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A music blog featuring Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. Est. 2005.

Josh Ritter in NY on 6/28! Ticket Giveaway!

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Hello, Team Twangville!! We have exciting news: we are giving away 2 sets of tickets for Josh Ritter’s show in Port Washington, NY on Friday 6/28! To enter the giveaway, please comment with YOUR FAVORITE JOSH RITTER LYRIC on our Facebook and/or Instagram posts!! Winners will be selected on Thursday 6/27 at 12pm!! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8nAQWDOq2A/ […]

Monday Morning Video – Josh Ritter “Getting Ready to Get Down”

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If you’ve ever seen Josh Ritter live, he’ll periodically introduce this song with a warning to other songwriters. I’ll paraphrase: always think about how you’ll perform a song live when you write one filled with rapid fire lyrics. Here’s Ritter spitting out the lyrics of “Getting Ready to Get Down”.

Feels like Josh Ritter Gave me a Mansion!

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Upbeat Josh Ritter is my favorite Josh Ritter. Give me songs like “Right Moves”, “Snow is Gone”, and “Young Moses” any day. Your head will start bopping and you’ll find yourself smiling without knowing why. His new EP “See Here, I Have Built You a Mansion” is a gift to all of us trying to […]

Twangville’s Official Best Album of 2019 Is Josh Ritter’s “Fever Breaks”

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Official Twangville Best New Album of 2019: Josh Ritter, Fever Breaks The Twangville pick for Best New Album of 2019 is Fever Breaks by Idaho-born singer-songwriter, Josh Ritter. This list combines best of year picks from our Twangville authors plus the Readers’ Tops which you helped us create. Congrats to all the finalists. Bring on […]

Mayer’s Picks – Best of 2019, The Albums

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Another year – heck, another decade – is winding down, which means that it is time for the ubiquitous best of year lists. Without further ado, here are my picks for the best albums of 2019. 10. MATTHEW RYAN, The Future Was Beautiful Matthew Ryan somewhat quietly released a pair of EPs in 2019 before […]

Best of 2019- Chip’s Picks

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This was a tough year to rank best albums. The sheer volume of good releases made it difficult. This is especially true in the Americana genre with it’s ever expanding boundaries. All the same, I gave it my best shot. 1)Yola- “Walk Through Fire” Released early in the year, from my first listen I knew […]

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2019 (So Far), the Songs

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Canyon, Joshua Ray Walker (from the State Fair Records release Wish You Were Here) Talk about making a statement on your debut album.  Walker’s moving acoustic ballad is both a highly personal reflection on his father’s battle with cancer and his own desire to be a better person.  Simply stunning. Full Moon Goodbye, Michael McDermott […]

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2019 (So Far), the Albums

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Orphans by Michael McDermott It speaks volumes about Michael McDermott’s songwriting prowess that the songs that make up Orphans were originally written for his last few albums but were left sitting on the shelf.  In some ways this is fairly relaxed record by McDermott standards, but it still packs a powerful emotional punch.  Key Tracks: […]

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2019, Part 2

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All Some Kind of Dream, Josh Ritter (from the Pytheas Recordings release Fever Breaks) Josh Ritter is one of the most literate songwriters of these times, waxing poetic as easily as unleashing fiery commentary.  He sets the tone early on the newly released Fever Breaks with “Ground Don’t Want Me” a somewhat jubilant melody and […]