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Music With a Purpose: A Tribute to Springsteen’s Nebraska

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Musicians have a long tradition of giving. Sure, they give to all of us with the music that they share. Yet they also have a penchant for supporting meaningful causes. Over the next few weeks we will highlight several releases that demonstrate this giving spirit. Bruce Springsteen has long supported food banks and hunger charities […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Adam Arcuragi, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Fletcher, Joe Pug, Jonah Tolchin, Juniper Tar, Kingsley Flood, Roadside Graves, Spirit Family Reunion

Readers’ Pick: Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 By Tom Osborne

Your picks are in! There were some surprises and several picks that you’ll see repeated among the Twangville Editors’ Picks of 2009. The votes started diminishing after the Top 10 so we’ve capped it at that. Well, technically 11 due to a tie at number 10. The initial list of candidates was chosen from our […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Readers' Pick Tagged With: Avett Brothers, Felice Brothers, Gina Villalobos, Ike Reilly, Justin Townes Earle, Lucero, Roadside Graves, roger johnson, Ryan Bingham, Sons of Bill, Wilco

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2009, a Video Companion

Sunday, July 05, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

We kick the June video companion off with selections from this month’s spotlight artists: Missouri’s Ha Ha Tonka and Athens, Georgia’s Patterson Hood. From there we get a bevy of performances from Rhett Miller, Amy Speace, Crooked Fingers, A Camp, Andrew Ripp, The Roadside Graves, Pete Yorn and Matthew Grimm (covering Billy Bragg). We finish […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: A Camp, Amy Speace, Andrew Ripp, Athens, Boston, Cocktail Slippers, Crooked Fingers, Ha Ha Tonka, Iowa City, LA, Matthew Grimm, Movers and Shakers, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, Rhett Miller, Roadside Graves, Springfield

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs), by Patterson Hood Patterson Hood’s last solo release was a somber acoustic affair. This one ain’t. In fact, this collection of songs from Hood’s archives is not dissimilar from a Drive-By Truckers release. Sure, I miss Cooley’s guitar and the Truckers triple guitar interplay. But […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rockabilly, Roots, Streams Tagged With: A Camp, Amy Speace, Andrew Ripp, Athens, Boston, Cocktail Slippers, Crooked Fingers, Ha Ha Tonka, Iowa City, LA, Matthew Grimm, Movers and Shakers, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, Rhett Miller, Roadside Graves, Springfield

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