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Readers’ Pick: Big Bad Luv by John Moreland

Friday, May 12, 2017 By Tom Osborne

John Moreland, Big Bad Luv - cover art

You picked Big Bad Luv from Tulsa-based singer-songwriter John Moreland, as your favorite new release for the week of May 5, 2017.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of May 5?

  • JOHN MORELAND, Big Bad Luv (37%, 18 Votes)
  • CHRIS STAPLETON, From a Room, Vol. 1 (22%, 11 Votes)
  • PETER ROWAN, My Aloha (16%, 8 Votes)
  • TAJ MAHAL & KEB’ MO’, TajMo (14%, 7 Votes)
  • WOODEN WAND, Clipper Ship (6%, 3 Votes)
  • ROBIN TROWER, Time and Emotion (4%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 49

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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’ Tops Spring 2017

  1. DERRICK ANDERSON, A World of My Own (34 votes)
  2. JOHN MORELAND, Big Bad Luv (18)
  3. LILLIE MAE, Forever and Then Some (14)
  4. RAY DAVIES, Americana (14)
  5. WILLIE NELSON, God’s Problem Child (12)
  6. CHRIS STAPLETON, From a Room, Vol. 1 (11)
  7. ANDREW COMBS, Canyons of My Mind (10)
  8. JOHN MAYER, The Search For Everything (8)
  9. PETER ROWAN, My Aloha (8)
  10. ROBERT CRAY & HI RHYTHM BAND, Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (7)
  11. TAJ MAHAL & KEB’ MO’, TajMo (7)
  12. RON SEXSMITH, The Last Rider (5)
  13. RYAN ADAMS, Prisoner (B-Sides) (5)
  14. FATHER JOHN MISTY, Pure Comedy (4)
  15. JEB LOY NICHOLS, Country Hustle (4)
  16. MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ, Does What He Wants (4)
  17. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde (live) (4)
  18. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, Whiteout Conditions (3)
  19. THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, Believe (3)
  20. ROBYN HITCHCOCK, Robyn Hitchcock (3)
  21. SHERYL CROW, Be Myself (3)
  22. IMELDA MAY, Life Love Flesh Blood (3)
  23. JOHN MELLENCAMP, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies (3)
  24. WOODEN WAND, Clipper Ship (3)
  25. FRONT COUNTRY, Other Love Songs (2)

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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