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Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2019

Friday, January 10, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2019.

Ted Russell Kamp, Walking Shoes

Will Kimbrough, I Like It Down Here

Eilen Jewell, Gypsy

Jesse Dayton, Mixtape Volume 1

Austin Plaine, Stratford

Ariana Gillis, The Maze

Dalton Domino, Songs from the Exile

Fruition, Wild as the Night

Eli “Paperboy” Reed, 99 Cent Dreams

Jimbo Mathus, Incinerator

Leeroy Stagger, Strange Path

Adam Carroll, I Walked in Them Shoes

Hayes Carll, What It Is

Jason James, Seems Like Tears Ago

Steve Poltz, Shine On

Coastal Clouds, Coastal Clouds

Jon Fratelli, Bright Night Flowers

Nate Currin, Ashes & Earth

Allison Moorer, Blood

John Paul White, The Hurting Kind

Dan Israel, Social Media Anxiety Disorder

Harrison Whitford, Afraid of Everything

About the author: Mild-mannered corporate executive by day, excitable Twangville denizen by night.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Adam Carroll, Allison Moorer, Ariana Gillis, Austin Plaine, Coastal Clouds, Dalton Domino, Dan Israel, Eilen Jewell, Eli Paperboy Reed, Fruition, Harrison Whitford, Hayes Carll, Jason James, Jesse Dayton, Jimbo Mathus, John Paul White, Jon Fratelli, Leeroy Stagger, Nate Currin, Steve Poltz, Ted Russell Kamp, Will Kimbrough

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Ray LaMontagne – Long Way Home
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The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
Will Kimbrough – For the Life of Me
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Chris O’Leary – The Hard Line
Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
Tinsley Ellis – Naked Truth
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Justin Townes Earle – All In: Unreleased and Rarities (The New West Years)
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Jesse Dayton – The Hard Way Blues
Morgan Wade – Obsessed
Zach Bryan – The Great American Bar Scene
The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
Joe Ely – Driven to Drive
Joshua Ray Walker – Thank You For Listening
Holler Choir – Songs Before They Write Themselves
Amos Lee – Transmissions
The Felice Brothers – Valley of Abandoned Songs
Jeremie Albino – Our Time in the Sun
Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
Sour Bridges – Down and Out
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams – All This Time
Dustin Lowman – Invulnerable
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Revelations
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Joe Pug – Sketch of a Promised Departure
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Old 97’s – American Primitive
Eric Bibb – In The Real World
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