It’s hard to think of someone already being world-weary at the age of 32, but I suppose if you signed your first record deal at 17, allowing you to escape the projects (known as council estates in England), you maybe had a head start on the rest of us. Nottingham’s Jake Bugg is the protagonist […]
Katie Pruitt: Songs for the Time We Have
Katie Pruitt wrote more than 60 songs while working on Fools For the Fleeting, her third album for Rounder Records. She kept ten. Somewhere in the cutting, a subject emerged: the beauty and damage people carry around, and the difficulty of staying connected to one another when so much of modern life encourages the opposite. […]
Maddie Medley on Confessional Lyricism and Why She No Longer Plays Guitar Live
Maddie Medley talks about the situation that causes her to break strings and recalls playing covers as a middle schooler at the Monkey Wrench, a noisy bar in Louisville. The singer-songwriter also describes her last day job at a haunted yoga studio and float center.
Monday Morning Video – More Dolly
I dunno, can we really have too much Dolly here at Twangville? And what better way to start the week than with “9 to 5.” Here’s Parton at the Grand Ole Opry in 2019.
Marc Silver – The Dark Of Our Hymn
After 20+ years of writing about music, I thought I’d heard everything with respect to the theme and inspiration for a new album. But when I got the write-up for Philadelphian Marc Silver’s 9th album, The Dark Of Our Hymn, and the lede was his exploration of mortality, that got my curiosity up. Turns out […]
Brand New Heartache on Wavy Gravy and Their “Parental Escape Pod”
Eleese and Matthew Meschery of Brand New Heartache talk about the show posters hanging in their rehearsal space and the animal puppets that ride alongside guitar cables in their minivan. They also reveal why they strategically play shows near family and friends.
Monday Morning Video: Our Fall Finale at Groove NYC
We’re closing out the 2026 Twangville Fall Showcase Series on Saturday, November 14th in NYC with a high-proof dose of grit, melody, and conviction. Matt Woods, Mic Harrison, and Carissa Johnson — solo, no chaser. Two of them come out of East Tennessee, and the third came up in Boston’s punk scene. None of them […]
Miko Marks – Hell Or High Water
Life is a journey, without a doubt. For Flint, Michigan, born-and-raised Miko Marks, the musical part of her journey started as a child. Raised by her mother and grandmother in a community evolved out of the migration of Black farmworkers from the south to the factory jobs in the north, Marks listened and was a […]
Pug Johnson – From A Beaumont Bar
There comes a point in most of our lives, definitely beyond our twenties, when something causes us to take stock of life-to-date. For some of us, past failures are the motivation to do better. For others, those failures are just an omen of things to come. For the remainder, hindsight is just an observation of […]
Last Call for Live Music: Twangville’s Fall Finale in NYC
One More for 2026! We’re closing out the Twangville Fall Showcase Series—and our live show calendar for the year—with one final night in Greenwich Village. Join us on Saturday, November 14 as we return to Groove to wrap up 2026 in style. Taking the stage for our season finale: Come raise a glass, catch some […]