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

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Tierinii Jackson of Southern Avenue on Living Online and Why the Band Rarely Practices

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Southern Avenue

Singer Tierinii Jackson of Memphis blues and soul band Southern Avenue talks about why saying no is just as powerful as saying yes and the importance of drinking water.

Filed Under: Blues, Interviews, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Southern Avenue

Monday Morning Video – David Garza’s Disco Ball World

Monday, May 19, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Sometimes ya just wanna hear a great blast of rock and roll. David Garza delivers that and then some with this incendiary take on “Disco Ball World”, captured live in Austin back in the late aughts. Hard to go wrong when you’ve got two drummers throwing down a furious beat…

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: David Garza

Readers’ Pick: I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue

Friday, May 16, 2025 By Tom Osborne

I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue (cover art)

You picked I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue as your favorite new release for the week of May 9, 2025.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: I’m With Her

Studio Spotlight/The Fidelitorium, Mitch Easter

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 By Todd Mathis

In late 2009 and into 2010 I had the opportunity to record at the Fidelitorium with Mitch Easter with my band American Gun, and with my friend Paul’s band faster stereo. I also was able to go up for a couple of other sessions Paul was producing just to be a fly on the wall. […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Studio Spotlight Tagged With: Mitch Easter

E.W. Harris on Being an Opportunivore and His Advice For Young Musicians

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

EW Harris (credit J Elle)

Brooklyn-based E.W. Harris talks about a memorable two months working at World of Science in Athens, GA, recalls his mother’s review of his first band., and explains what it means to see his occupation in its “most ancient sense”.

Filed Under: Folk, Interviews, Why It Matters Tagged With: E.W. Harris

Twangville Rocks NYC on May 21st

Monday, May 12, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

We’re at it again, New York! Join us at Skinny Dennis in Brooklyn on May 21st for a great night of rock and roll, presented with our friends at the Northeast Country Coalition. We’re excited to bring you Nashville’s Sophie Gault and Brooklyn’s (by way of Texas) Robert Cody Maxwell. No advance tickets necessary – […]

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Robert Cody Maxwell, Sophie Gault

Monday Morning Video – Jill Sobule (1959 – 2025)

Monday, May 12, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Jill Sobule was a musician’s musician, a songwriter’s songwriter, revered by peers and fans alike for her singular blend of folk-pop melodies, sharp wit, and fearless social commentary. Sobule died in a tragic house fire on May 1st, leaving behind a remarkable musical legacy of songs that were as funny as they were unflinching, weaving […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, In Memoriam, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Jill Sobule

Readers’ Pick: Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball

Friday, May 09, 2025 By Tom Osborne

Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball (cover art)

You picked Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball as your favorite new release for the week of May 2, 2025.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Webb Wilder

Big Love Car Wash Premiere – 21st Century Telegraph

Thursday, May 08, 2025 By Shawn Underwood

I guess you could call Austin musicians Taylor Turner and Everett Wren serial band members. Taylor has been in more bands than he can remember; 15 during his college years alone. In addition to his solo projects, Wren has played with the Arkansas Youth Orchestra and formed groups Wagon, Lost & Nameless, and Chalkboard Poets. […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Big Love Car Wash

I’m With Her – Wild And Clear And Blue

Wednesday, May 07, 2025 By Shawn Underwood

Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan met each other when Jarosz was still in her early teens, and the other two barely in their twenties. By 2014 they were singing together in no less a venue than Telluride’s bluegrass festival. In 2018 they released an album, See You Around, and received a collective Grammy […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Folk, Reviews, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: I'm With Her

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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