Ray Wylie Hubbard once said that good poets didn’t have good childhoods. I’m sure that was a broad commentary on how adversity can be the inspiration an artist of any kind uses to shape their...
https://twangville.com/2024/04/11/clayton-ryan-song-premiere-wild-man/
Fiddler Alastair Caplin of Scotland’s The Langan Band shares a tour lesson learned and talks about eating healthy while on tour and time spent teaching horse-back riding.
Humans have always spent a lot of energy trying to outdo each other, and social media has supercharged all the motivations causing that. So it’s a nice change to run across someone who’s comf...
The Lottery Winners My last official SXSW set was delivered by one of my fave new artist discoveries – England’s The Lottery Winners. The band’s energy, combined with the positivity of th...
https://twangville.com/2024/03/28/sxsw-2024-the-sounds-part-3/
Todd Snider is an American original, a songwriter rooted in folk who has followed his own path since the start of his career more than 30 years ago. In that vein, Snider is embarking on a journey...
https://twangville.com/2024/03/11/monday-morning-video-todd-snider/
As noted in my previous post, a big part of the Folk Alliance International annual conference are the showcases, both official and unofficial. The official performances take place from around 6pm...
https://twangville.com/2024/02/29/folk-alliance-2024-musical-highlights/
There are many organizations set up to serve the music industry, from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy people) and their non-profit, MusiCares, to industry organiza...
https://twangville.com/2024/02/29/2024-folk-alliance-international-conference/
Sometimes when you hear the origin story for a record you realize it was almost destined to sound the way it does. Such is the case with the debut album from Josh Fortenbery, No Such Thing As For...
https://twangville.com/2024/02/22/josh-fortenbery-premiere-bored-to-death/
Upon leaving the third and last night of American Aquarium’s Road Trip to Raleigh, one conclusion was obvious. B.J. Barham really knows how to throw a party. In fact, more than a party, it is a...
https://twangville.com/2024/02/22/american-aquariums-road-trip-to-raleigh/
I count myself a fan of Twangville as well as an occasional contributor. This is mainly because I often discover new music that I hadn’t heard before. But sometimes, Twangville reminds me of fo...
https://twangville.com/2024/02/15/james-talley-bandits-ballads-and-blues/