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Readers’ Pick: Livin’ On A High Note by Mavis Staples

Friday, February 26, 2016 By Tom Osborne

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MAVIS STAPLES, Livin’ On A High Note beats out CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Lola as your favorite for the week of February 19, 2016.

Poll Results

What is your favorite release for weeks of Feb 19?

  • MAVIS STAPLES, Livin’ On A High Note (59%, 19 Votes)
  • CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Lola (28%, 9 Votes)
  • VANDAVEER, Wild Mercury (6%, 2 Votes)
  • DOUG TUTTLE, It Calls On Me (6%, 2 Votes)
  • WOLFMOTHER, Victorious (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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New Releases








What is your favorite new release for week of February 27?

  • Rose’s Pawn Shop – American Seams (22%, 8 Votes)
  • Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth (17%, 6 Votes)
  • Bill Frisell – In My Dreams (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Luke Winslow-King – Coast of Light (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Lil Ed & The Blues Imperial – Slideways (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Pert Near Sandstone – Side by Side (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Julianna Riolino – Echo in the Dust (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Buck Meek – The Mirror (6%, 2 Votes)
  • A Thousand Horses – White Flag Down (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Clayton Chaney – Too Far (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jake Soffer & Brent Carter – Imaginary Rooms (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Catfish John Tisdell – Stayin’ Out All Night (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Adam Weil – A Little Broken (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Lamisi – Let Us Clap (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ben Sollee – Time On Hold (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments.


Readers’ Tops Winter 2016

  1. THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS, You’re Dreaming (23)
  2. MAVIS STAPLES, Livin’ On A High Note (19)
  3. TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Let Me Get By (18)
  4. LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Ghosts Of Highway 20 (18)
  5. BUDDY MILLER AND FRIENDS, Cayamo Sessions at Sea (13)
  6. BOB MARGOLIN, My Road (12)
  7. STEPHEN KELLOGG, South, West, North, East (12)
  8. THE RECORD COMPANY, Give It Back To You (10)
  9. THE PINES, Above the Prairie (9)
  10. CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Lola (9)
  11. DYLAN LEBLANC, Cautionary Tale (7)
  12. DAVID BOWIE, Blackstar (6)
  13. APPLEWOOD ROAD, Applewood Road (6)
  14. ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER, C&O Canal (5)
  15. DORI FREEMAN, Dori Freeman (5)
  16. LISSIE, My Wild West (4)
  17. RON POPE, Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (2)
  18. MERCYLAND, VOL. 2, Various Artists (2)
  19. VANDAVEER, Wild Mercury (2)
  20. DOUG TUTTLE, It Calls On Me (2)
  21. SONYA KITCHELL, We Come Apart (1)
  22. SIERRA HULL, Weighted Mind (1)
  23. SIMO, Let Love Show The Way (1)
  24. BROTHER NOTHING, All In My Mind (1)

Keep ’em coming. Your votes in our weekly Readers’ Pick poll help create these rankings. Many thanks!


About the author:  Gainesville, FL area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.


Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Carrie Rodriguez, Mavis Staples

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of February 27?

  • Rose’s Pawn Shop – American Seams (22%, 8 Votes)
  • Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth (17%, 6 Votes)
  • Bill Frisell – In My Dreams (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Luke Winslow-King – Coast of Light (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Lil Ed & The Blues Imperial – Slideways (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Pert Near Sandstone – Side by Side (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Julianna Riolino – Echo in the Dust (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Buck Meek – The Mirror (6%, 2 Votes)
  • A Thousand Horses – White Flag Down (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Clayton Chaney – Too Far (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jake Soffer & Brent Carter – Imaginary Rooms (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Catfish John Tisdell – Stayin’ Out All Night (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Adam Weil – A Little Broken (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Lamisi – Let Us Clap (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ben Sollee – Time On Hold (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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