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Readers’ Pick: The Wood Brothers – Kingdom in My Mind

Friday, January 31, 2020 By Tom Osborne

The Wood Brothers – Kingdom in My Mind (cover art)

You picked The Wood Brothers – Kingdom in My Mind as your favorite new release for the week of January 24, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2020 The Wood […]

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Readers’ Pick: Futurebirds – Teamwork

Friday, January 24, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Futurebirds – Teamwork (cover art)

You picked Futurebirds – Teamwork as your favorite new release for the week of January 17, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2020 Futurebirds – Teamwork (8 votes) Marcus King […]

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Readers’ Pick: Hawktail – Formations

Friday, January 17, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Hawktail - Formations (cover art)

You picked Hawktail – Formations as your favorite new release for the week of January 10, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2020 Hawktail – Formations (5 Votes) Whiskey Treaty […]

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Twangville’s Official Best Album of 2019 Is Josh Ritter’s “Fever Breaks”

Wednesday, January 01, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Josh Ritter – Fever Breaks (cover art)

Official Twangville Best New Album of 2019: Josh Ritter, Fever Breaks The Twangville pick for Best New Album of 2019 is Fever Breaks by Idaho-born singer-songwriter, Josh Ritter. This list combines best of year picks from our Twangville authors plus the Readers’ Tops which you helped us create. Congrats to all the finalists. Bring on […]

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Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2019

Saturday, December 21, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Ben Davis Jr. and The Revelry – Suthernahlia (cover art)

Congratulations to Ben Davis, Jr. and The Revelry for dominating the top spot of Twangville’s Readers’ Pick of 2019 poll.  Full results below. Look for our annual Authors’ picks coming soon.

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Tom’s Picks: Best of 2019

Thursday, December 19, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Grace Potter - Daylight (album cover)

Best Album of 2019: Grace Potter – Daylight Another year, another unexpected turn. Every year when I get down to narrowing down my 100 or so favorite albums of the year something magical happens. Despite my mind trying to control the situation, my heart took me in a different direction than my head originally wanted […]

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Readers’ Pick: 2019 Nominations

Saturday, December 07, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Our Readers’ Pick poll for Best New Album of 2019 is live. This list consists of your Top 25 picks from Winter & Spring, Summer & Fall, and last call for nominations. As always, thanks for your votes. Top picks in this poll will factor into our Authors’ picks at the end of the year. […]

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Readers’ Pick: Harry Nilsson – Losst and Founnd

Saturday, November 30, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Harry Nilsson – Losst and Founnd (cover art)

You picked Harry Nilsson – Losst and Founnd as your favorite new release for the week of November 22, 2019. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Summer & Fall 2019 EmiSunshine and The Rain […]

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Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2019 Call for Nominations

Friday, November 29, 2019 By Tom Osborne

For the next week, we’ll be taking your nomination to supplement our Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2019 poll. The rules: You get one nomination — choose wisely. If you mention more than one, we’ll only take your first mention. Nominate by adding a comment to this post. It has to be a full length […]

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Peace, Twang, and Turkey Grease: A 2019 Thanksgiving Toast to Jeff McMahon

Thursday, November 28, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Jeff McMahon

Here we are again… Thanksgiving 2019, y’all… which means we’re celebrating 14 years of Twangville’s existence. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been writing a Thanksgiving toast each year to thank our contributors, our community, and the artists who give us something to listen to and write about. Without someone to make the […]

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of June 5?

  • The Red Clay Strays – Grateful (22%, 9 Votes)
  • Charlie Marie – Signs (12%, 5 Votes)
  • John R. Miller – The Great Unknowing (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Bella White – A Sign In The Weather (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Deer Tick – Coin-O-Matic (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Grey DeLisle & Les Greene – Grey & Greene (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Caleb Caudle – Heavy Thrill (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Old Crow Medicine Show – Union Made (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Jason Eady – Tulsa Turnaround (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Futurebirds – Far Out Country (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Brent Cobb – Live a Song, Write a Memory, Vol. 1 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – Night Blooms (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Zoh Amba – Eyes Full (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Colby Acuff – Handmade Horsepower (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Josiah and the Bonnevilles – As Is (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Stot Sax – You Win Some, You’re Lonesome (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Carling & Will – Oh, Mongoose! (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Laura Marling – Laura Sings Raffi (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Karine Plowart & Pippa Murphy – Windblown (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benny Bleu – When I Am a Fossil (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Dean Owens – New York Hummingbird (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erik Rabasca – New Scrolls (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Matt Pond PA – Songs of Disquiet (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Two Tracks – Seasons Unknown (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gina Leslie – I Love You Always No Matter What Happens (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 41

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