From the small amount of music I’ve been able to preview this week it seems to have been a bit lackluster. The charts look to be saying the Kieran Kane, Keven Welch & Fats Kaplin album is something to behold. Unfortunately, I have yet to hear it. Paul Simon is on a different path with […]
Pearl Jam Released & More, Tom’s Take
Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Did you see these guys a few weeks ago on Saturday Night Live? They absolutely tore it up! I’ve always felt that if you can play a memorable set on SNL that it says something about you as an artist (one that comes to mind is Elvis Costello & the Attractions […]
Merlefest 2006 coverage by HickoryWind.org
It looks like the folks over at HickoryWind.org are poised to have some great coverage from this year’s Merlefest. To Larry, Stacy and whomever else is lucky enough to be there, I wish I could be there with you. Have a blast!
Tom’s Pick of the Week, Bruce Springsteen
Leave it to Bruce Springsteen to take on the Pete Seeger collection. He could be the only practicing musician to pull this off effectively with the exception of Bob Dylan who owes some stylistic credit to Seeger as well. After reading a few mixed reviews of this album I was concerned. Seems that some folks […]
Welcome, Sarah Davis!
It’s my pleasure to welcome Sarah Davis the fourth contributor and first XX chromosome to the Twangville lineup. Sarah also becomes the first of my God given family (sister-in-law) to join us helping to spread the love of music with a touch of twang. She now replaces me as the youngest (by far) of our […]
Tom’s Pick of the Week, Drive-by Truckers
DBT!… DBT!… DBT!… my favorite rock band since GBV hung the towel over a year ago. The Drive-by Truckers return with their latest release A Blessing and A Curse. While I’m not as emotionally attached to this one as I was 2004’s The Dirty South, I undoubtedly believe this will add yet one more notch […]
Best of Winter 2006, a Playlist
The bar has been set high! I’m astounded by the number of great albums that have already surfaced this year. Will Hoge shunned traditional record promotions by leaning heavily on juggernauts MySpace and Purevolume all the way to offering up a free download from the album once every week. Josh Rouse travelled to Spain offering […]
Tom’s Pick of the Week, Josh Ritter
The Animal Years has been highly anticipated for some time now. You’ll find this album reminiscent of the folkier side of Bruce Springsteen and more recently Ryan Adams but with better vocals, at least in my opinion. So far this year, this is the best Folk album I’ve listened to. A full album stream is […]
Tom’s Pick of the Week, Bruce Robison
There are several interesting releases this week. I’m intrigued by releases from just about all these artists. Though, the only one that I’ve been able to preview that I feel comfortable recommending is Texas-based, Americana singer-songwriter, Bruce Robison’s Eleven Stories. Check out track #2 “Virginia”: [audio:http://www.sustainrecords.com/audio/Bruce%20Robison%20-%20Virginia.mp3] Notable releases for week of April 4, 2006 from: […]
Tom’s Pick of the Week, Matt Costa
What’s the deal with surfer-turned-musicians lately? There’s Jack Johnson, Tristan Prettyman and now Matt Costa. Well, diverging slightly, Costa is skateboarder-turned-musician. Regardless of the subtle difference, it seems that he is closely associated with the aformentioned Johnson. You’ll find him on Brushfire Records home of Johnson and pal G. Love. Costa’s “Songs We Sing” mostly […]