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

Readers’ Pick: The Yearlings – Skywriting

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You picked Skywriting by, The Yearlings, as your favorite new release for the week of November 16, 2018. Poll Results 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 2018 WILLIE NILE, Children of Paradise (196 […]

Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2018 Call for Nominations

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For the next week, we’ll be taking your nomination to supplement our Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2018 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 […]

Peace, Twang, and Turkey Grease: A 2018 Thanksgiving Toast to Shawn Underwood

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Shawn Underwood (pictured left of alien). Here we are again… Thanksgiving 2018, y’all… which means we’re celebrating 13 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 […]

Stephen Kellogg – Objects in the Mirror

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Songwriters as a general rule are better at identifying difficulties and apprehensions than they are pointing out the positive aspects of life. Maybe it is because truly good art exists in the margins of American society and not the mainstream. It could also be the current political climate or possibly even too much Gluten. In […]

Monday Morning Video – Adam Carroll

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There are so many great songwriters criss-crossing the highways of Texas but Adam Carroll is among the elite. With a gentle and reserved style, he tells richly textured stories often filled with colorful characters. The tales are set to simple yet infectious melodies that he picks out on an acoustic guitar. Here are two gems […]

Readers’ Pick: Rhett Miller – The Messenger

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You picked The Messenger by, Rhett Miller, as your favorite new release for the week of November 9, 2018. Poll Results 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 2018 WILLIE NILE, Children […]

Three EP Gems – Baiman, Lukes & Champagne

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Last year I had the fortune to discover Rachel Baiman.  I noted at the time she had a knack for subtly inserting parables in her snap-your-fingers or turn-around-the-dance-floor bluegrass numbers.  She’s at it again with Thanksgiving, a just released EP.  Tent City is an upbeat tune with lots of great banjo and guitar picking.  It’s […]