Soggy Bottom Boys "In the Jailhouse Now"

So allow me to wax nostalgic, as it was ten years ago that the O Brother phenom occurred. The movie, the soundtrack, the galvanization around the roots music presented within, the race to the top of the charts, the sales story, and arguably, a whole new generation of artists coming to the fore by the seeds that were planted with its success. It has been a hell of a ten years, and to mark the occasion, there is a new double-disc commemorative O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack album out, with bonus tracks, of course. No Depression did a listener generated comprehensive interview with maestro T Bone Burnett, who became a brand himself through this and his other landmark efforts that have followed over this last decade.

When the Coen brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou? was released in 2001, Americana music was redefined through the legendary soundtrack that featured songs like "Man of Constant Sorrow." Now, to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the film and soundtrack, the Soggy Bottom Boys return with a music video for "In the Jailhouse Now." And everything old is new again.

- Jessie Scott

Sunday Valley "I Wonder"

Busy, busy, busy! This time of year in Texas the weather is still warm enough to do outdoor events. Saturday, I rode out to the town of Bee Cave to The Backyard for the First Annual LaGrange Fest, with ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jamey Johnson, and Corey Taylor of Slipknot. A portion of every ticket sold was donated to the Texas Wildfire Relief Fund as well as Lake Travis Fire Rescue and Bastrop Fire Department, as support to those who lost everything and the firefighters who are risking their lives to battle the worst wildfire season in Texas history. There is another benefit at The Backyard this Friday night, with Bob Schneider and friends. It is still relentlessly sunny here, not enough rain, but at least it is not in the triple digits. We are still praying for rain.

We're back from Americana Fest, with the first of 32 artists to share with you. Sunday Valley is one of a new crop of bands that we recorded. They were all different sonically from each other; but each brings an integral part of the roots music scene. Sunday Valley’s music has been called Cow Punk and Bluegrass Rock. Whatever you call it, it will propel you. Their first album is To the Wind and On to Heaven. It WILL rock your world. Here is a taste, with pictures even! It’s the Music Fog Fall Marathon recording of “I Wonder,” filmed at Marathon Recorders. And you may notice, with this first video from our Nashville sessions, that we've upgraded to high definition cameras. Now the Music Fog "look" is even more spectacular!

- Jessie Scott

Chris Scruggs "Where The Wind Might Blow"

These are strange times, as we all grow apart, and live within our cliques, form like-minded culture groups and withdraw into our circles. It is with particular interest that I look at today’s hippies, bikers, rockabilly kids, Deadheads and the like. They all echo a lineage, and there forbearers were colorful, as are they. Enter Hipsters. The clothes, the haircuts, the progressive policies. The art and culture and contemplation of our crazy world. You might think they are slaves to fashion, but they hear an earlier calling.

In the growing world of hipsterism, we are accumulating quite a pantheon. Chris Scruggs was a hipster before the term was coined, I do believe. When I first met him he was a young’un in Nashville, and we were introduced by an unsung hero friend of mine, Greg Garing. The next time I saw Chris was at the XM Studios in DC, when he visited with BR549, and ripped it up. Then there was a performance for the Music Fog cameras during SXSW in 2010, where he solidified the vision and rocked the house. Let’s revisit that evening’s version of “Where The Wind Might Blow,” the original of which you can find on the Anthem album.

-Jessie Scott