Twangville

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

Tiny Town Seeks Residents

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Have you ever had interest in becoming part of the Twangville community? Well now you can. We’ve gone mad and are opening up our blog to any interested guests who would like to contribute twang related content including anything to do with Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. We’ve had fun waxing poetically about […]

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Album Due

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Coming soon to record stores (Feb 6.) and SXSW (March 14-18), check out Seattle-based Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. The album will be called Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul and out on Barsuk Records. Fans of Kristen Hersh and Neko Case will likely enjoy album track “LLL” (MP3), available […]

Welcome, Sarah Davis!

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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 […]

SXSW 2006: The Quotes

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Some of the best moments from SXSW are the comments made by artists and audiences alike… “I nearly saw your show and it was brilliant.” ~ Billy Bragg, reflecting on what to say to a band that he meant to see… but didn’t. “This is a very romantic instrument… if you happen to be married […]

SXSW – Band Name or Lifetime Movie?

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Comedian Paul Scheer covered SXSW for VH1’s “Best Week Ever” this year, and while he was there he came up with a great game. The premise is this: stop fans on the street and present them with a name, and let them guess whether it is the name of a SXSW band or a Lifetime […]

Let the Music Play: The 2006 SXSW Recap

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Another SXSW has come and gone. This year’s event brought over 1,000 bands to Austin for five days of music, cheap beer and great barbeque. Sounds pretty good to me. Although this year’s event was light on new discoveries, it was filled with old favorites. And now for the highlights: The New Orleans Social Club: […]

Wilson Pickett, 1941-2006

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We’ve lost another soul legend with the passing of Wilson Pickett. Best known for two of the most memorable rhythm and blues classics, “Mustang Sally” and “In the Midnight Hour”, Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Pickett The music world lost a legend with the passing of Wilson […]