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The instrument sounds a little darker and twangier than acoustic guitar in the same range — a hand-played lower voice that answers Jarosz’s own hovering mezzo-soprano.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

He turns “Scarlet Ribbons,” a whispery ballad done by Rodgers in the 1950s, into something grittier, twangier, more powerful.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2016

He didn't invent the so-called "Bakersfield sound" in country music, a punchier, twangier, edgier counterpoint to what was coming out of Nashville's recording studios in the 1950s and '60s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2016

But some country stations have been playing songs from “1989” anyway, wagering that Swift’s popularity will outweigh the disappointment of listeners who expect something twangier.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2015

It's the most "pop" single Swift has released – even on the twangier "country mix", designed for Swift's fans at the Grand Ole Opry.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2012