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Readers’ Pick: Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill

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Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill (cover art)

You picked Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill as your favorite new release for the week of April 14, 2023.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of April 14?

  • Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill (24%, 11 Votes)
  • Fruit Bats – A River Running to Your Heart (20%, 9 Votes)
  • Natalie Merchant – Keep Your Courage (16%, 7 Votes)
  • The Wood Brothers – Heart Is the Hero (16%, 7 Votes)
  • William Prince – Stand in the Joy (9%, 4 Votes)
  • Mike Tod – Mike Tod (9%, 4 Votes)
  • William Bell – One Day Closer to Home (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Feist – Multitudes (2%, 1 Votes)
  • The Tallest Man on Earth – Henry St. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Abraham Alexander – SEA/SONS (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Josienne Clark – Onliness (songs of solitude and singularity) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Fenne Lily – Big Picture (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Caleb Elliott – Weed, Wine, and Time (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Chris Duarte – Ain’t Giving Up (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Hanneke Cassel – Infinite Brightness (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 45

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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 Spring 2023

  1. Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill (11 votes)
  2. Fruit Bats – A River Running to Your Heart (9)
  3. Robbie Fulks – Bluegrass Vacation (8)
  4. Natalie Merchant – Keep Your Courage (7)
  5. The Wood Brothers – Heart Is the Hero (7)
  6. Carter Sampson – Gold (6)
  7. William Prince – Stand in the Joy (4)
  8. Mike Tod – Mike Tod (4)
  9. Chickasaw Mudd Puppies – Fall Line (4)
  10. Nick Waterhouse – The Fooler (3)
  11. Adam Klein – Holidays in United States (3)
  12. William Bell – One Day Closer to Home (2)
  13. Ruston Kelly – The Weakness (2)
  14. David Childers and the Serpents – Melancholy Angel (2)
  15. Carolina Story – Colors of My Mind (2)
  16. Matthew Logan Vasquez – As All Get Out (2)
  17. La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs – Corazones and Canciones (2)
  18. Feist – Multitudes (1)
  19. Cimmaron 615 – Brand New Distance (1)
  20. The Hackles – What a beautiful thing I have made (1)
  21. Dan Montgomery – Cast-Iron Songs and Torch Ballads (1)
  22. Sami Braman – Riveter (1)
  23. Chessa Rich – Deeper Sleeper (1)
  24. Prateek – Til June (1)

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.