You picked MARY GAUTHIER, Trouble & Love  as your favorite for the week of Jun 10, 2014. Readers’ Top Picks (last 4 weeks) JOHN FULLBRIGHT, Songs (15) KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON, Our Year (14) DAVE & PHIL ALVIN, Common Ground (12) MARY GAUTHIER, Trouble & Love (11) JACK WHITE, Lazaretto (10) ZOE MUTH, World […]
Monday Morning Video: Marty Stuart covers Tom Petty
How about a fun-lovin’ cover to start your week? Here’s Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives serving up a bluegrass cover of Tom Petty’s “Running Down a Dream.”
Amy McCarley – Jet Engines
There must be something in the air or water again in northern Alabama.  Home to the legendary Fame studio in Muscle Shoals, site of innumerable hits in the 60’s and 70’s, this part of the country is breeding future stars again.  This time, though, it’s not the studio musicians adding brilliance to an outsider’s record, but […]
Ward Hayden Reflects on the Legacy of Hank Williams
When Twangville heard about The Garden Spot Programs, 1950, a just released collection of Hank Williams performances that hadn’t been heard in over 60 years, we asked Ward Hayden — singer-songwriter for Girls Guns and Glory and the biggest Williams enthusiast that we know — to share his thoughts on the release. We had requested […]
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters – Good News
Ronnie Earl is a preacher, and the gospel that he preaches is “the healing power of blues.” A multiple Blues Music Award winner for best blues guitarist, Earl once again took home the honor this Spring at the 2014 Awards. He is a virtuoso who plays a brand of music that is largely his own invention that lies […]
Readers’ Pick: DAVE & PHIL ALVIN, Common Ground
You picked Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy  as your favorite for the week of Jun 3, 2014. Readers’ Top Picks (last 4 weeks) HOWLIN BROTHERS, Trouble (26) STURGILL SIMPSON, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (19) JOHN FULLBRIGHT, Songs (15) KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON, […]
Monday Morning Video: Shannon McNally and Charlie Sexton cover Jesse Winchester
We lost Jesse Winchester earlier this spring. The Louisiana-born singer-songwriter had a gentle soul that shone brightly in his magical songs. Here are Shannon McNally and Charlie Sexton performing his 1970’s classic “Biloxi.”
Anna Lynch – Anna Lynch
In the last couple of weeks I’ve written about North Of Nashville and True North. Â Unwittingly, I was leading up to this week’s review–Anna Lynch. Â As residents of Anchorage, Alaska, Anna and her bandmates are waaaay north of Nashville. Â You’d never know that by listening to Anna’s self-titled release, though. Â It has love songs and […]
Nickel Creek – New Day in Boston
Although my recent interest in bluegrass has certainly been controlling lots of airtime on my  stereo, Nickel Creek bridge the gap of old and new. Somehow, they managed to sneak into the Americana/Indie Rock section of the record store in my college days and I’ve been a fan for the near decade of their existence. When I […]
Readers’ Pick: JOHN FULLBRIGHT, Songs
You picked JOHN FULLBRIGHT, Songs as your favorite for the week of May 27, 2014. Readers’ Top Picks (last 4 weeks) HOWLIN BROTHERS, Trouble (26) STURGILL SIMPSON, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (19) JOHN FULLBRIGHT, Songs (15) KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON, Our Year (14) GREGG ALLMAN, All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of […]