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2024 Americana Music Awards

Wednesday, October 02, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

What originated as a long weekend, AmericanaFest now has official events beginning on Tuesday. However, the apex of the music festival remains the Americana Music Awards on Wednesday evening in the wonderful Ryman Auditorium. After last year’s long event padded with speeches and awards to complementary organizations, this year marked an appreciated return to focus […]

Filed Under: Americana Music Conference, Reviews Tagged With: Dave Alvin, Duane Betts, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Fantastic Negrito, Rodney Crowell, Sierra Ferrell, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Waxahatchee

Monday Morning Video – Abraham, Martin, and John

Monday, January 16, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Originally recorded by Dion in 1968, this song has taken on a life of its own. Here are some classic performances, courtesy of Ray Charles, Emmylou Harris, and Dion.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Country, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Dion, Emmylou Harris, Ray Charles

Monday Morning Video – Celebrating Levon Helm at the Ryman

Monday, April 19, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Levon Helm is an Americana, hell, an all-around music legend who we lost nine years ago today. Here are two celebrations of the man at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The first is a Levon Helm’s Ramble show from 2009 and features the man himself, as well as John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Miller, Sam […]

Filed Under: Americana, Videos Tagged With: Amy Helm, Bonnie Raitt, Booker T Jones, Brittany Howard, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Levon Helm, Richard Thompson, Sam Bush

Bonus Monday Video – Celebrating Tom Petty

Monday, October 26, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

The late Tom Petty would have celebrated his 70th birthday last week. Nashville-based musician Dylan Sevey decided to mark the occasion by inviting a few friends to share some of their favorite Petty songs. I guess things got a little carried away – just look at the list of participating artists below, more than 100 […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie Rock, Playlists, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Adalita, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, Drew Holcomb, Dylan Sevey, Emmylou Harris, J. Mascis, Larkin Poe, Lukas Nelson, Patty Griffin, Steve Earle, Tom Petty

Sam Bush – Storyman

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 By Chip Frazier

It is fitting that Sam Bush is releasing his new album on the heels of The Telluride Bluegrass Festival. After all he has ruled the festival for most of its existence. Seeing him there was an experience that allowed me to cross at least one item off my bucket list. His new release, “Storyman”, has […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Reviews Tagged With: Alison Kraus, Emmylou Harris, Newgrass Revival, Sam Bush

Shawn's Picks – Best Albums of 2015

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 By Shawn Underwood

The Mavericks – Mono  More than their previous albums I felt like Mono showcased the band more than the individuals in it.  They”re not breaking any new ground here, but that”s like dinging someone for being the best in the world at something.  This stayed in the disc changer in my car for about 6 […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Editors' Pick, Reviews Tagged With: Chris Stapleton, Corb Lund, dave rawlings machine, Della Mae, Emmylou Harris, Florence and the Machine, Jason Isbell, Kevin Gordon, Kevin Russell, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, Mike and the Moonpies, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Pharis and Jason Romero, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rodney Crowell, Shinyribs, The Bottle Rockets, The Mavericks, The Nouveaux Honkies, Wood & Wire, Yo La Tengo

Readers’ Pick: The Traveling Kind by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 By Tom Osborne

EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL, The Traveling Kind - cover art

EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL, The Traveling Kind beats out RHETT MILLER WITH BLACK PRAIRIE, The Traveler by 1 vote as your favorite for the week of May 12, 2015. Poll Results     Readers’ Top 25 – Spring 2015 THE SIDESHOW TRAGEDY, Capital (50) RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ruffian’s Misfortune (22) DWIGHT YOAKAM, Second Hand […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Emmylou Harris, Rhett Miller, Rodney Crowell

Americana Music Conference 2013: The Awards Show

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members, artists and music fans together in Nashville for its annual conference. Starting with the annual Americana Music Awards and continuing through four days of showcases and panel discussions, it is a tremendous celebration of Americana music. Any discussion of the Americana Music Conference has to begin with […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, News Tagged With: Buddy Miller, Dan Auerbach, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale, John Fullbright, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Larry Campbell, Robert Hunter, Rodney Crowell, Shovels and Rope, Stephen Stills

Steve Earle: The Warner Bros Years

Friday, July 12, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

I ‘m usually not a fan of re-releases. My general view is that if I bought the album once, why should I buy it again? Well, I’d make an exception for Shout Factory’s new collection The Warner Bros. Years, which brings together Steve Earle’s first three releases for Warner Brothers Records. This trio of albums […]

Filed Under: Americana, Reviews, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bill Monroe, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle

Monday Morning Video: SXSW 2013 Highlights, Part 1

Monday, April 01, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

This week and next week I’ll be featuring some videos from SXSW. We’ll start with a mostly acoustic set, featuring: Steve Earle performing “Someday” The Waterboys performing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” Billy Bragg performing “Handyman Blues” Chuck Ragan and friends performing “Revival Road” Frank Turner covering Blink 182’s “Dammit” Josh Ritter and Emmylou Harris […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Chuck Ragan, Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Frank Turner, Josh Ritter, Mike Scott, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Stevie Nicks, The Waterboys

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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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