Twangville is proud to sponsor a special show this coming Thursday in Cambridge, MA. Austin Lucas and Dan Blakeslee will undoubtedly regale all those in attendance with stellar stories and songs. Do join us, won’t you? Get your tickets here. Below the show poster (a Blakeslee original) are a pair of videos from both performers […]
Readers’ Pick: Americana by Ray Davies
You picked “Americana” from London-born singer-songwriter, Ray Davies, as your favorite new release for the week of April 21, 2017. 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 Spring 2017 DERRICK ANDERSON, A World of […]
Old Settler’s Music Festival – 2017
Once again I made it out to the campground across the highway from the Salt Lick BBQ near the small town of Driftwood, TX, for the Old Settler’s Music Festival. Â Here are the highlights from what I saw this year. Never A Disappointing Performance Award -Â Old Settler’s started out as a bluegrass festival, and it […]
30 Years Of Old Settler’s Music Festival
Thirty years ago, in a park in a suburb north of Austin, a group of music lovers who gathered to play fiddle every Sunday, put on a small bluegrass festival. Â It was named after the park and sponsored by the town. Â Attendance that first year was about 600 people. Â Now, 30 years later, it’s held […]
Jayme Stone – Folklife
Of all the musicians I’ve assumed are safe in their positions of number one in the world at what they do, Bela Fleck is perhaps the one I thought was the most secure.  Until now, there has been little competition in the eclectic, versatile, jazz but also world, folk and bluegrass banjo virtuoso category. But Canadian […]
Twangville Premiere: Brett Newski’s “Songs To Sink the American Dream”
Back in a earlier time (e.g. 2 years ago), Tuesday was widely known among US music aficionados as album release day. Then the world changed when the music industry decided that Friday would be a much better day to unleash new music. Well, with an ode to that bygone Tuesday era, Twangville if offering up […]
Twangville Premiere: Christopher Paul Stelling on “The Cost of Doing Business”
Back in a earlier time (e.g. 2 years ago), Tuesday was widely known among US music aficionados as album release day. Then the world changed when the music industry decided that Friday would be a much better day to unleash new music. Well, with an ode to that bygone Tuesday era, Twangville if offering up […]
Twangville Premiere: Ronnie Fauss covers Merle Haggard
Back in a earlier time (e.g. 2 years ago), Tuesday was widely known among US music aficionados as album release day. Then the world changed when the music industry decided that Friday would be a much better day to unleash new music. Well, with an ode to that bygone Tuesday era, Twangville if offering up […]
Twangville Presents Austin Lucas and Dan Blakeslee in Concert (Cambridge, MA)
It’s easy to forget that being a professional musician is about more than music. This is even more true for the independent artist who will spend the day doing everything from stuffing merch envelopes and hanging show posters to trying to coordinate tour logistics from behind the wheel of the tour van. With that as […]
Monday Morning Video – A Double Dose of Blackfoot Gypsies
Some weeks just call for a blast of some good ol’ rock and roll. How about we get this week started with a pair from Nashville’s Blackfoot Gypsies. The boys are celebrating the release of To the Top, their new long-player. Here are two tracks that will give you a taste of what is to […]