Critics often throw around the title “best American rock bandâ€, usually in relation to outfits like the Drive-By Truckers, My Morning Jacket, or Wilco.  Who am I to disappoint? So I’ll say it, 1372 Overton Park is Lucero’s entrance into that league. It’s a straight up American rock and roll classic and I dare you […]
Win Big: Rosanne Cash
It is hard to top the story behind Rosanne Cash‘s latest release entitled The List. Her father, the legendary Johnny Cash, was concerned that a young Rosanne wasn’t connecting with the rich country music heritage. So he made her a list.
Win Big: Signed Bloodshot Records Poster
The Bloodshot Records day party is a traditional highlight of every SXSW. Held behind the Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery in Austin Texas, it is a relaxed afternoon of filled with beer, food, merriment and, of course, great music. To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the folks at Bloodshot decided to take that experience on the […]
Win Big: The Low Anthem
It has been one heck of a year for Providence, RI trio the Low Anthem. When we first wrote about the band in January, they had just recently self-released the magnificent Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Fast forward six months and, as band member and baseball fan Jeff Prystowsky might say, it’s a whole new […]
Win Big: Sara Watkins
“I just say that I grew up in a bluegrass band that became something else,” says Sara Watkins to describe her time spent with Nickel Creek. Watkins stretches out on her self-titled newly released solo outing. Recorded in Nashville and LA with producer John Paul Jones (he of Led Zeppelin fame), the album features tracks […]
Win Big: Elvis Costello’s Sundance Spectacle
I have to admit that I was a bit suspect when the Sundance Channel’s Spectacle series was first announced. The show features Elvis Costello interviewing a collection of artists ranging from Elton John to the Police to Lou Reed and others. As it turns out, the series is quite entertaining. Costello’s own musical experiences give […]
The Taste of Victory
No, I’m not writing about this past weekend’s UF vs. Alabama football game. I’ll leave that to Tom and Chip, although I suspect that Chip will be rather quiet on the subject. Just wanted to acknowledge several recent winners in Twangville give-aways: Sharon Goldberg of New York, NY will be receiving the new Dar Williams […]
Thank You Prince and Alan Greenspan
So it has now been officially declared that the US is in a recession. Nothing left to do but “party like its 1999.” Prince |MTV Music Can I tell you how much fun I’m having digging through the MTV archives? Post a comment with your favorite video from the MTV archives and you could win […]
Name Your Video: A Twangville Give-Away
Yesterday we posted a few choice videos courtesy of MTV. Now’s its your turn. Post your favorite video from the immense MTV archives and you could win our latest give-away. Our give-away comes courtesy of the Break and Repair Method, the nom de plume of Paul Doucette. Some may know Doucette from the MTV appearances […]
Butch Walker Listening Party & Give-Away
We’re chock full of goodies today celebrating the US release of Butch Walker’s Sycamore Meadows. The title comes from the name of the street where Walker was living in Malibu when wildfires swept through Southern California in late 2007. Walker lost everything in the fire. Everything, that is, but his spirit. And it’s that spirit […]