts in Seattle, Nashville, Chicago, Austin and Chapel Hill, N.C. The concerts will feature Americana performers such as Tift Merritt, Billy Joe Shaver, Marty Stuart and Tres Chicas.
The world of Americana owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to No Depression. As the term "alt.country" slowly morphs into "Americana," it is good to know that No Depression is still there providing us with its bi-monthly look at the music we love (whatever we call it).
(Oct. 18, 2005)