Travis Book of The Infamous Stringdusters talks about why the Chrysler Town & Country is the mullet of vans, the importance of picking a band name carefully, and working on a golf course.
Bonus Monday Morning Video – Wait, There’s Another Dallas Show?!
What’s better than one show in Dallas? How about two! Yup, before we gather in the back yard on April 28th, we’re gonna meet up at Double Wide, a Dallas institution, on the 24th for a big ol’ rock show. Tickets and info here. How’s this for a line-up: Here’s a video playlist to get […]
Monday Morning Video – Preview Our Upcoming Dallas House Show
Twangville invites you to join us for the next edition of our backyard concert series in Dallas, TX on 28 April. Details and RSVP here. Yeah, we’re biased – but it’s a great one. We’ve got three incredible artists converging on our stage in Dallas to swap songs and stories. It will be something special. […]
Readers’ Pick: Old 97’s – American Primitive
You picked Old 97’s – American Primitive as your favorite new release for the week of April 5, 2024. Poll Results New Releases Readers’ Tops Spring 2024 Old 97’s – American Primitive (10 Votes) Phosphorescent – Revelator (7) Pernice Brothers – Who Will You Believe (7) Cedric Burnside – Hill Country Love (6) Larry Campbell […]
Clayton Ryan Song Premiere – Wild Man
Ray Wylie Hubbard once said that good poets didn’t have good childhoods. I’m sure that was a broad commentary on how adversity can be the inspiration an artist of any kind uses to shape their work. A brilliant case in point is the upcoming album from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Clayton Ryan, entitled Ghost Town. He took […]
Nick Gravenites – Rogue Blues
Nick Gravenites is cool. For his instinct for finding the moment, particularly back in the 1960s, I’d liken him to Neal Cassady,* the counter-culture icon who was taken into the beatnik fold in 1950s New York by Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg (the character Dean Moriarty in Kerouac’s On the Road was said to be […]
Alastair Caplin of The Langan Band on Rehearsals in the Scottish Highlands and Keeping a Journal
Fiddler Alastair Caplin of Scotland’s The Langan Band shares a tour lesson learned and talks about eating healthy while on tour and time spent teaching horse-back riding.
Bridget Kearney on Macrobars, Paul McCartney, and Working at Fenway Park
Bridget Kearney, solo artist and founding member of Lake Street Dive, talks about a good omen ahead of her band’s first show at Madison Square Garden, her evolving view on making music videos, and the time she broke the windshield of a taxi in Shanghai, China.
Monday Morning Video – Etta James, Dr. John, & Allen Toussaint
While picking out last week’s Allen Toussaint videos I stumbled across one with Toussaint, Dr. John, and Etta James. That led me to this unbelievable performance by James and Dr. John. The raw emotion from James is just… wow.
Readers’ Pick: Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Revelations
You picked Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Revelations as your favorite new release for the week of March 29, 2024.