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Todd’s Tops of 2021

Wednesday, January 05, 2022 By Todd Mathis

1. James McMurtry/The Horses and theHounds2. Jose Gonzalez/Local Valley 3. Isla, Josh Rouse/The Mediterranean Gardner4. The War on Drugs/I Don’t Live Here Anymore5. Charley Crockett/10 For Slim6. Todd Snider/First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder7. The Hold Steady/Open Door Policy 8. Neil Young and Crazy Horse/Barn9. The Felice Brothers/From Dreams to Dust10. Nell Smith, The […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Indie Rock, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Caleb Stine, Charley Crockett, Daniel Lanois, Felice Brothers, Henhouse Prowlers, Isla, James McMurtry, Jose Gonzalez, Josh Rouse, Lucy Daucus, Marisa Anderson, Marty Stuart, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Nell Smith, Purple Mountains, Steve Earle, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady, The Old Earthquake, The Runout, The War on Drugs, Todd Snider, Turnpike Troubadours, Western Centuries, William Tyler

Listen Up: Rave On Buddy Holly

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

When Buddy Holly died in a tragic plane crash in 1959, the world lost a tremendous musical talent. Only 22, Holly demonstrates a depth of talent rivaled by few in rock history. As important, he inspired generations of rock artists who now return the favor with a wide-ranged tribute to the rock legend. The sheer […]

Filed Under: Pop, Reviews, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Black Keys, Buddy Holly, Cee Lo Green, Detroit Cobras, Fiona Apple, Florence and the Machine, Graham Nash, Jenny O, John Doe, Jon Brion, Justin Townes Earle, Karen Elson, kid rock, Lou Reed, My Morning Jacket, Nick Lowe, Paul McCartney, She and Him

Readers’ Pick: My Morning Jacket, “Circuital”

Thursday, June 23, 2011 By Tom Osborne

My Morning Jacket, Circuital

READERS PICK: MAY 2011 Twangville readers picked My Morning Jacket‘s Circuital as their favorite album of May 2011. If there’s anyone out there redefining classic rock it’s Jim James and My Morning Jacket. Circuital the band’s sixth LP takes me back to 70’s era Pink Floyd where sound was used to paint vivid pictures of […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Readers' Pick, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: My Morning Jacket

Bobby Long – A Winter Tale

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

English Folkster Bobby Long, the man with a name that (to me, at least) recalls more baseball and apple pie than London Bridge and Boddington’s, is back with an album that, at first blush, seems like a relatively stright-forward folk record, A Winter Tale. Sure, the album’s title has a certain Stratford-on-Avon feel to it, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alternative, Features, Folk, Indie, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: ATO Records, Bobby Long, danny barnes, Dawes, My Morning Jacket

Twistable, Turnable Man – Shel Silverstein Tribute

Monday, July 05, 2010 By Chip Frazier

I must admit that I am sick of tribute albums. There is no one left it seems that hasn’t had a tribute album done in their name. In fact, I am waiting for a tribute album to tribute albums. Better yet, I would love to see a tribute album to a band that hasn’t even […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Country, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Bobby Bare Jr., My Morning Jacket, Todd Snider

My Morning Jacket + More, Releases 6/10

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 By Tom Osborne

My Morning Jacket interviews, performances and ‘making of’ footage for ‘Evil Urges’. MY MORNING JACKET, Evil Urges (ATO)Official Site | MySpace | Samples Fourteen new songs from the Louisville alt rockers. The band continues to experiment with their sound drawing influences from 70s era melodic rock. Album track “I’m Amazed” is reason enough to buy […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Indie, News, Rock, Videos Tagged With: infamous stringdusters, jakob dylan, My Morning Jacket, railroad earth, Solomon Burke

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