Twangville Presents a live and local show Sat. Feb. 17 featuring Mike Stinson, Gina Villalobos and Haymaker at the Blue Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA. Three great LA-area artists bring Twangville live to this local club. Twangville Live presents Americana/Alt-Country once a month at the Blue Cafe.
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2007 Lineup
Emails were set out on friday announcing the majority of the talent that will be appearing at 2007’s New Orleans Jazz Fest. The festival will take place on the weekends of April 27th and May 4th, and tickets are already available online. The talent list includes but is certainly not limited to: Norah Jones, John […]
Tiny Town Seeks Residents
Have you ever had interest in becoming part of the Twangville community? Well now you can. We’ve gone mad and are opening up our blog to any interested guests who would like to contribute twang related content including anything to do with Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. We’ve had fun waxing poetically about […]
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Album Due
Coming soon to record stores (Feb 6.) and SXSW (March 14-18), check out Seattle-based Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. The album will be called Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul and out on Barsuk Records. Fans of Kristen Hersh and Neko Case will likely enjoy album track “LLL” (MP3), available […]
Twangville Remembers: James Brown
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, passed away today in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 73. He was — and always will be an inspiration to musicians of all generations.
Twangville Loves…
Today marks the last day for voting for the 2006 Weblog Awards also known as the “Bloggies”. We were stunned when we found out that we were a finalist and humbled when we saw with whom we shared company. Twangville is a mere fledgling amongst the competition. We currently stand in 7th place. Not too […]
Music City Florida
Indulge me, I beg of you. Music City Florida is a local Tampa radio show that bills itself as “the largest chunk of radio airtime dedicated to Florida music in the whole world.” Florida’s music scene has got plenty of bragging to do, and these guys are on top of it. All genres, signed and […]
Let There Be ROCKtober
The Drive-By Truckers celebrate their favorite month with a host of live tracks and studio outtakes. Among the first posted to the site is a rough-hewn version of “Buttholeville” from 2004. Act fast — each track will only be available for a limited time. Let There Be ROCKtober!
Jabe Beyer to Showcase at NEMO
Roots-rocker, multi-instrumentalist, producer and acclaimed singer-songwriter Jabe Beyer will showcase with his band JABE this Saturday night at midnight at The Abbey Lounge in Somerville as part of the NEMO music festival. Beyer recently won the 2006 NEMO Music Makers songwriting competition sponsored by Starbucks New England. The accolade awards him a trip to the […]
AMA Conference Coverage by Americana Roots
You’ve heard me rave about Ray Randall’s podcasts in the past. Now let me offer further kudos to the fine folks at Americana Roots notably Gregg Geil for their great coverage of this weekend’s Americana Music Conference in Nashville, TN. Be sure and check out the nice photos posted to help us blokes that couldn’t […]