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Chip’s Best of 2025

Saturday, January 03, 2026 By Chip Frazier

As seems to be the case every year, selecting a top 25 was difficult task for 2025. There are so many good albums not on the list, that I liked almost as much as what was included. However, selecting the top album was not hard this year. Wednesday – Bleeds was an obvious choice to […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Editors' Pick, Folk, Indie, Indie Rock, Rock, Roots, Videos Tagged With: Brent Cobb, Caamp, Charley Crockett, Clover County, Colter Wall, Daniel Donato, Fust, Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, Jeff Tweedy, Larkin Poe, Margo Price, Mickelson, My Morning Jacket, Palmyra, Paul Thorn, Sierra Hull, Snocaps, Sunny Sweeney, The Shootouts, Turnpike Troubadours, Tyler Childers, Wednesday, West Texas Exiles

AmericanaFest 2025, Todd’s Take

Thursday, September 25, 2025 By Todd Mathis

When I saw Daniel Lanois announce he was playing a couple of shows in Nashville during AmericanaFest my excitement level hit a 10 out of 10, only to be eclipsed by my excitement level of 11 when I was actually watching him play with his trio at Dreamland on Tuesday. It was a perfect display […]

Filed Under: Americana Music Conference Tagged With: Abby Hamilton, Ben de la Cour, Craig Finn, Daniel Lanois, David Rawlings, Fust, Gillian Welch, Hayes Carll, Jim Lauderdale, Joelton Mayfield, John Fogerty, John R. Miller, Joshua Ray Walker, Ken Pomeroy, Kirby Baby, Kirby Brown, Robert Ellis, Tift Merritt, West Texas Exiles, William Matheny

Chip’s Best of 2025 – So Far

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 By Chip Frazier

I thought I would kill two birds with one stone. My year end best of is a daunting task, so I am going to cut the challenge in half and try to get the Twangville readers to think about what their favorites are so far in 2025. No better to do that than give you […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Alternative, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Editors' Pick, Folk, Indie, Indie Rock, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Caamp, Fust, I'm With Her, James McMurtry, Kelsey Waldon, My Morning Jacket, Neal Francis, Paul Thorn, Sierra Hull, The Shootouts, Tyler Childers

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What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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