Tom’s Picks

4 weeks ago | twangville.com | Mayer Danzig |Tom’s Picks |Tom Osborne

When Bob Schneider comes to town to play a solo show, you don’t just get some dude playing a guitar and singing. You get one of the most creative musicians alive playing 2 different guitars, keyboard, upright piano, harmonica, trumpet and perhaps his best gift of all, his unfiltered potty mouth and brilliant between song […]

Sep 26, 2024 | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood |Chip Frazier |Mindy Smith |Tom’s Picks

In what you could only characterize as an auspicious start, Mindy Smith’s first commercial song release was a cover of Jolene, on a tribute album put together by the record label Dolly herself was on. Shortly thereafter Smith released her debut album and started down a path to become an acclaimed Nashville songwriter. She’s about […]As it seems to be the case every year, there was way too much good music produced in 2012.

Aug 28, 2024 | twangville.com | Mayer Danzig |Mayer’s Best |Tom’s Picks |Tom Osborne

The Money or the Time, Goodnight Texas (from the 2 Cent Bank Check Records release Signals) Goodnight Texas have built a career around storytelling. Their early albums were thematic period pieces, snapshots of time vividly captured in song. Later albums, including the recently released Signals, may lack an overarching narrative but are no less compelling […]A new location brought a special surprise – no rain. Rain, often torrential, is a Shaky Knees tradition.

Aug 24, 2024 | twangville.com | Tom Osborne |Tom’s Picks |Mayer Danzig |Sarah Borges

You picked Ray LaMontagne – Long Way Home as your favorite new release for the week of August 16, 2024. You picked Part of the Light by singer-songwriter, Ray Lamontagne, as your favorite new release for the week of May 18, 2018. 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.

Dec 28, 2023 | twangville.com | Mayer Danzig |Marc Cohn |Shawn Underwood |Tom’s Picks

Toothache, Lydia Loveless (from the Bloodshot Records release Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again) Relationships are messy and few songwriters capture that fact better than Lydia Loveless. One need look no further than “Song About You”, the confessional ballad that opens their latest album. Against the backdrop that is mostly a lone electric guitar, […]Several years later I still remember seeing them do it.