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Todd’s Tops of 2020

Wednesday, January 06, 2021 By Todd Mathis 1 Comment

Music got me through this year in many ways. Making, listening, loving it, whatever, it just works. It’s in my soul, my heart. These are a few of the albums that I had on repeat that stuck with me or hit a chord. I know this is an Americana blog, but the Strokes made a […]

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Bill Frisell on his new release Valentine

Wednesday, September 02, 2020 By Todd Mathis

When Mayer emailed the team asking if anyone wanted to interview Bill Frisell, my response was “F*&k Yes!” I’ve been a fan ever since hearing his 2001 album simply titled With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones. That’s probably still my favorite album after all these years, with Disfarmer, Nashville, and others somewhere up there as […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Jazz, Reviews

The War Inside, from Moses Andrews

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 By Todd Mathis

“The track was originally written in 2017. It was left alone in hopes that things would get better and that people would love one another. In 2020, this song still applies.” Moses Not sure what else needs to be said other than what Moses says above. Hope y’all enjoy this powerful tune. LISTEN HERE (manual […]

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Pandemic Twang

Thursday, May 21, 2020 By Todd Mathis

Music is a very personal thing and we all have different soundtracks to our lives. My earliest musical images include the gospel choirs my grandmother led at the church down the road, as well as the many piano students that came to her house, playing in the living room while I listened from her bedroom […]

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Todd’s Tops of 2019

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 By Todd Mathis

I’m a bit late this year with my Best Of submission, but I did get my Twangville vote in and was glad to see Ritter take top honors even though his new album wasn’t really on my radar this year. I always have a hard time ranking albums but give it my best shot by […]

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Admiral Radio

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 By Todd Mathis

I know Monday is video day, but today I’m going to hijack Mayer’s domain and share one from Columbia, South Carolina’s Admiral Radio. They are currently in the studio recording their debut, but in the meantime they dropped this gem earlier this year (audio recorded at their home with one mic) that showcases the duo’s […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Discovery, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: admiral radio, Americana, harmony

Robert Ellis/Texas Piano Man

Thursday, July 25, 2019 By Todd Mathis

I’m not exactly sure how I stumbled upon Texas Piano Man, the recent release from Robert Ellis. I’m thinking it was the monsters at Spotify that put him in my queue or something. Whoever or whatever it was, I owe them a pat on the back, as for the last 2 weeks I’ve been playing […]

Filed Under: Americana, Reviews, Videos Tagged With: Robert Ellis

Steve Earle & the Dukes/Live at the Senate/Columbia, SC/May 16, 2019

Thursday, May 23, 2019 By Todd Mathis

I walked into the Senate to hear Steve Earle introducing the Mastersons and proclaiming “You’re gonna hear a lot of Guy Clark songs tonight, and a bit of Steve Earle songs too” to a large and enthusiastic crowd made up of mostly 40 to 60 year old Caucasian males. Shortly thereafter the Mastersons started up […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Reviews

Todd Snider/Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3

Thursday, March 14, 2019 By Todd Mathis

The third installment of Snider’s Cash Cabin Sessions, entitled Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3, leaves out Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Wait, what? Well, according to the liner notes included with this new release Snider had a demo recording session and a couple of sessions with Hard Working Americans already at the Cash Cabin, so […]

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Todd’s Tops of 2018

Thursday, January 03, 2019 By Todd Mathis

1. Damien Jurado/The Horizon Just Laughed – After the Maraqopa trilogy with Richard Swift, Jurado self-produces the personal The Horizon Just Laughed. It’s vintage Jurado with biting lyrics and observations that leave plenty open to interpretation. 2. Michael Flynn/Pretend Like – A beautifully done album with strings-a-plenty and gorgeous images. 3. BRMC/Wrong Creatures – They […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Jazz, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter

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