You picked One Drop of Truth by Nashville-based folk rock band, The Wood Brothers, as your favorite new release for the week of February 2, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter […]
I’m With Her – See You Around
The term “folk supergroup” seems a little like an oxymoron.  Calling anyone in the folk music business a superstar is probably pushing it.  Having said that, there aren’t many musicians in this genre that can draw crowds like Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, or Aoife O’Donovan pull in individually.  So if they do something together, yeah, I […]
Monday Morning Video – Lake Street Dive’s A-Ha Moment
Leave it to the exceptional Lake Street Dive to reimagine A-Ha’s “Take On Me” that swings, at various moments, between mariachi, reggae, jazz and pop.
Readers’ Pick: Rifles and Rosary Beads by Mary Gauthier
You picked Rifles and Rosary Beads by Nashville-based folk singer-songwriter, Mary Gauthier, as your favorite new release for the week of January 26, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring […]
Laura Benitez and the Heartache – With All Its Thorns
In dance halls and on flatbed trucks across most of this nation there’s a style of country music that’s still played a lot more than you’d ever guess listening to a radio programmed out of Nashville. Â Sure, everyone has a cover of the latest bro’ country hit and the obligatory Garth Brooks or George Strait. […]
Monday Morning Video – Northcote Hopes the Good Things Never Die
Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Goud, aka Northcote, is overdue to release some new music into the world (hint, hint). In the meantime, here’s a favorite from 2013’s Northcote.
Readers’ Pick: Between Two Shores by Glen Hansard
You picked Between Two Shores by Dublin-based folk rock singer-songwriter, Glen Hansard, as your favorite new release for the week of January 19, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring […]
Steep Canyon Rangers – Out In the Open
One of the more anticipated albums recently around the Twangville offices is the new one from Steep Canyon Rangers.  Out In the Open finally hit our hard drives a couple of weeks ago andI got a chance to ask banjo player and lead vocalist Graham Sharp a few questions about the record.  What really came through […]
Monday Morning Video – John Hiatt and the Goners
With one notable exception, my live concert year is off to a phenomenal start. The most recent addition to the list was John Hiatt, joined by Sonny Landreth and the Goners. The foursome revisited Hiatt’s seminal album Slow Turning in its entirety, every musical nook and cranny resounding with an infectious energy. Landreth, in particular, […]
Readers’ Pick: Encore by Anderson East
You picked Encore by Nashville-based rock singer-songwriter, Anderson East, as your favorite new release for the week of January 12, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2018 ANDERSON EAST, […]