Various Artists, High School Reunion: A Tribute to Those Great Eighties Films! (American Laundromat/Face Down) Gotta love this: Matthew Sweet, Frank Black and others cover 1980’s movie soundtrack “hits”. Lori McKenna, in particular, soars with a cover of “In Your Eyes”. Do you remember what film featured this Peter Gabriel tune? Ray Davies, Thanksgiving Day […]
Mayer’s Playlist for November, Part 2
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 […]
Free Download: Rob Dickinson, My Name is Love
Former Catherine Wheel frontman going it alone. A good tune. Reminiscient of CW’s mellow side. Rob Dickinson Fresh Wine For The Horses release date 09/13/2005 (Sanctuary Records) Download it now for free. Source: AOL Music
More Notable Releases: 15 November 2005
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 […]
Notable Releases November 15, 2005
Featured: Honeybrowne, Something to Believe In (Compadre Records). Alt-Country/Rock band, Honeybrowne’s, first studio record in over three years.
Listen to Susan Tedeschi’s latest album, Hope and Desire
Full CD listening party courtesy of ARTISTdirect.com. Listen now. Hope and Desire Susan Tedeschi release date 10/11/2005 Verve Forecast (Source: ARTISTdirect.com)
Podcasting… Well maybe someday.
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
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
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, […]
Album Review: Randy Travis, Glory Train
At its roots, Glory Train is a positive and emotional recording that many will enjoy.