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Otis Taylor – Contraband

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By Bill Wilcox

Otis Taylor and Corey Harris may be the most creative blues musicians active today. And with Harris spending much of his time exploring other musical avenues, that leaves Taylor pretty much in a class by himself as an avant-garde bluesman.  His moody, atmospheric yet beautiful recordings are a welcome change from the many younger musicians trying […]

Filed Under: Blues, Genres, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Younblood Hart, Blues, Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Keb Mo, Otis Taylor, Roots

Old Settler’s Music Festival Highlights

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By Shawn Underwood

I’m from northern California where “layering” your clothing is a mantra more than a conscious thought. Sure came in handy this year for Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood (Austin), Texas, where there was driving rain, freezing cold (at least it felt that way), and warm, late-spring sunshine. Oh, and lots of good music, which […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Reviews, Roots, Up & Comers Tagged With: Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, festival, music

Roman Carter + More, Album Previews

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 By Tom Osborne

Roman Carter, “Never Slow Down (Full CD) [MySpace] In a year that graced us with a new album from Bettye Lavette, now we get Roman Carter of the famed Carter Brothers (Albert, Jerry, Roman) bringing us some funked up blues. The album is a collaboration with LA producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliott Smith, R.L. Burnside). […]

Filed Under: Blues, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Blues, Streams

Bad to the Bone, 25 Years Later

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 By Tom Osborne

I had forgotten how good George Thorogood and the Destroyers are. The commercial success of the song “Bad to the Bone” and several of the songs on the album of the same name numbed my perspective of their talent. We’ve heard songs like “Bad to the Bone”, “Nobody But Me” and “No Particular Place to […]

Filed Under: Blues, Downloads, Rock, Rockabilly Tagged With: Blues, Downloads, Rock, Rockabilly

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals “This is Somewhere”, Reviewed

Thursday, July 26, 2007 By Tom Osborne

“Stop the bus and turn the radio up high!” wails Grace Potter on the second track of the band’s third full length album titled This is Somewhere. This is exactly what you’ll want to do when you hear this song playing in whatever your version of a bus is. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals hail […]

Filed Under: Blues, Downloads, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Blues, Downloads, Reviews, Rock, Videos

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals @ The State Theatre

Sunday, June 03, 2007 By Tom Osborne

I recently took advantage of a chance to see Grace Potter & The Nocturnals on tour in the DC area (5/19/07). I’ve mentioned before that they were one of my favorite shows at SXSW back in March. As expected they put on an amazing show. Here’s some photos I took with my new Nikon digital […]

Filed Under: Blues, Rock, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Blues, Rock, Videos

Grace Potter, David Serby & The Wells, via Tom’s Mailbox

Monday, April 23, 2007 By Tom Osborne

One of the perks of being involved with Twangville is that some really great artists send me music to sample. The unfortunate thing is that more often than not, much of what is sent to me never sees the light of day. I’ve been burdening myself with the idea that I have to do an […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Country, Downloads, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Americana, Blues, Country, Downloads, Rock, Roots, Videos

Mike’s Best Albums of 2006

Sunday, December 31, 2006 By Mike Milanesi

I waited 24 years for The Who (my favorite band) to release a new album, and it didn’t make my 10-best list! What a drag. Oh well, maybe they’ll get it right in 2030. Not to worry, there were plenty of discs to celebrate in 2006. Drum roll… #1 John Gorka Writing in the Margins […]

Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Blues, Country, Playlists, Rock

Sarah’s Best Tracks of 2006

Thursday, December 28, 2006 By Sarah Davis

I purposely titled this one ‘best tracks’ because some of these songs have been floating around for a couple of years or longer, but have been released in the past year as live tracks or, in one case, a compilation release.  While some people might argue that they should therefore be out of the running […]

Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Acoustic, Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Playlists, Rock

The New, Weird America: The Harry Smith Project Revisited

Friday, November 17, 2006 By Mike Milanesi

“My dream came true. I saw America changed through music.” As a Grammy Awards audience acknowledged his genius, a frail Harry Smith, months before his death, basked in the recognition that had eluded him for a half century. The importance of his landmark Anthology of American Folk Music cannot be overstated: it is often credited […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Gospel, Reviews, Roots

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 2?

  • Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball (52%, 13 Votes)
  • Esther Rose – Want (36%, 9 Votes)
  • Kassi Valazza – From Newman Street (8%, 2 Votes)
  • Missy Raines & Allegheny – Love & Trouble (4%, 1 Votes)
  • Jedd Hughes – Nightshades (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 25

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