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Shawn’s Favorite Live Sets Of 2011

Friday, January 06, 2012 By Shawn Underwood

By now you’ve seen what most of us were listening to on our MP3 or CD players last year.  So I thought I’d add my favorite live sets from last year.  1) Roger Waters: I got a chance to see The Wall at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.  Holy cow.  As far as I’m […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Indie, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Neko Case, Roger Waters, Terri Hendrix, The Band Of Heathens, the Gourds

Win Big: Elvis Costello’s Spectacle

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

If you haven’t been watching the second season of Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… on the Sundance Channel, you’ve been missing some incredible music television. A storied songwriter in his own right, Costello is able to speak as a peer with a diverse range of musical guests. He deftly explores their musical history and approach to […]

Filed Under: Contests, Features, News, Videos Tagged With: Allen Toussaint, Bono, Elvis Costello, Jesse Winchester, Levon Helm, Neko Case, Nick Lowe, Ray Lamontagne, Richard Thompson, Ron Sexsmith, the Edge, U2

Ten for Oh-Ten

Monday, January 04, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

2010 is shaping up quite nicely, thank you. Here are ten upcoming releases whose arrival is eagerly anticipated at the Twangville general store. FREEDY JOHNSTON, Rain on the City (Release date January 12th) Has it really been eight years since Johnston’s last album of originals? Johnston’s instrument of choice is an acoustic guitar, all the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Features, Indie, News, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Buddy Miller, Butch Walker, Drive-By-Truckers, Emmylou Harris, Freedy Johnston, Joe Pug, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Neko Case, Patty Griffin, Peter Wolf, Raul Malo, Shelby Lynne, Spoon, Ted Leo, Will Kimbrough

Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

When I was growing up back in the 70’s, it wasn’t unusual for an artist to have a Concept Album.  They would take some idea or theme and write a number of songs at least vaguely in line with the concept.  Of course all those records can really be traced to Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Folk, Indie, Reviews Tagged With: fairport convention, garth hudson, Neko Case, the Sadies

Nine for ’09

Monday, January 05, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

I can’t speak for the economy, but 2009 is shaping up to be a great year for music. Pay particular attention to March. It seems that every year the stars align on a single day and we get an embarrassment of riches. This year that day is March 3rd. Here are some of the incredible […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Features, Folk, Indie, News, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: AC Newman, Alabama, Austin, Boston, Brooklyn, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Miller, California, Gary Louris, Gourds, Jason Isbell, Joshua Tree, Julie Miller, Justin Townes Earle, Mark Olson, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Neko Case, New Jersey, New York, Sarah Borges, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles

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