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Readers’ Pick: James McMurtry – The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy

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You picked James McMurtry – The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy as your favorite new release for the week of June 20, 2025.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of June 20?

  • James McMurtry – The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy (46%, 22 Votes)
  • S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs (15%, 7 Votes)
  • Lukas Nelson – American Romance (10%, 5 Votes)
  • Willie Nile – The Great Yellow Light (10%, 5 Votes)
  • Mason Jennings – Magnifier (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Kelsey Waldon – Every Ghost (4%, 2 Votes)
  • William Beckmann – Whiskey, Lies and Alibis (2%, 1 Votes)
  • D.K. Harrell – Talkin Heavy (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Special Consensus – Been All Around This World (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Edna Vazquez – Te Esperaba (2%, 1 Votes)
  • The Vegabonds – Young and Unafraid (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Elija Johnston – Stupid Soul (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Little Marzan – Mustang Island (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Nathan Salsburg – Ipsa Corpora (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 48

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New Releases

What is your favorite new release for week of June 19?

  • Swamp Dogg – Swamp Dogg Contemplates The Afterlife (27%, 6 Votes)
  • The Steel Wheels – Sing Me Like a Folk Song (23%, 5 Votes)
  • The War And Treaty – The Story of Michael and Tanya (14%, 3 Votes)
  • Office Dog – Prime Corner (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Jeb Loy Nichols – You Know Where I Live (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Tim Easton – Songs For Bill (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Orquestra Pacifico Tropical – El Poder (5%, 1 Votes)
  • Styrofoam Winos – Any River (5%, 1 Votes)
  • Candace Hastings – Soft Place to Land (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Evie Ladin – Riding Roosters (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Brittany & Natalie Haas – North Node (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Greg Piccolo & Heavy Juice – Who Knows What the Future Holds (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jenny Reynolds – Willow & Stone (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Max Wareham – If the Cosmos Were Whiskey (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Candace Hastings – Soft Place to Land (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Stu Larsen – Solitude (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Uncle Kunkel’s One Gram Band – Hear Say (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 22

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Readers’ Tops Spring 2025

  1. Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners – Before The Fall (48 votes)
  2. Ward Hayden & The Outliers – Little by Little (31)
  3. James McMurtry – The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy (22)
  4. Joshua Ray Walker – Tropicana (14)
  5. Turnpike Troubadours – Price of Admission (14)
  6. Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball (13)
  7. Shinyribs – Leaving Time (13)
  8. Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts – Talkin to the Trees (12)
  9. Watchouse – Rituals (12)
  10. I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue (12)
  11. Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (10)
  12. The Shootouts – Switchback (9)
  13. Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room On The Porch (9)
  14. Esther Rose – Want (9)
  15. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – What Did The Blackbird Say to The Crow (9)
  16. Gurf Morlix – A Taste of Ashes (9)
  17. Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles (8)
  18. Brown Horse – All The Right Weaknesses (8)
  19. Little Feat – Strike Up The Band (8)
  20. S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs (7)
  21. North Mississippi Allstars – Still Shakin (7)
  22. Alan Sparhawk – With Trampled by Turtles (7)
  23. Eliza Gilkyson – Dark Ages (7)
  24. Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (6)
  25. Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World (6)

Keep them coming. Your votes in our weekly Readers’ Pick poll help create these rankings. Many thanks! Also, check out our weekly Twangville 360 playlist.

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