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Southern Avenue – Family

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 By Bill Wilcox

If you’re looking for a prescription to help get by in these darkish times, perhaps some unbridled optimism to offset the rancor that is so prevalent today, then Southern Avenue’s new Family might be just what the doctor ordered. When blues guitarist Ori Naftaly left his native Israel to compete in the International Blues Challenge […]

Filed Under: Blues, Gospel, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Southern Avenue

Eric Bibb – In The Real World

Thursday, October 31, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

Happy Halloween! All right, now that’s out of the way let me say that there are different kinds of blues musicians. There are blues rockers who make their reputations with searing guitar solos and there are blues bar bands who may be great musicians but whose focus is making sure you have a good time. […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Blues, Folk, Gospel, Reviews Tagged With: Eric Bibb

Guy Davis – The Legend of Sugarbelly

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

For Guy Davis, keeping the blues alive means keeping it alive even its most stripped-down form. The Legend of Sugarbelly is a throwback to the blues’ purest, simplest acoustic form, so reminiscent of Lead Belly and the earliest masters one almost expects to hear the crackle of an old 78-inch record. Davis is a great […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Gospel, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Guy Davis

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall/Winter 2023, Part 1

Thursday, December 28, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Lydia Loveless

Toothache, Lydia Loveless (from the Bloodshot Records release Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again) Relationships are messy and few songwriters capture that fact better than Lydia Loveless. One need look no further than “Song About You”, the confessional ballad that opens their latest album. Against the backdrop that is mostly a lone electric guitar, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Gospel, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Allison Russell, Blind Boys of Alabama, Buddy and Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Diane Gentile, Erin Viancourt, Heather Horton, Jeff Plankenhorn, Lydia Loveless, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Terra Lightfoot

Robert Finley – Black Bayou

Wednesday, November 01, 2023 By Chip Frazier

Robert Finley is releasing his fourth album “Black Bayou”, but still there are a lot of people unfamiliar with him and his unusual backstory. In fact, Finley didn’t even take up music full time until he was in his sixties. This on the face of it doesn’t seem like the most opportune time in his […]

Filed Under: Blues, Gospel, Reviews, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Dan Auerbach, Robert Finley, The Black Keys

Sandy Bailey Premiere – Daughter Of Abraham

Thursday, July 13, 2023 By Shawn Underwood

There are plenty of musicians who were raised in a deeply religious environment, chose a different path, but maintained and built upon the musical foundation of the church. You can attribute that talent to all the time spent in choirs and gospel services–the 10,000 hour meme. Sometimes, though, you just sense it comes from somewhere […]

Filed Under: Americana, Gospel, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Sandy Bailey

Ogden Heart – Ogden Heart

Thursday, November 17, 2022 By Shawn Underwood

Throughout much of America, regional styles of music and the church are deeply intertwined. Whether it’s the sheer number of bluegrass interpretations of spiritual songs, or the influence of gospel music in the blues, spirit and soul are wound like a double helix. That relationship is displayed grandly in the new, self-titled album from rural […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Gospel Tagged With: Kathryn Caine, Ogden Heart

Rory Block – Ain’t Nobody Worried

Wednesday, November 09, 2022 By Bill Wilcox

Rory Block’s acoustic guitar chops are unmatched. Her recent series of tribute albums to country blues greats continues with Ain’t Nobody Worried, but this time with a twist. Instead of dedicating the whole album to a single blues artist, she mixes it up, covering iconic songs by iconic women. And the usually faithful blues master […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Gospel, Reviews Tagged With: Rory Block

Monday Morning Video – Eli Paperboy Reed

Monday, March 28, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

R&B master Eli Paperboy Reed and his band cram themselves onto a small stage and set fire to the folk gospel classic “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”.

Filed Under: Folk, Gospel, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Eli Paperboy Reed

Mayer’s Playlist for Feb/Mar 2022, Part 2

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Not Ready Yet, Jamie McDell (from the ABC Music release Jamie McDell) I’ve been not so patiently awaiting the latest release from New Zealand’s Jamie McDell.  Her 2019 EP was a tremendous introduction to her songwriting talent, especially the pull no punches “Botox” and the raw emotion of “Worst Crime”.  Both songs are featured, alongside […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Gospel, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Clementine Was Right, David Ramirez, Fruition, Jamie McDell, Matt Andersen, Sea Power, Steve Poltz, The Accidentals

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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