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Monday Morning Video – Julie Rhodes

Monday, October 30, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

New England singer-songwriter Julie Rhodes is a powerhouse performer. Don’t believe me? Check out this performance.

Filed Under: Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Julie Rhodes

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2016

Friday, December 30, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2016 back in June (here and here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. Stay Gold, Butch Walker (from the Dangerbird Records release Stay Gold) My […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock Tagged With: Butch Walker, Ethan Crump, Girls Guns and Glory, Jack Ingram, Jesse Dayton, Julie Rhodes, Lula Wiles, Mandolin Orange, Sarah Borges, Session Americana, Terra Lightfoot, The Silks

Mayer’s Picks – Best Albums of 2016, Boston Edition

Tuesday, December 27, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

This has been an exceptional year for music in and around Boston. I hesitate to break these out into a separate regional list as many of these releases would figure prominently on my overall Best of 2016. That said, taken together they make a great statement on the vibrancy of the Boston music scene. The […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Dennis Brennan, Girls Guns and Glory, Ian Fitzgerald, Julie Rhodes, Kingsley Flood, Lula Wiles, Sarah Borges, Session Americana, The Silks, Tyler-James Kelly

Monday Morning Video – Celebrating the Boston Music Awards

Monday, December 12, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

For nearly 30 years, the Boston Music Awards have celebrated all the great music that emanates from, well, Boston. This year’s event was held last week and a number of Twangville faves walked out as winners. The Silks were selected blues artist of the year while Julie Rhodes took the best new artist crown. Old […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Dan Blakeslee, Julie Rhodes, Nate Leavitt, Old Jack, Session Americana, The Silks

Shamrock Shakes and Oxycontin – A Special Boston Playlist, Part 1

Thursday, May 05, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

The musical ground in Boston and New England has been especially fertile this year. We’ve already seen some outstanding releases by artists that run the gamut from long-time favorites to incredibly talented newcomers, with plenty more undoubtedly to come. To that end, here is the latest installment in our periodic series highlighting Boston and New […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Downloads, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Boston Playlist, David Champagne, Dietrich Strause, Julie Rhodes, Lula Wiles, Mark Erelli, Nate Leavitt, You Won't

The Twangville 2016 Release Preview, Boston Edition

Thursday, January 21, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

One of the great things about living in Boston is all the great music that emanates from the musicians that call that area home. Here is just a sampling of the great music expected out of Boston and New England this year. BOUND TO MEET THE DEVIL by JULIE RHODES(26 February) Rhodes makes a statement […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Folk, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Julie Rhodes, Mark Erelli, Parsonsfield, Sarah Borges, The Suitcase Junket

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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