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Monday Morning Video – Dallas House Show Preview

Monday, April 13, 2026 By Mayer Danzig

There’s something about a Sunday afternoon in a Dallas backyard — relaxed, sunny, the kind of day that makes you remember why you love live music in the first place. We’ve been lucky enough to host some incredible artists at the Sunday Social over the years, and if we’re being honest, we’ve gotten a little […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Singer/Songwriter, Twangville Presents, Videos Tagged With: Joelton Mayfield, Kevin Gordon, Miss Tess

It’s Time for Our Next Sunday Social in Dallas

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 By Mayer Danzig

There’s a specific kind of magic that happens when the sun starts to dip over a Dallas afternoon and the music takes hold. If you’ve been to a Twangville Sunday Social, you know exactly what we mean. If you haven’t? Well, April 19th is your chance to find out. All three of our featured artists […]

Filed Under: Americana, Cajun, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Twangville Presents, Videos Tagged With: Joelton Mayfield, Kevin Gordon, Miss Tess

Mayer’s Playlist for Early 2025

Friday, February 28, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Easy Love, Part 1, Larkin Poe (from the Tricki-Woo Records release Bloom) Rebecca and Megan Lovell continue to fortify their position as leading lights for modern blues-based rock. Their latest album is another glorious celebration of rock and roll, one led by Rebecca’s electric guitar and Megan’s steel guitar. Opener “Mockingbird” may start with a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Cajun, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Balto, Ben Nichols, Death By Unga Bunga, Horsebath, Ian Fisher, Larkin Poe, Lilly Hiatt, Lucero, Massy Ferguson, Miss Tess, Tristen Lake Leabu, Wilder Woods

The Twangville Early 2024 Preview

Thursday, January 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Halfsies by Lizzie No (19 Jan) Brooklyn’s Lizzie No showcases the breadth of her talent on her forthcoming album. From folk to rock to pop – there’s a little bit of everything, all with an engaging indie vibe. Letting the Lions In by Dinty Child (19 Jan) Dinty Child is a mainstay of the Boston […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Cajun, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Brother Dege, Buffalo Tom, Chris J Norwood, Corb Lund, Dinty Child, Hurray for the Riff Raff, James Mastro, Joe Pug, Lizzie No, Mia Dyson, Miss Tess, Phil Hurley, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Session Americana, Sophie Gault, The FBR, The HawtThorns, The Northern Belle

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2020, Part 2

Thursday, April 23, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

FEATURED ALBUM I Was Hurt Today But I’m Alright Now, Robert Vincent (from the self-released In This Town You’re Owned) Robert Vincent has a few things to say.  In This Town You’re Owned is an expansive meditation that finds the Liverpool-based songwriter reflecting on religion, war, relationships, and struggles in a way that is both […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Dave Simonett, Dead Man Winter, Miss Tess, Robert Vincent, Sadler Vaden, Sweet Lizzy Project, Tami Neilson, The Mastersons, the SteelDrivers, The Stone Foxes, The Third Mind, Trampled by Turtles

The Twangville Early 2020 Release Preview

Thursday, January 23, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

If the albums scheduled for release over the next few months are any indication, there’s a great year of music ahead of us. Here are just a few forthcoming long-players that we are eagerly anticipating in 2020. BROKEN AT THE BREAK OF DAY by FRUITION (17 January) Fruition are releasing their third album in just […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, News, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Brett Newski, Christopher Paul Stelling, Darling West, Dinty Child, Drive-By-Truckers, Eleven Hundred Springs, Frenchie's Blues Destroyers, Fruition, John Moreland, Lilly Hiatt, Michael McDermott, Miss Tess, Nada Surf, Robert Vincent, Ry Cavanaugh, Tami Neilson, The Reverent Few, The Wood Brothers, Will Sexton

Monday Morning Video – Ted Hawkins

Monday, August 13, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

The Ted Hawkins story is among the most unique in American music. The Biloxi Mississippi native spent years as a street busker, most notably serenading passers-by on Venice Beach, CA while perched on a milk crate. He was “discovered” several times but never found significant success. His graveled voice and insistent guitar were his calling […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Anderson East, Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim, Miss Tess, Shinyribs, Ted Hawkins, The Mastersons

Folk Alliance 2016 – The Video Companion

Thursday, March 03, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

Actual videos of our fave Folk Alliance performances are hard to come by, well at least good quality ones. So we decided to go with the next best thing – videos of these performers captured in other, sometimes unique, locations. Featured in this video playlist are: The Show Ponies, Parsonsfield, Aoife O’Donovan, Session Americana, Bob […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Folk Alliance, Pop, Videos Tagged With: Aoife O'donovan, Bob Walkenhorst, Flagship Romance, Front Country, Henry Wagons, Kenny White, Mia Dyson, Miss Tess, Parsonsfield, Session Americana, Stash Wyslouch, Steve Poltz, The Mae Trio, The Show Ponies

Miss Tess on the Virtues of Pho and the Realities of a Life in the Music Business

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Miss Tess talks about the virtues of pho and the hazards of humidity, dealing with a broken down van while listening to Bill Frisell and the benefit of blindly throwing herself into the music business.

Filed Under: Americana, Why It Matters Tagged With: Miss Tess

Mayer’s Playlist for March/April 2015, Part 3

Thursday, April 30, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH The Firewatcher‒s Daughter, by Brandi Carlile For some, the process of getting off the major label merry-go-round can be a traumatic experience that results in musical purgatory. Not for Carlile, who shifted to ATO Records and returns with another stand-out release. Her voice is as radiant as ever, beautifully complimented by […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Andrew Combs, Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, Kermit Ruffins, Miles Nielsen, Miss Tess, the Sideshow Tragedy

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

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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