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Monday Morning Video – Jesse Malin

Monday, December 30, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Some may know the story of Jesse Malin. The longtime cornerstone of New York’s East Village music scene suffered a traumatic spinal stroke in 2023, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The singer-songwriter, who has long preached “positive mental attitude”, persevered through months of medical treatments and physical therapy with the hope of returning […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Butch Walker, Counting Crows, dinosaur jr., Elvis Costello, J Mascis, Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Steve Van Zandt

Colin James – Chasing the Sun

Thursday, August 22, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

To say that Colin James is big in Canada is an understatement. With eight Juno Awards (Canadian Grammies) and 31 Maple Leaf Blues Awards, James might be the most prominent member of a healthy Canadian blues scene that has included the likes of Steve Dawson, Colin Linden, Sue Foley, Jim Byrnes, JW-Jones, Big Dave McLean […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Charlie Musselwhite, Colin James, Lucinda Williams

Monday Morning Video – Lucinda Williams “Passionate Kisses”

Monday, July 22, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

While it was Mary Chapin Carpenter’s cover that ultimately earned Lucinda Williams a Grammy award for the song, I’ve always been partial to the grittiness of Williams’ original version. Here’s a performance by Williams from Austin City Limits.

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Videos Tagged With: Lucinda Williams

Monday Morning Video – Lucinda Williams

Monday, April 03, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

I referenced this song in my SXSW coverage last week so figured that I’d share the video this week. This is Lucinda Williams performing “Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings”.

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Lucinda Williams

Readers’ Pick: Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels

Friday, May 01, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Chatham County Line – Strange Fascination (cover art)

You picked Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels as your favorite new release for the week of April 24, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2020 Robert Vincent – […]

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Readers’ Pick: Ghosts Of Highway 20 by Lucinda Williams

Friday, February 12, 2016 By Tom Osborne

Lucinda Williams, Ghosts of Highway 20 - cover art

LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Ghosts Of Highway 20 beats out THE PINES, Above the Prairie as your favorite for the week of February 5, 2016. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter 2016 THE […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Lucinda Williams, The Pines

The Twangville 2016 Release Preview

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

There is already an impressive collection of releases on the docket for 2016, with plenty more sure to follow. Here are a handful that the Twangville crew are eagerly anticipating. What albums, whether on this list or not, are you most excited to hear? CAYAMO SESSIONS AT SEA by BUDDY MILLER AND FRIENDS(29 January on […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Indie, News, Pop, Rock Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Buddy Miller, Caleb Caudle, Dave Cobb, Grant-Lee Phillips, Lake Street Dive, Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples, Parker Millsap, Paul Burch

Chip’s Best of 2014

Wednesday, January 07, 2015 By Chip Frazier

As usual it was a tough year to pick the top albums. This year was particularly tough; in that there were a number of top notch releases, but no clear standouts. Thus the conundrum, how to separate albums that are all deserving and uniquely their own. Here is an attempt to rank my top ten. […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Indie, Outlaw Country, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Chattam County Line, Chuck Prophet, Cory Branan, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Justin Townes Earle, Lucinda Williams, Old Crow Medicine Show, Shovels & Rope, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Sturgill Simpson, the Howlin Brothers

Readers’ Pick: Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone by Lucinda Williams

Tuesday, October 07, 2014 By Tom Osborne

You picked Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone by Lucinda Williams as your favorite for the week of September 30, 2014. Readers’ Top Picks (last 4 weeks) Single Mothers by Justin Townes Earle (13) [9/9] Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone by Lucinda Williams (9) [9/30] Ryan Adams by Ryan Adams (9) [9/9] […]

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Twangville Fall Release Preview

Wednesday, September 03, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Yup, the fall release calendar is shaping up quite nicely, thank you. Here are just a few that we at Twangville are excited to hear. SWIMMIN’ TIME by SHOVELS AND ROPE(25 Aug on Dualtone Records) SINGLE MOTHERS by JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE(9 Sept on Vagrant Records) RYAN ADAMS by RYAN ADAMS(9 Sept on Pax Am/Blue Note […]

Filed Under: Americana, News, Rock Tagged With: Justin Townes Earle, Lucinda Williams, Matthew Ryan, Shakey Graves, Shovels and Rope

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