Twangville » Chip FrazierBecause spoon-fed music sucks and twang is cheaper than therapy. Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. Est. 2005.We Cant Make it Here Anymore- June 25, 2008 DEL MCCOURY AND FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE STRUGGLES OF RURAL AMERICA Del McCoury has put out a compilation project that sings about the plight of rural America. The album enlists a stellar group of artists to tell this story. Moneyland, which is also the name of the title cut, invokes the spirit of FDR and ...http://twangville.com/941/we-cant-make-it-here-anymore/ Infamous Stringdusters- June 12, 2008 The Infamous Stringdusters released there self-titled sophomore album on Sugar Hill this week. In a stroke of genius, they brought is Tim Obrien as producer. The Stringdusters like Obrien have a fairly uncommon ability to stand simultaneously in both the Traditional and New Grass camps with no apparent contradiction. Their previous release Fork in the ...http://twangville.com/912/infamous-stringdusters/ Abigail Washburn & Ben Sollee- June 6, 2008 When you talk about the artists taking Bluegrass in new directions you think about musical directions not the directions on a compass. Yes many artists have followings in Europe and the Kreuger Brothers are from Norway, but China is not a country I think of as craving a good banjo tune. Besides can you imagine ...http://twangville.com/910/abigail-washburn-ben-sollee/ |