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Readers’ Pick: Close Ties by Rodney Crowell

Friday, April 07, 2017 By Tom Osborne

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You picked “Close Ties” from Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Rodney Crowell, as your favorite new release for the week of March 31, 2017.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of March 31?

  • RODNEY CROWELL, Close Ties (47%, 20 Votes)
  • THE MAVERICKS, Brand New Day (14%, 6 Votes)
  • AIMEE MANN, Mental Illness (12%, 5 Votes)
  • TODD MATHIS, Love in the City (7%, 3 Votes)
  • GUY DAVIS & FABRIZIO POGGI, Sonny & Brownie's Last Train (7%, 3 Votes)
  • BOB DYLAN, Triplicate (5%, 2 Votes)
  • DEVON SPROULE, The Gold String (5%, 2 Votes)
  • RICHARD EDWARDS, Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset (5%, 2 Votes)
  • COCO HAMES, Coco Hames (0%, 0 Votes)
  • THE BUTTERTONES, Gravedigging (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 43

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Readers’ Tops Winter 2017

  1. BRIGITTE DEMEYER AND WILL KIMBROUGH, Mockingbird Soul (65 votes)
  2. RODNEY CROWELL, Close Ties (20)
  3. RHIANNON GIDDENS, Freedom Highway (16)
  4. CHUCK PROPHET, Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins (15)
  5. RUTHIE FOSTER, Joy Comes Back (15)
  6. DELBERT MCCLINTON & SELF-MADE MAN, Prick of the Litter (14)
  7. NIKKI LANE, Highway Queen (14)
  8. CONOR OBERST, Salutations (14)
  9. RYAN ADAMS, Prisoner (13)
  10. SON VOLT, Notes of Blue (13)
  11. SHINYRIBS, I Got Your Medicine (13)
  12. CINDY LEE BERRYHILL, The Adventurist (13)
  13. VIVIAN COOK, The Long Shot (12)
  14. OTIS TAYLOR, Fantasizing About Being Black (12)
  15. COLIN HAY, Fierce Mercy (12)
  16. TIFT MERRITT, Stitch of the World (11)
  17. JOHN MAYALL, Talk About That (11)
  18. SUSTO, & I’m Fine Today (10)
  19. RON GALLO, Heavy Meta (10)
  20. MARTY STUART, Way Out West (10)
  21. BAND OF HEATHENS, Duende (9)
  22. ELVIN BISHOP, Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio (9)
  23. SPOON, Hot Thoughts (9)
  24. BASH AND POP, Anything Could Happen (8)
  25. THE SADIES, Northern Passage (8)

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


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


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