Some rooms hold onto their songs. Cafe Wha? is one of them. The Greenwich Village landmark has heard Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix, among others — and the memory of those performances lives in its walls. Twangville is honored to return on April 1st and add the songs of Lydia Loveless and Will Dailey to that legacy.
Lydia Loveless is no stranger to Twangville shows. Will Dailey is making his Twangville show debut. For one night, they share a stage and their songs in one of New York City’s most storied music rooms.
Yes, it takes place on April 1st, but this show is no joke. We hope you’ll join us.
Twangville at Cafe Wha? (New York City)
Wednesday, April 1st | 6pm
Lydia Loveless is a Columbus, Ohio–based singer-songwriter whose music blends country, rock, punk, and pop. She has released a string of acclaimed records including Indestructible Machine (2011), Somewhere Else (2014), Real (2016), Daughter (2020), and Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way Again (2023). Loveless has toured widely, sharing stages with Drive-By Truckers, Old 97’s, Iron & Wine, and Jason Isbell, and was the subject of the 2016 documentary Who Is Lydia Loveless?, which chronicled the making of Real and her life on the road. In 2024 she released Something Else, a piano-driven reimagining of Somewhere Else to mark that album’s 10th anniversary.
Will Dailey is an independent recording artist, performer, and artist advocate whose music spans seven albums and two decades. Often described as a Venn diagram of American rock, soul, folk, and pop, his work is built around questions of connection, communication, and belonging. He has shared stages and studios with Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Roger McGuinn, Steve Earle, Brandi Carlile, and Pearl Jam; appeared on more than 50 television shows and films; played Farm Aid four times; and earned eight Boston Music Awards, including Album and Artist of the Year. A vocal advocate for artist sovereignty, Dailey created The $10 Song—a touring, one-time listening experience available only at his shows, with no digital release. His seventh album, Boys Talking, examines how men communicate, or fail to. It spent its first 18 months available exclusively on vinyl, CD, and direct download before arriving on streaming platforms in February 2025.
About the author: Mild-mannered corporate executive by day, excitable Twangville denizen by night.