Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!
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Twang Thang for Nov. 6, 2023: The incomparable Amanda Anne Platt & The HoneycuttersMon, 11/06/2023 - 8:10pm | DJ DirkHappy Monday to you! We’ve finally made it to November, and what better way to kick off the month than the latest installment of It’s A Twang Thang? Today’s show comes from far and wide to bring you hot tracks from Billy Strings, Faron Young, Rufus Wainwright, Charles Wesley Godwin, Vince Herman, the incomparable Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (pictured, from the band's website) and so many more! Tune in live at 6 p.m. Pacific on your radio at KDRT 95.7 FM or online at KDRT.org, and make sure to subscribe to It’s A Twang Thang as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Overcast or your podcatcher of choice. |
Twang Thang for 6:00pm on Oct 30th, 2023Mon, 10/30/2023 - 8:10pm | DJ Dirk |
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Just discovered your show. Your first five cuts were knock-outs! I love your selections and commentary. Kudos!
Thank you for another wonderful Twang Thang on 1 April. I agree that lots of Lyle Lovett and John Prine is excellent, and appreciate you playing them. Regarding Bruised Orange, it is a Seventies Prine album, so it counts as an early one ... but his debut album (self-titled) came out in 1971! That's the early one, and also the one that I would recommend to anybody starting a collection of Prine discs, not Bruised Orange. I can imagine liking the arrangements or players or sound better on either of those two albums, but the songwriting on the first is celestial. Check it out :^)
That was a great show!
Every Sunday morning, I listen to the program while driving my route around town. Every once and a while I have a delivery out on one of the county roads. There is no better feeling than tearing down those roads (at a reasonable speed of course) listening to the program at full volume. Keep up the good work, and I encourage everyone to tune in.
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