You know the saying: you gotta dance with the one who brung ya. Having spent years being the frontman and/or guitarist for a few outlaw honky tonk southern rock bands, that was the obvious choice of style for Andy Thomas’ newest record, Highway Junkie. As you might have intimated from the album’s title, he had […]
John Hollier on Band Dinners and Sorrow, The Band’s Spiritual Guide
Nashville’s John Hollier explains why he changes guitar strings after every show and why he disgrees with a mentor’s advice.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Future Soul
If you’re reading this, it’s a safe bet you know about the Tedeschi Trucks Band: a couple of hotshot solo artists who merged their bands and their lives and have proven the idiom that one plus one can equal three. They have a new studio album out next week, Future Soul. There’s an important piece […]
SONG PREMIERE – Nocona “How Do You Feel?” (Featuring Rosie Flores)
We at Twangville are proud to premier the new single by west coast Country Rockers Nocona. “How Do You Feel?” is a dueling guitar extravaganza featuring the legendary Rosie Flores. It is certainly fitting to fuse the edgy Rockabilly of Flores with the edgy Roots Rock of Nocona. The song will be available March 13th […]
It’s Time for Our Next Sunday Social in Dallas
There’s a specific kind of magic that happens when the sun starts to dip over a Dallas afternoon and the music takes hold. If you’ve been to a Twangville Sunday Social, you know exactly what we mean. If you haven’t? Well, April 19th is your chance to find out. All three of our featured artists […]
Joseph Settine of The Brook and The Bluff on Stolen Guitar Strings and an Overweight Tour Trailer
Joseph Settine of Nashville-based The Brook and The Bluff talks about the bar tab at the band’s first gig and why he takes a blender on tour.
Twangville Returns to NYC’s Cafe Wha? on April 1st
Some rooms hold onto their songs. Cafe Wha? is one of them. The Greenwich Village landmark has heard Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix, among others — and the memory of those performances lives in its walls. Twangville is honored to return on April 1st and add the songs of Lydia Loveless and Will […]
Monday Morning Video – Erik Vincent Huey
Last week Erik Vincent Huey took over Lucinda’s in NYC’s East Village to celebrate the release of Fort Defiance, his latest album — and by “took over,” we mean he owned every inch of it. Backed by Baltimore rock band Starbelly and album producer Eric Ambel, the night turned into a glorious, screaming rock show. […]
Monday Morning Video – Matt Charette
Early last week, Boston singer-songwriter Matt Charette showed up at his barbershop to find it underwater. Literally. An upstairs neighbor didn’t take proper cold weather precautions, a pipe burst, and water came pouring down into the shop. The damage was devastating. But Charette’s doing what DIY musicians do—skip the pity party, roll up the sleeves, […]
Patton Magee of The Nude Party on How They Got a Sitar and the Best Kept Secret in Music
Patton Magee of The Nude Party talks about the benefit of staying busy and recalls what happened when the police showed up at the band’s first gig.