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Readers’ Pick: The Deslondes – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1

Friday, May 29, 2026 By Tom Osborne


You picked The Deslondes – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1 as your favorite new release for the week of May 22, 2026.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of May 22?

  • The Deslondes – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1 (38%, 15 Votes)
  • Alena Diane – Who’s Keeping Time? (18%, 7 Votes)
  • Steep Canyon Rangers – Next Act (15%, 6 Votes)
  • Nora Kelly Band – So Wrong For So Long (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Ben Chapman – Feet On Fire (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Marley’s Ghost – Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • David Eugene Edwards – Mercurial Silence (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Little Barrie – Gravity Freeze (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Corey Arceneaux & The Zydeco Fusion Band – Accordion Man (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Thomas Csorba – Tender Country (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Chimafunk – Te Toca (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Noah Gundersen – Rites Of Spring (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Marisa Anderson – The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Samuel Smith – The Art of Letting Go (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Mick Flannery – The House Must Win (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jacob Augustine – I Love You Forever (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Magic Tuber Stringband – Heavy Water (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Memphis Slim – The Memphis Slim Story (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 39

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New Releases

What is your favorite new release for week of June 12?

  • Fruit Bats – The Landfill (23%, 9 Votes)
  • Bandits on the Run – Rough Magic (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Duane Betts – Isle of Hope (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Bob Wagner – I’ve Been Down (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Sam Morrow – Southern Boogie (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Tommy Goodroad – Goddammit (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Courtney Hartman – With You: From the Garden Shed (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Ryan Adams – The Suicide Handbook (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Pharis & Jason Romero – These Are The Days That Turn In To Years (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Funkwrench Blues – THIS IS THE ONE! (raison d’être) (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Alex Amen – Sun of Amen (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Breakfield – Breakfield (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Goose – BIG MODERN! (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Keith Urban – flow state (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Ismay – Half Truth (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Molly Brandt – Museum of Being (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Dawn Landes – Catch a Little Sun (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 39

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Readers’ Tops Spring 2026

  1. The Deslondes – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1 (15 votes)
  2. Fantastic Cat – Cat Out of Hell (13)
  3. Charley Crockett – Age of the Ram (13)
  4. Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen – They Call Us The Lucky Ones (11)
  5. Hiss Golden Messenger – I’m People (10)
  6. Gurf Morlix – Cobwebs & Stardust (9)
  7. Taj Mahal & Phantom Blues Band – Time (8)
  8. The Milk Carton Kids – Lost Cause Lover Fool (8)
  9. Vincent Neil Emerson – Blue Stars (8)
  10. Brown Horse – Total Dive (8)
  11. Mark Erelli – Spring Green (8)
  12. Alena Diane – Who’s Keeping Time? (7)
  13. Terry Allen & Blood Sucking Maniacs – Blood Sucking Maniacs (7)
  14. I’m With Her – Sing Me Alive (7)
  15. Whitehorse – All I Want Is All of It (7)
  16. Steep Canyon Rangers – Next Act (6)
  17. Emily Nenni – Movin’ Shoes (6)
  18. Robben Ford – Two Shades Of Blue (6)
  19. Todd Thibaud – Alchemy (6)
  20. Ashley McBryde – Wild (5)
  21. The Lemon Twigs – Look For Your Mind! (5)
  22. India Ramey – Villain Era (5)
  23. Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere (5)
  24. Dale Watson – Unwanted (5)
  25. The Tall Pines – Tales from the Tall Pines (5)
  26. Drivin N Cryin – Crushing Flowers (5)
  27. Joe Pernice & Pernice Brothers – Sunny, I Was Wrong (5)
  28. Paul Cauthen – Book of Pau (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.


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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of June 12?

  • Fruit Bats – The Landfill (23%, 9 Votes)
  • Bandits on the Run – Rough Magic (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Duane Betts – Isle of Hope (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Bob Wagner – I’ve Been Down (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Sam Morrow – Southern Boogie (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Tommy Goodroad – Goddammit (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Courtney Hartman – With You: From the Garden Shed (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Ryan Adams – The Suicide Handbook (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Pharis & Jason Romero – These Are The Days That Turn In To Years (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Funkwrench Blues – THIS IS THE ONE! (raison d’être) (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Alex Amen – Sun of Amen (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Breakfield – Breakfield (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Goose – BIG MODERN! (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Keith Urban – flow state (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Ismay – Half Truth (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Molly Brandt – Museum of Being (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Dawn Landes – Catch a Little Sun (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 39

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