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Mayer’s Playlist for Fall/Winter 2023, Part 1

Thursday, December 28, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Lydia Loveless

Toothache, Lydia Loveless (from the Bloodshot Records release Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again) Relationships are messy and few songwriters capture that fact better than Lydia Loveless. One need look no further than “Song About You”, the confessional ballad that opens their latest album. Against the backdrop that is mostly a lone electric guitar, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Gospel, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Allison Russell, Blind Boys of Alabama, Buddy and Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Diane Gentile, Erin Viancourt, Heather Horton, Jeff Plankenhorn, Lydia Loveless, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Terra Lightfoot

Marc Cohn & Blind Boys Of Alabama – Work To Do

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 By Shawn Underwood

Several years later I still remember seeing them do it. The Blind Boys Of Alabama, that night accompanied by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, doing Amazing Grace, set to the tune of House Of the Rising Sun. It was the first 20 years of gospel influence in rock boiled down to its essence in a […]

Filed Under: Blues, Gospel, Pop, Reviews Tagged With: Blind Boys of Alabama, Marc Cohn

Paul Thorn – Don’t Let the Devil Ride

Thursday, March 15, 2018 By Shawn Underwood

As many before me have observed, there’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.  Particularly  when applied to many congregations in the American South, that observation pertains as much to the music as it does the time of day.  Many hymns originated in the late 19th century as verses created or borrowed from Christian […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Blind Boys of Alabama, McCrary Sisters, Paul Thorn

Ruthie Foster – Let It Burn

Wednesday, February 01, 2012 By Shawn Underwood

Ever since Ray Charles earned the wrath of the righteous back in the 50’s with his corruption of “church music”, musicians have been stealing that mix of old fashioned gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul.  Rarely, though, has it come together as well as on the latest Ruthie Foster project, Let It Burn.  Listening to […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Blind Boys of Alabama, Ruthie Foster

Ain’t Nobody Better Than The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Monday, February 22, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Few cities have as rich a musical heritage as New Orleans, Louisiana. Even fewer have a modest building the mere mention of which conjures up vivid images, both visual and aural. Such is the legacy of Preservation Hall. The building itself is strikingly humble. No running water. No air conditioning. Six spare benches and a […]

Filed Under: Americana, Folk, Jazz, News, Reviews Tagged With: Amy Lavere, Blind Boys of Alabama, Buddy Miller, Jim James, Paolo Nutini, Pete Seeger, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ritchie Havens, Tom Waits

Best Albums of 2009, Tom’s Picks

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 By Tom Osborne

Well, here they are. My Top 25 albums of 2009. Last year I chose The Hold Steady’s ‘Stay Positive’ as album of the year. That album tied the Drive-by Truckers for numero uno according to the Twangville Posse. This year, I’m thrilled to say that the Posse agrees with me once again. The Album of […]

Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Ben Harper, Ben Kweller, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bob Schneider, Brandi Carlile, Brendan Benson, Conor Oberst, dinosaur jr., Drive-By-Truckers, frog holler, Jason Isbell, Lucero, Matthew Ryan, Michelle Malone, Mindy Smith, Pete Yorn, phish, Sarah Borges, Sons of Bill, Stephen Kellogg, The Damnwells, two tons of steel, Will Hoge, Wrinkle Neck Mules

Blind Boys of Alabama – Duets

Monday, November 09, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

Seventy years.  That’s right, this year marks the seventh decade the Blind Boys of Alabama have been performing.  Sure, the personnel have undergone some changes in that time, but one of the original members, Clarence Fountain, still tours with them as his health allows.  What’s more, they’ve never been as relevant to the current music […]

Filed Under: Americana, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Blind Boys of Alabama, Gospel

Willie Nelson + More, Releases 1/29/08

Monday, January 28, 2008 By Tom Osborne

WILLIE NELSON, Moment Of Forever (Lost Highway) Official Site | MySpace | Stream In a reminiscient of Johnny Cash’s remake of the Nine Inch Nails single “Hurt”, Willie Nelson has taken a crack at singing Dave Matthews’ “Gravedigger”. His latest album ‘Moment of Forever’ shows us that his bio-diesel fueled career in music has no […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Country, Downloads, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Blind Boys of Alabama, Joe Jackson, Robert Pollard, Shelby Lynne, Twilight Hotel, Willie Nelson, Wrights

Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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