
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
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
Readers’ Tops Spring 2025
- Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners – Before The Fall (48 votes)
- Ward Hayden & The Outliers – Little by Little (31)
- James McMurtry – The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy (22)
- Joshua Ray Walker – Tropicana (14)
- Turnpike Troubadours – Price of Admission (14)
- Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball (13)
- Shinyribs – Leaving Time (13)
- Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts – Talkin to the Trees (12)
- Watchouse – Rituals (12)
- I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue (12)
- Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (10)
- The Shootouts – Switchback (9)
- Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room On The Porch (9)
- Esther Rose – Want (9)
- Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – What Did The Blackbird Say to The Crow (9)
- Gurf Morlix – A Taste of Ashes (9)
- Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles (8)
- Brown Horse – All The Right Weaknesses (8)
- Little Feat – Strike Up The Band (8)
- S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs (7)
- North Mississippi Allstars – Still Shakin (7)
- Alan Sparhawk – With Trampled by Turtles (7)
- Eliza Gilkyson – Dark Ages (7)
- Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (6)
- 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.
