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Readers’ Pick: Terraplane by Steve Earle & The Dukes

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Terraplane by Steve Earle

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES, Terraplane beats out THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, So Delicious as your favorite for the week of February 17, 2015. Poll Results   Readers’ Top 25 – Winter 2015 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES, Terraplane (18) JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Absent Fathers (17) THE DECEMBERISTS, What a Terrible World, What […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Steve Earle, The Mavericks, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Wrinkle Neck Mules

Wrinkle Neck Mules – Apprentice to Ghosts

Thursday, April 12, 2012 By Chip Frazier

The Wrinkle Neck Mules are back again, but this time with a little bit of help from a celebrity Gecko. (Down South we think that is just a fancy name for a Lizard, but I digress.) The song “Central Daylight Time” is straightforward Honky Tonk and apparently the folks at Geico liked it so much […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Wrinkle Neck Mules

Best Albums of 2009, Tom’s Picks

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 By Tom Osborne

Well, here they are. My Top 25 albums of 2009. Last year I chose The Hold Steady’s ‘Stay Positive’ as album of the year. That album tied the Drive-by Truckers for numero uno according to the Twangville Posse. This year, I’m thrilled to say that the Posse agrees with me once again. The Album of […]

Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Ben Harper, Ben Kweller, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bob Schneider, Brandi Carlile, Brendan Benson, Conor Oberst, dinosaur jr., Drive-By-Truckers, frog holler, Jason Isbell, Lucero, Matthew Ryan, Michelle Malone, Mindy Smith, Pete Yorn, phish, Sarah Borges, Sons of Bill, Stephen Kellogg, The Damnwells, two tons of steel, Will Hoge, Wrinkle Neck Mules

Best Albums of 2009, Official Twangville Editors’ Picks

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 By Tom Osborne

Another great year in music comes to a close! Over the next several days the editors of Twangville will be releasing their top picks from the year. To kick that off, here’s the aggregated Top 25 Twangville Editors’ Picks of 2009. It was a close match for number one between Lucero and Justin Townes Earle […]

Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Avett Brothers, Band of Heathens, Ben Kweller, Brendan Benson, buddy and judy miller, Dave Alvin, dave rawlings machine, Drive-By-Truckers, Heartless Bastards, Jason Isbell, Justin Townes Earle, Leeroy Stagger, Lucero, M Ward, monsters of folk, Patterson Hood, Roman Candle, Roseanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Slaid Cleaves, The Damnwells, Todd Snider, Wilco, Will Hoge, Wrinkle Neck Mules

A Wrinkle Neck Mules Giveaway + Desktop Wallpaper

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 By Tom Osborne

Earlier this month devoted Twangville readers read Chip’s review of the new Wrinkle Neck Mules album, ‘Let the Lead Fly’. Rather than double the love with a review I’ll just say that it’s another consistently great album from one of Richmond’s finest. Instead, I’m offering up a custom designed desktop wallpaper for download by yours […]

Filed Under: Contests, Country, Downloads, Indie, Rock Tagged With: desktop wallpaper, let the lead fly, Wrinkle Neck Mules

Q&A with the Wrinkle Neck Mules + a Monster Giveaway

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By Tom Osborne

**NOTE: Contest is now closed. You can still participate but will no longer be eligible for the giveaway.** One disc you may have overlooked in 2007 came from Richmond, VA based Wrinkle Neck Mules titled ‘The Wicks Have Met’. Rustically rooted in Old Dominion’s historic south, the Wrinkle Neck Mules deliver with their own special […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Contests, Downloads, Indie, Interviews, Rock, Spotlight Tagged With: contest, giveaway, wicks have met, Wrinkle Neck Mules

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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