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Readers’ Pick: Shinyribs – Leaving Time

Sunday, May 04, 2025 By Tom Osborne

Shinyribs – Leaving Time (cover art)

You picked Shinyribs – Leaving Time as your favorite new release for the week of April 25, 2025.

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Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2023

Thursday, September 14, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Alameda, Anna Rose (from the White Pony/Electric Child Music release Last Girl of the Rodeo) Anna Rose doesn’t pull any punches – lyrically or musically – on Last Girl of the Rodeo. The LP cycles through the collapse of a relationship, bleeding raw emotion as it does. The deeply brooding “Whatever Gets You Through the […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Anna Rose, Ashton Nyte, Bark, Esther Rose, james maddock, Shinyribs, Whitney Rose

Readers’ Pick: Shinyribs – Transit Damage

Saturday, July 22, 2023 By Tom Osborne

Shinyribs – Transit Damage (cover art)

You picked Shinyribs – Transit Damage as your favorite new release for the week of July 14, 2023.

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Old Settler’s Music Fest 2023 – The Music

Thursday, April 27, 2023 By Shawn Underwood

Yesterday I wrote about the history and vibe of Old Settler’s Music Festival. But the driving reason most Twangvillians would go to this event is the music. OSMF has a rich tradition of using a broad definition of Americana music when booking their acts, and 2023 was no exception. A new format allowed festival goers […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Audry Bryant, Big Richard, Elephant Revival, Jack Barksdale, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Old Settler's Music Festival, Shinyribs, The Wood Brothers, Tommy Emmanuel, Twisted Pine, Yola

Readers’ Pick: Shinyribs – Late Night TV Gold

Friday, September 03, 2021 By Tom Osborne

Shinyribs – Late Night TV Gold (cover art)

You picked Shinyribs – Late Night TV Gold as your favorite new release for the week of August 27, 2021. 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 Summer & Fall 2021 James McMurtry – The […]

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Monday Morning Video – Shinyribs

Monday, January 27, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

If you’ve never seen Shinyribs, well, I feel sorry for you. Kevin Russell and his lively crew know how to put on a party, as they demonstrate at this Austin City Limits performance. Conga line, anyone? Shinyribs spoke with us last year about his music and career. Check it out here!

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Shinyribs on His Rugged Individualist Streak and a “Shared” Rehearsal Studio

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

Austin’s Shinyribs talks about maintaining a tour van repair savings account, his “shared” rehearsal studio and his counterintuitive lesson on booking gigs.

Filed Under: Americana, Interviews, Why It Matters Tagged With: Shinyribs

Monday Morning Video – Ted Hawkins

Monday, August 13, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

The Ted Hawkins story is among the most unique in American music. The Biloxi Mississippi native spent years as a street busker, most notably serenading passers-by on Venice Beach, CA while perched on a milk crate. He was “discovered” several times but never found significant success. His graveled voice and insistent guitar were his calling […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Anderson East, Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim, Miss Tess, Shinyribs, Ted Hawkins, The Mastersons

SXSW 2018 – The Sounds, Part 1

Thursday, March 29, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES If you haven’t seen Bains and company live then you’ve been missing something special. Well, perhaps special isn’t the right word; maybe cathartic? The quartet unleash a fury of rock and roll complete with blaring guitars, roaring vocals and enough energy to power a small town. Bains bounded […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Indie, Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Beach Slang, Brent Cowles, Frank Turner, Greyhounds, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Quiet Slang, Shinyribs, The Texas Gentlemen

SXSW 2017 – The Sounds, Part 2

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 By Mayer Danzig

AUSTIN LUCAS Lucas snuck into Austin to play a single afternoon solo acoustic show. To say that he attacked his guitar wouldn’t be an overstatement. He alternated between channeling Johnny Cash in his fiery moments and Blaze Foley’s mellow stylings. It was a powerful performance from start to finish. RON GALLO Gallo was a contender […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Indie, Pop, Rock, Roots, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Blackfoot Gypsies, Brent Cowles, Christopher Paul Stelling, Ron Gallo, Shinyribs

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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