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

Sunday, June 29, 2025 By Tom Osborne

James McMurtry – The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy (cover art)

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 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 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.


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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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