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Readers’ Pick: The Deslondes – Holy Cross Blues

Friday, January 09, 2026 By Tom Osborne

The Deslondes - Holy Cross Blues (cover art)

You picked The Deslondes – Holy Cross Blues as your favorite new release for the week of January 2, 2026.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of January 2?

  • The Deslondes - Holy Cross Blues (60%, 3 Votes)
  • Aurelia Anne Cohen - The Magnolia Sessions (20%, 1 Votes)
  • Micheal McDermott - Lost City Seattle (20%, 1 Votes)
  • Josh Weathers - Neon Never Fades (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Chris Emmert - The Magnolia Sessions (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sarah Popejoy - The Oklahoma Storyteller, Vol.1: Crossroads (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Brule County Bad Boys - Burden Lake (Cold as Life) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Juliana Zachariou - Dreamer Dreamer (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Diane Coll - Strangely in Tune (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 5

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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 Winter 2026

  1. The Deslondes – Holy Cross Blues (3 Votes)
  2. Aurelia Anne Cohen – The Magnolia Sessions (1)
  3. Micheal McDermott – Lost City Seattle (1)

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 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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