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

Mayer’s Playlist for November, Part 2

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Plain and Simple, Scrappy Jud Newcomb (from the album Byzantine) A solid rock and roll song from the Austin guitar slinger that conjures up the country-esque moments of the Stones Sticky Fingers. Something to Look Forward To, Jon Dee Graham (from the album First Bear on the Moon) “Someday the Saturday sun will shine, another […]

More Notable Releases: 15 November 2005

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Townes Van Zandt, A Private Concert (Varese) Says Steve Earle, “TOWNES VAN ZANDT is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” Who am I to argue? Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Sony) It would have been enough […]

Podcasting… Well maybe someday.

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While I’d love to find a way to broadcast our playlists (legally, of course), I don’t see podcasting as something we at Twangville will do in the near future. In the meantime, I wanted to share a link to some podcasts our friends over at Americanaroots.com are producing. I’ve been enjoying Ray Randall’s Random Reviews […]

Album Review: Marah, If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry

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If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry Marah release date 10/18/2005 Yep Roc Records Twangville Rating: 4.0 stars out of five “Folk-punk”, that’s the way Marah describes their new album. Two seemingly diametrically opposed terms to describe music, though somehow it seems to work. These Philly-based rockers must have had a fun time creating this album […]

Mayer’s Playlist for November 2005, Part 1

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Stereo, Jon Nicholson (from the album A Lil Sump’m Sump’m) “I used to listen to Al Green and the Faces, Cheap Trick and the Replacements, now I’m sitting in my basement, singing to myself.” Check out the video on Jon’s mySpace page. The Demon of White Sadness, Marah (from the album If You Didn’t Laugh, […]