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Readers’ Pick: Joan Shelley – The Spur

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You picked Joan Shelley – The Spur as your favorite new release for the week of June 24, 2022.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of June 24?

  • Joan Shelley – The Spur (28%, 11 Votes)
  • Janiva Magness – Hard to Kill (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Caamp – Lavender Days (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Goose – Dripfield (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Tim Heidecker – High School (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Calling You From My Mountain (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Hackensaw Boys – Hackensaw Boys (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Trixie Mattel – The Blonde & Pink Albums (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf – Queen of Sheba (3%, 1 Votes)
  • G. Love – Philadelphia Mississippi (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jack Johnson – Meet the Moonlight (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Regina Spektor – Home, before and after (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Elizabeth King – I Got a Love (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Martin Courtney – Magic Sign (0%, 0 Votes)
  • James Vincent McMorrow – The Less I Knew (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Noah Reid – Adjustments (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 39

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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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Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2022

  1. Pete Mancini – Killing the Old Ways (101 votes)
  2. David Gideon – Lonesome Desert Strum (75)
  3. Tody Castillo – Old Rodriguez (49)
  4. Sarah Borges – Together Alone (44)
  5. Jackie Bristow – Outsider (27)
  6. Ray Wylie Hubbard – Co-Starring Too (25)
  7. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Jerry Jeff (21)
  8. American Aquarium – Chicamacomico (20)
  9. Wilco – Cruel Country (20)
  10. Elliah Heifetz – First Generation American (19)
  11. The Rave-Ups – Tomorrow (19)
  12. Ian Noe – River Fools & Mountain Saints (18)
  13. Wreckless Strangers – When the Sun and a Blue Star Collide (16)
  14. Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – Crooked Tree (16)
  15. Calexico – El Mirador (15)
  16. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Nightroamer (15)
  17. Jeremy Ivey – Invisible Pictures (14)
  18. Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny (13)
  19. The Delines – The Sea Drift (13)
  20. Eliza Gilkyson – Songs from the River Wind (13)
  21. Drive-by Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII (12)
  22. Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time (12)
  23. Joan Shelley – The Spur (11)
  24. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Dirt Does Dylan (11)
  25. Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters – The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea (11)
  26. North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail (11)

Keep them coming. Your votes in our weekly Readers’ Pick poll help create these rankings. Many thanks! Also, check out our weekly Twangville playlist.

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