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Readers’ Pick: Willow Springs by Michael McDermott

Friday, June 24, 2016 By Tom Osborne

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MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, Willow Springs beats out NEKO CASE, K.D. LANG and LAURA VEIRS, case/lang/veirs as your favorite for the week of June 17, 2016.

Poll Results

What is your favorite release for week of June 17?

  • MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, Willow Springs (24%, 11 Votes)
  • NEKO CASE, K.D. LANG and LAURA VEIRS, case/lang/veirs (22%, 10 Votes)
  • ELIZABETH COOK, Exodus of Venus (20%, 9 Votes)
  • SARAH JAROSZ, Undercurrent (13%, 6 Votes)
  • BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISEMAKERS, Rehab Reunion (13%, 6 Votes)
  • THE LOW ANTHEM, Eyeland (4%, 2 Votes)
  • LUKE BELL, Luke Bell (2%, 1 Votes)
  • ANTHONY D’AMATO, Cold Snap (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 46

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New Releases






What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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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’ Top 25 Spring 2016

  1. WILLIE NILE, World War Willie (275)
  2. JARED DECK, Jared Deck (77)
  3. JIMBO MATHUS, Band of Storms (29)
  4. PETER WOLF, A Cure For Loneliness (22)
  5. THE JAYHAWKS, Paging Mr. Proust (21)
  6. HONEYCUTTERS, On the Ropes (15)
  7. ROBBIE FULKS, Upland Stories (14)
  8. PAUL KELLY, Seven Sonnets & A Song (14)
  9. MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, The Things That We Are Made Of (14)
  10. TOM PETTY & MUDCRUTCH, 2 (14)
  11. TINSLEY ELLIS, Red Clay Soul (13)
  12. HAYES CARLL, Lovers and Leavers (12)
  13. THE BO-KEYS, Heartaches By The Number (12)
  14. SHAWN COLVIN & STEVE EARLE, Colvin & Earle (12)
  15. PAUL SIMON, Stranger to Stranger (11)
  16. MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, Willow Springs (11)
  17. NEKO CASE, K.D. LANG and LAURA VEIRS, case/lang/veirs (10)
  18. ROBERT ELLIS, Robert Ellis (9)
  19. ELIZABETH COOK, Exodus of Venus (9)
  20. MARK ERELLI, For A Song (8)
  21. TONY JOE WHITE, Rain Crow (8)
  22. ALLEN TOUSSAINT, American Tunes (8)
  23. THE STRUMBRELLAS, Hope (7)
  24. THOSE PRETTY WRONGS, Those Pretty Wrongs (7)
  25. AUSTIN LUCAS, Between the Moon and the Midwest (7)

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.


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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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