The Twangville pick for Album of the Year is Foxes in the Snow by Jason Isbell. Recorded as a stark, all-solo acoustic statement, it hit our critics and readers the same way his best work does: sharp writing, lived-in emotion, and melodies that don’t need anything extra to land.
Tom’s Tops: 2025
Brandi lands at the top with a record that feels big and intimate at the same time. The whole album sounds like someone taking stock of a life and choosing love, family, and honesty.
Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2025
Congratulations to Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners’s Before The Fall for landing in the top spot of Twangville’s Readers’ Pick of 2025 poll. The full results are below.
Readers’ Pick: Best of 2025
It’s the season to ask you, our beloved readers, what your favorite album of 2025 was. To help, we’ve created a poll with over 100 nominations. If you’re wondering where this list comes from, it comes from your contributions to our poll throughout the year. We’ve created this amazing list of the top 25 picks from each season.
Readers’ Pick: Tommy Womack – Live A Little
You picked Tommy Womack – Live A Little as your favorite new release for the week of December 5, 2025.
Readers’ Pick: Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born
You picked Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born as your favorite new release for the week of November 28, 2025.
Readers’ Pick: Kim Wilson – Slow Burn
You picked Kim Wilson – Slow Burn as your favorite new release for the week of November 21, 2025.
Peace, Twang, and Turkey Grease: A 2025 Thanksgiving Toast to Kathleen Edwards (and Everyone)
The turkey’s in the oven, somebody’s hiding the good bourbon, and there’s at least one family member asking, “Wait, who is this?” every time a new song comes on. Meanwhile, here in Twangville, we’re doing what we always do: sharing recs, falling in love with new records, and giving thanks for the music that gets us through it all.
Readers’ Pick: Colter Wall – Memories and Empties
You picked Colter Wall – Memories and Empties as your favorite new release for the week of November 14, 2025.
Readers’ Pick: Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World
You picked Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World as your favorite new release for the week of November 7, 2025.









