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Readers’ Pick: Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Havin’ A Talk

Friday, February 13, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Havin' A Talk (cover art)


You picked Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Havin’ A Talk as your favorite new release for the week of February 6, 2026.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of February 6?

  • Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Havin' A Talk (27%, 11 Votes)
  • John Craigie – I Swam Here (22%, 9 Votes)
  • Joe Bonamassa – B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 (20%, 8 Votes)
  • Big Richard – Pet (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Emanuela Hutter – Goose Bumps (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Marc Broussard – S.O.S. V: Songs of the ’50s (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Queen Esther – Blackbirding (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Jay Buchanan – Weapons of Beauty (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Mick Clarke – Blues Before Sunrise (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 41

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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 Winter 2026

  1. Natalie Del Carmen – Pastures (25 votes)
  2. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong (24)
  3. Courtney Marie Andrews – Valentine (18)
  4. Emily Scott Robinson – Appalachia (14)
  5. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Havin’ A Talk (11)
  6. Langhorne Slim – The Dreamin‘ Kind (10)
  7. John Craigie – I Swam Here (9)
  8. Sophie Gault – UNHINGED (9)
  9. Zach Bryan – With Heaven On Top (8)
  10. Joe Bonamassa – B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 (8)
  11. Cordovas – Back to Life (7)
  12. Mon Rovîa – Bloodline (7)
  13. Eric Bibb – One Mississippi (6)
  14. Van Morrison – Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge (5)
  15. Steve Poltz – JoyRide (4)
  16. Horsehoes & Hand Grenades – Living Room (4)
  17. Devon Allman – nightvision (4)
  18. Big Richard – Pet (3)
  19. Emanuela Hutter – Goose Bumps (3)
  20. Della Mae – Magic Accident (3)
  21. James Hunter Six – Off The Fence (3)
  22. Wormy – Shark River (3)
  23. The Deslondes – Holy Cross Blues (3)
  24. Marc Broussard – S.O.S. V: Songs of the ’50s (2)
  25. Queen Esther – Blackbirding (2)
  26. Jay Buchanan – Weapons of Beauty (2)
  27. Ye Vagabonds – All Tied Together (2)
  28. Tinsley Ellis – Labor of Love (2)
  29. Beck – Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime (2)
  30. You, Me, Everybody – Midnight (2)
  31. The Paper Kites – If You Go There, I Hope You Find It (2)
  32. The Lowest Pair – Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be (2)
  33. Elles Bailey – Can’t Take My Story Away (2)
  34. John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton – Together Again (2)

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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