No Depression started it's life as a quarterly print magazine in 1995, fueled by it's founding editors' passion for alt-country music and long-form journalism.

Over the course of it's first print run, it helped solidify the importance of Americana and roots music on the national stage. In the years since, No Depression has developed a robust web publication, publishing long features, honest criticism, and weekly columns in addition to it's wealth of community-driven content.

In 2015, to celebrate the publication's 20th anniversary, the FreshGrass Foundation brought it back to print as a high-end, ad-free, quarterly journal focused once again on long-form music journalism.

This summer, No Depression will dig into topics of immigration and migration in roots music. Stories will delve into the ways songs spread across borders and get to know the songwriters who undertake those journeys. The issue will also highlight means of transportation-planes, trains, and automobiles-as well as the ways by which such songs/information spread across rivers, roads, and trails. In these times of high political tensions, the (i'm)migration edition will feel especially relevant.

Artists included in this issue:

• Johnny Cash
• John Hartford
• Dark Water Rising
• The Kruger Brothers
• Kalu & The Electric Joint
• Woody Guthrie
• Bobbie Gentry

Plus:

• Original photos by members of Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, John Craigie, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and more
• Cover art by Travis Bone
• Illustrations Jenny Ritter
• Design by Marcus Amaker