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My Black Country – The Songs of Alice Randall

Wednesday, May 08, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

What do you get when Allison Russell, Rhiannon Giddens, Valerie June and others get together to sing songs by an underappreciated black songwriter on John Prine’s label? My Black Country – The Songs of Allice Randall. Alice Randall has been writing country music songs for decades. Though hers isn’t exactly a household name, she’s been […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Adia Victoria, Alice Randall, Allison Russell, Caroline Randall Williams, Leyla McCall, Miko Marks, Rhiannon Giddens, Rissi Palmer, Saaneah Jamison, SistaStrings, Sunny War

Readers’ Pick: Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens

Friday, March 03, 2017 By Tom Osborne

Rhiannon Giddens, Freedom Highway - cover art

You picked “Freedom Highway” from North Carolina folk artist, RHIANNON GIDDENS, as your favorite new release for the week of February 24, 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 2017 BRIGITTE DEMEYER […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway

Wednesday, March 01, 2017 By Bill Wilcox

Freedom Highway may be the album that followers of the Carolina Chocolate Drops have been waiting for in the fledgling solo career of Rhiannon Giddens. The second of Giddens’ solo efforts, Freedom Highway showcases her songwriting talents in a tour de force demonstrating her ability to move nimbly between roots genres from the primitive, folky jug-band and […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens

Bobby K’s Music Newsletter 2015

Saturday, January 23, 2016 By Tom Osborne

Editor’s note: Once a year I receive an email from Robert Klausner, better known to Twangville as Bobby K. The email is an annual newsletter sent to his friends recapping favorite music picks and discoveries from the year. I asked for Bobby’s permission to repost here because it’s just too good not to share. Enjoy! […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews Tagged With: Anderson East, Drew Holcomb, Eric Lindell, Ezra Furman, Glen Hansard, Houndmouth, Ike Reilly, Jackie Greene, James McMurtry, Jesse Malin, Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim, Lone Bellow, Lucero, Mark Knopfler, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Parker McCollum, Rhiannon Giddens, Ryan Bingham, Sam Lewis, Stereophonics, Tobias Jesso Jr, Will Hoge

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