Twangville

A music blog featuring Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. Est. 2005.

We’ll Go Walkin’ – A Special Dallas Playlist

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The City, Brandon Callies (from the Hand Drawn Records release Sunrise Diner) Sunrise Diner, born of heartbreak, is not a happy album.  Nonetheless, it is immensely satisfying as Brandon Callies blends melody and melancholy into regal pop songs.  Opener “The City” sets a sorrowful tone, describing the singer wandering seemingly deserted city streets trying to […]

Monday Morning Video – William Prince

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I’ll admit that I’m a late-comer to William Prince’s music. While in Nashville two years ago for the Americana Conference, I arrived at a venue early in anticipation of catching a favorite artist (Terra Lightfoot, if you must know). The sounds that greeted me, courtesy of Prince, were astonishing. While I can’t recall with any […]

Monday Morning Video – Celebrating Levon Helm at the Ryman

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Levon Helm is an Americana, hell, an all-around music legend who we lost nine years ago today. Here are two celebrations of the man at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The first is a Levon Helm’s Ramble show from 2009 and features the man himself, as well as John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Miller, Sam […]

SXSW 2021 – The Sounds

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The most indelible musical memory is the ubiquitous SXSW theme music that opened every event.  That aside, here are some musical favorites from SXSW 2021  Sir Woman Wild Child’s Kelsey Wilson steped out with a beautifully soulful set that highlighted tracks from her debut EP. Wilson, accompanied by two background vocalists, an electric guitarist and […]

SXSW 2021 – The Scene

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Ah, the memories of meandering (well, more like speed walking) the streets of Austin to get to the next music venue and showcase.  Not this year.  Instead, the virtual SXSW 2021 had me bouncing back and forth from my couch to my kitchen (for refreshments) as I poured through hours of streaming content.    While the […]