This is long overdue, but I wanted to welcome our new contributor Mayer Danzig to the Twangville family. Mayer, who’s been a regular attendee at SXSW for years will add tremendous depth to postings on this web site including album reviews and artist news. I’ve been a big fan of Mayer’s taste in music for […]
Download Marah’s “City of Dreams”
Download “City of Dreams” from Marah’s forthcoming album, If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry (due: 10/18/2005). Over the past decade we wrote and recorded two records on broken gear, played hundreds of shows touring in a van, made another self-produced record, one big-name-producer record, and had so many rotating band members we get dizzy just […]
Twangville Radio
New! Yahoo LAUNCHcast members or anyone with a Yahoo ID can help us beta test Twangville Radio featuring recent songs, artists and albums mentioned on this web site. Occasionally, a song will play that is out of character. For instance, a Black Eyed Peas song played the other day. As much as I like Black […]
Notable Releases September 27, 2005
Featured: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway). Also Noteworthy: Eric Bibb, A Ship Called Love (Telarc). Junior Brown, The Austin Experience (Telarc). Cherish The Ladies, Woman Of The House (Rounder). Cherryholmes, Cherryholmes (Skaggs Family). Kathy Mattea, Right Out Of Nowhere (Narada). Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Dominos (Rounder). Neil Young, […]
Notable Releases September 20, 2005
Featured: Billy Joe Shaver, The Real Deal (Compadre). Also Noteworthy: Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Mile Markers (Texacali). Norman & Nancy Blake, Back Home to Sulphur Springs (DualTone). Jerry Douglas, The Best Kept Secret (Koch). Katy Moffatt, Up Close & Personal (Fuel). Mojo Gurus, Shakin’ in the Barn (Empire). Old 97’s, Alive & Wired (New […]
The New Pornographers, “Use It”
MP3: The New Pornographers: “Use It” From latest album, Twin Cinema. (Source: AOL Music)
Dar Williams, “Echoes”
MP3: Dar Williams: Echoes From latest album, “My Better Self”. (Source: AOL Music)
Notable Releases September 13, 2005
Featured: Bonnie Raitt, Souls Alike. Also Noteworthy: B.B. King, 80. Blues Traveler, !Bastardos!. Dar Williams, My Better Self. David Gray, Life in Slow Motion. Tracy Chapman, Where You Live.
Notable Releases September 6, 2005
Featured: James McMurtry, Childish Things. Also Noteworthy: North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon. The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang. Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand, Dream Big.
Southern Bitch
MP3: Southern Bitch: Free Man Now (SXSW)