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Readers’ Pick: Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born

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Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (cover art)

You picked Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born as your favorite new release for the week of November 28, 2025.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of November 28?

  • Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (46%, 13 Votes)
  • Melissa Carper – A Very Carper Christmas (36%, 10 Votes)
  • Afton Wolfe – Ophiuchus (18%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 28

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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 Fall 2025

  1. Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World (14 votes)
  2. Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love (14)
  3. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (13)
  4. Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives – Space Junk (12)
  5. Kim Wilson – Slow Burn (11)
  6. Rhett Miller – A Lifetime of Riding by Night (11)
  7. Melissa Carper – A Very Carper Christmas (10)
  8. Colter Wall – Memories and Empties (10)
  9. Gurf Morlix – Bristlecone (10)
  10. Luke Bell – The King Is Back (9)
  11. Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself (9)
  12. Luther Dickinson – Dead Blues Vol. 1 (8)
  13. Caitlin Canty – Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove (8)
  14. Amy Speace – The Blue Rock Session (7)
  15. Willie Nelson – Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle (7)
  16. Paul Kelly – Seventy (7)
  17. Todd Snider – HIGH, LONESOME AND THEN SOME (7)
  18. Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover – What of Our Nature (6)
  19. Ward Richmond – Big Addict Energy (6)
  20. Tony Joe White – The Real Thang (6)
  21. Ward Hayden and the Outliers – Piece By Piece (6)
  22. John Gorka – unentitled (6)
  23. Afton Wolfe – Ophiuchus (5)
  24. Old Crow Medicine Show – OCMS XMAS (5)
  25. The Bros. Landreth – Dog Ear (5)
  26. Dion – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher (Keeping the Blues Alive) (5)
  27. Joshua Hedley – All Hat (5)
  28. Jim Keller – End of the World (5)
  29. The Barr Brothers – Let It Hiss (5)
  30. Paul Burch – Cry Love (5)
  31. Maygen & The Birdwatcher – The Americana Dream (5)
  32. Nicki Bluhm – Rancho Deluxe (5)

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.