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

New American Farmers – Brand New Day

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Mars, Arizona.  Wind and sun the primary elements of nature, the tumbleweeds rolling through town, red sand whipped into dust devils with nothing but cactus to impede their motion.  Like so many small towns in America, the burden of providing for its citizens outweighing a rapidly diminishing tax base until there’s no choice but to […]

The Mavericks – In Time

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In general I have to say I’m really not one of those people who believe in reincarnation.  Yet when I listen to Raul Malo out in front of The Mavericks I feel like I”m channeling some lonely young woman socialite in pre-revolutionary Havana.  Malo’s voice is just so….dreamy.  And the band’s sound is just so….timeless. […]

Wood & Wire – Wood & Wire

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Here it is Friday afternoon before a long weekend for most, and spring break for many (or Ski Week, as it’s called here on the left coast).  For lots of people that means a road trip of some kind, and I can’t think of anything better for a long drive than some bluegrass.  Fortunately the […]

Reed Turner – Ghosts In the Attic

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I do love me a good murder ballad sometimes.  Cocaine Blues, popularized by Johnny Cash and later George Thorogood, is maybe my favorite.  I’m pretty enamored now, though, with a cut off the new Reed Turner release, Ghosts In the Attic.  The song, Killed That Girl (‘Cause She Was Killing Me) has just the right […]

Holly Williams – The Highway

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“Why are you drinkin’ like the night is young?”  From the opening words of the opening song on Holly Williams’ latest album, The Highway, she provides ammunition to anyone arguing that good songwriting can draw from one’s genes.  Less like her father and half-brother, who seem to reflect the hard living and partying aspect of […]

Carrie Rodriguez – Give Me All You Got

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I’ll get straight to the point here.  Carrie Rodriguez has finally captured the energy, or spirit, or je ne sais quoi, or whatever you want to call it, of seeing her live, on a record.  I’ve enjoyed Carrie’s previous records.  But they tended to be sort of introspective.  Go to a live show, though, and […]

Shawn’s Favorite Live Sets of 2012

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I got a chance to see some great live music this year, so while we’re all posting our favorite albums of the past year I thought I’d add my 2 cents on the favorite shows I saw.  The World Famous Headliners  OK, admittedly, my ranking here is actually based on two sets I saw them […]

Shawn’s Favorite Albums of 2012

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Unlike Eli, I struggled to pick my top choices for music last year.  Any one of my top 4 or 5 might have won out at a different time.  That’s an indicator that it was a good year for music though, with a good mix of long-time Twangville and chart favorites as well as some […]