Going Green: Fall 2020

One issue among many in America’s heated political discourse that especially affects the music industry is environmentalism. With climate change a hot topic, the Fall 2020 issue of No Depression focuses on how the choices of roots music makers and fans affect the natural world around us. Stories address the historical, academic, and practical ways that the roots music community is working to make a more sustainable world. Included in this issue: The FreshGrass Foundation Manifesto Green Goods - Laura Studarus Sound Minds: Bringing music and environmentalism though the field of ecomusicology - Katie Moulton Where Have All the Green Songs Gone?: Climate change is an existential threat, but few folkies are singing about it - Greg Cahill Flying Higher: Birdwatching with Freddy Trujillo - Cara Gibney Call and Response: New compilation blends endangered birdcalls, electronica, folk, and activism - Hilary Saunders Victory Gardens: Roots musicians get their hands dirty during the pandem