Featured: Marah, If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry (Yep Roc). So here you are… If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry. The fifth Marah album. Produced by us in a NYC studio and a Brooklyn kitchen, it’s a record of music we taught the boys in the morning, and then recorded in one to three takes […]
Album Review: Susan Tedeschi, Hope and Desire
Hope and Desire Susan Tedeschi release date 10/11/2005 Verve Forecast Twangville Rating: 4 out of 5 stars These days we find Tedeschi busy raising her young children (I wonder if they’ll inherit her voice? No pressure!). Thankfully, she’s found the time to release a new album albeit not all the material is original. Her fourth […]
Notable Releases October 11, 2005
Featured: Susan Tedeschi, Hope And Desire (Verve). Also Noteworthy: Jackson Browne, Solo Acoustic, Vol. One (Inside). Susan Cowsill, Just Believe It (Blue Corn). Dolly Parton, Those Were The Days (Sugar Hill). Kate Rusby, The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly (Compass). Paul Weller, As Is Now (Yep Roc Records).
Download Paul Weller’s “Come On / Let’s Go”
Download “Come On / Let’s Go” from Paul Weller’s forthcoming album, As Is Now (due: 10/11/2005). “As Is Now” finds Paul Weller plugging in and turning up the volume louder than he has in years. As the voice of punk legends The Jam, Weller influenced virtually every U.K. band that followed. The Jam’s popularity is […]
Notable Releases October 4, 2005
Featured: Curt Kirkwood , Snow (Little Dog). Also Noteworthy: Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue (Dualtone). Paula Frazer, Leave The Sad Things Behind (Birdman). Kevin Gordon, O Come Look At The Burning (Crowville Collective). My Morning Jacket, Z (ATO/RCA). The Reverend Horton Heat, We Three Kings (Yep Roc). Jesse Colin Young, The Very Best Of […]
October 2005 Playlist
Download this playlist from iTunes. Louisiana, Todd Thibaud.This song isn’t about Hurricane Katrina, but I can’t help but think of New Orleans when I hear this song. Two Step Too, Delbert McClinton. Don’t Get Me Started, Rodney Crowell. Childish Things, James McMurtry. When My Love Crosses Over, John Hiatt. Calm Before the Storm, Eliza Gilkyson. […]
Welcome, Mayer Danzig!
This is long overdue, but I wanted to welcome our new contributor Mayer Danzig to the Twangville family. Mayer, who’s been a regular attendee at SXSW for years will add tremendous depth to postings on this web site including album reviews and artist news. I’ve been a big fan of Mayer’s taste in music for […]
Download Marah’s “City of Dreams”
Download “City of Dreams” from Marah’s forthcoming album, If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry (due: 10/18/2005). Over the past decade we wrote and recorded two records on broken gear, played hundreds of shows touring in a van, made another self-produced record, one big-name-producer record, and had so many rotating band members we get dizzy just […]
Twangville Radio
New! Yahoo LAUNCHcast members or anyone with a Yahoo ID can help us beta test Twangville Radio featuring recent songs, artists and albums mentioned on this web site. Occasionally, a song will play that is out of character. For instance, a Black Eyed Peas song played the other day. As much as I like Black […]
Notable Releases September 27, 2005
Featured: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway). Also Noteworthy: Eric Bibb, A Ship Called Love (Telarc). Junior Brown, The Austin Experience (Telarc). Cherish The Ladies, Woman Of The House (Rounder). Cherryholmes, Cherryholmes (Skaggs Family). Kathy Mattea, Right Out Of Nowhere (Narada). Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Dominos (Rounder). Neil Young, […]