Folk duo Minor Gold – Tracy McNeil & Dan Parsons – talk about living off greens and protein, playing their debut show at the annual Folk Alliance International conference, and why the best way to learn is simply to do things.
Monday Morning Video – Del Amitri and the BBC Concert Orchestra
How about a throwback to the cursed Covid years to start the week. These performances are made all the more special thanks to the BBC Concert Orchestra. Set aside the technical wonder of stitching all these home-bound instruments together, they give these already spectacular Del Amitri songs a regal air. First up is “It’s Feelings” […]
Readers’ Pick: The Wood Brothers – Puff of Smoke
You picked The Wood Brothers – Puff of Smoke as your favorite new release for the week of August 1, 2025.
Trapper Schoepp Talks Songwriting and Side Hustles
Twangville: Congrats on the new album, sir – where do you think this album finds you on your journey as a songwriter? Trapper Schoepp: Osborne is the most raw record I’ve done. I’ve written a lot of character driven songs in the past but with this record I turned inward. I wrote and recorded it […]
Hey NYC: Join Twangville at Café Wha? – October 24th
GET TICKETS We’ve hosted shows in living rooms and backyards over the years — but this one’s different. On Friday, October 24th, Twangville takes over the legendary Café Wha? in NYC’s Greenwich Village, where Dylan played his first NYC shows and the walls still echo with Hendrix, Springsteen, and a hundred other legends. Now it’s […]
Studio Spotlight/Blue Rock Artist Ranch & Studio, Billy Crockett
Blue Rock provides a destination studio experience where the artist and team can live, work, play, and eat together, also hosting concerts, artist residencies, and workshops. The studio was designed and built with native wood and stone in the spirit of a 19th century fort/mission, converted to acoustic spaces for tracking and mixing audio + […]
Eli Paperboy Reed on Tour Dynamics and Delivering Flowers
Boston-reared, Brooklyn-based R&B and soul artist Eli Paperboy Reed talks about enjoying local delicacies while on tour, learning how to not break guitar strings, and the first blues song that he wrote.
Monday Morning Video – Flaco Jiménez
Another legend gone. Chances are you’ve heard Flaco Jiménez—even if you didn’t know his name. For more than seven decades, his unmistakable accordion sound helped define and popularize Tejano music, bridging Mexican folk traditions with American country, rock, and blues. Flaco’s influence ran deep—whether leading his own conjunto, anchoring the Texas Tornados alongside Doug Sahm, […]
Readers’ Pick: The Honeydogs – Algebra For Broken Hearts
You picked The Honeydogs – Algebra For Broken Hearts as your favorite new release for the week of August 1, 2025.
Henhouse Prowlers – Unravel
The modern theme for a 20th anniversary gift is platinum. That’s relevant because this year is the 20th year Chicago bluegrass group Henhouse Prowlers have been a band. They have a new album out, Unravel, and I’m sure they’d be happy to have it certified platinum. In this day and age, though, they’ll probably have […]