![Watch Out! Kelly Willis – “Harper Valley PTA” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-18-at-9.16.14-AM-300x151.png)
Way back in 2012 Kelly Willis asked her Twitter followers for cover ideas for an upcoming Austin gig coming up playing alongside her husband Bruce Robison. There were some great suggestions in response. I Tweeted…
It’s that time again twangers. Yes, Record Store Day 2014 is upon us. The annual celebration of local record stores that leaves behind clowns and balloons and replaced them with long lines and limited edition…
![Music Review: The Secret Sisters – “Put Your Needle Down” [Universal Republic]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/04/The-Secret-Sisters-Put-Your-Needle-Down-300x300.jpg)
On their debut release the country/folk duo The Secret Sisters (Laura and Lydia Rogers from hallowed Muscle Shoals, AL) featured mostly covers. They showed impeccable taste by interpreting legendary gems by George Jones, Bill Monroe,…
Looks like the late legendary singer/songwriter/producer Cowboy Jack Clement isn’t quite done yet. Clement’s last musical work, and only his 4th studio release, “For Once and For All” produced by Dave “Fergie” Ferguson and Matt…
![Watch Out! Hurricane Roses – “Home To Haunt You” [VIDEO PREMIER]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/04/H2HU_OFFICIAL_COVER-300x300.jpeg)
Hurricane Roses is a six-piece female roots band from the San Francisco Bay Area. In their 5 years together the band has honed a loosely-taut sensibility that results in a deceptively effortless sound. They count…
Jason Isbell is at the top of his career and he’s headed all over this great nation (except Dallas!) Isbell is headed to the second leg of his tour to support his acclaimed “Southeastern.” Isbell…
![Listen Up! Jane Ellen Bryant – “Here We Are” [Song Premier]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/04/Jane-Ellen-Bryant-005-272x300.jpg)
Texas-born and Nashville-based singer, songwriter and classically trained musician, Jane Ellen Bryant’s new cut, “Here We Are,” is a beautiful work inspired by a natural tragedy. “I was inspired to write this song after the…
There’s so much to love about this Portlandia skit featuring Uncle Tupelo/Wilco’s own Jeff Tweedy. To me Portlandia suffers from much of the preciousness it aims to lambast. On occasion it hits dead on. This…
Record Store Day is not only an opportunity to inject much needed revenue ( and love) to yu local mom-and-pop vinyl dealers, it also a opportunity to artists to get in touch with their funky…
While in Dallas to produce his show Conan O’Brien has had some fun indulging in some things that make the Great State, well, great. But more often than not O’Brien, and his sidekick Andy Richter,…