Twangville

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

18 Nights of Bruce Springsteen, Live Performances from Stops Along Tour

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So you don’t have luxury of seeing Bruce Springsteen perform at every stop of his tour promoting the Seeger Sessions? Well now you do. In an unprecedented move for Bruce Springsteen and AOL Music ( http://www.aolmusic.com ), the online music destination will offer an exclusive video performance from every single stop on Springsteen’s just-launched North […]

Chatham County Line’s “Company Blues”, a Download

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So far, I’ve only been able to drum up a single goodie for new releases this week. Thanks to the good folks at Redeye, here’s a song from Chatham County Line’s latest Speed of the Whippoorwill. Releases with downloadable MP3’s: Chatham County Line, “Company Blues” (Redeye Distribution) [audio:http://www.redeyeusa.com/download.php?file=2980852161.mp3] Check out the Release Calendar to see […]

Susan Cagle, a Subway Recording

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Moments like these are what grassroots video is all about. Here’s a great capture of up-and-coming artist Susan Cagle aptly performing a subway recording. Video captured by JadoreDior on YouTube.

The Wreckers & More, At a Glance

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Here’s a glance at some new albums I had the chance to listen to this week. The Wreckers, Stand Still, Look Pretty I have to admit, Michelle Branch has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. She’s gone off and started a group with her former backup singer, Jessica Harp. They’ve taken a more Country […]

Johnny Cash & More, Album Previews

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In an effort to be more timely with posts, I’m gonna try mix things up a bit. Lately, I’ve been waiting until mid-week to post downloads, streams and release comments all in a single post. With some streams only previewable for a week, this didn’t leave much time to hear some new music. So I’m […]

Sam Roberts Band Released & More, Tom’s Take

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Getting their start in the 8th grade as The Happy Death Men, the Sam Roberts Band from Montreal release their follow up album to 2003’s slammer We Were Born in Flame. Their latest is called Chemical City and it looks to be an excellent third effort. Look for this album to continue the power-pop licks […]

From the Archives, a Live Performance by Rosanne Cash

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If you’ve read my bio, by now you are probably aware that I work for AOL. I often post links to content (particularly music streams) found on AOL when I think I’ve discovered something good. Its not that I prefer our content over any other great places out there its just that I am more […]