When Bob Schneider comes to town to play a solo show, you don’t just get some dude playing a guitar and singing. You get one of the most creative musicians alive playing 2 different guitars, keyboard, upright piano, harmonica, trumpet and perhaps his best gift of all, his unfiltered potty mouth and brilliant between song […]
Mayer’s Picks from 2007: The Video Companion
Before we get too far into 2008, here’s a quick trip down (recent) memory lane with some of my favorites from 2007. Among them: Jason Isbell (“Dress Blues”), Josh Ritter (“Right Moves”), Justin Currie (“If I Ever Loved You”), Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (“Falling Slowly” plus a bonus “Into the Mystic”), Brandi Carlile (“The […]
Happy New Year 2008
I woke up this morning, and none of the news was good Death machines were rumblin’ ‘cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was nothing anyone could do or say And I almost listened to him Yeah, I almost […]
Mayer’s Playlist for November/December (part 2), a Video Companion
The second party of our November/December video companion is chock full of live performances. Bettye Lavette kicks us off, Jason Anderson kicks it up a notch and Ben Arnold just kicks it. Other performances include Band of Horses, Brother Ali, the Redwalls, Joe Purdy, Mark Ronson and Chris Mills.
Mayer’s Playlist for Nov/Dec (part 1), a Video Companion
The first of a two-parter kicks off with minimalist performances from Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan (The Cake Sale) and Dan Wilson. Chuck Prophet kicks it up a notch before ceding the floor to Marc Cohn, Levon Helm, The Avett Brothers, Sharon Jones and the Daptones and House & Parish. We finish up with additional […]
Happy Holidays 2007
Mayer’s Playlist for October 2007, A Video Companion
My, my, my, where has the time gone. Here it is nearly mid-December and I’m just posting the October Video Companion. Was it worth the wait? You be the judge. We open and close this month with Justin Currie, first a special profile then a recent live performance of “If I Ever Loved You,” a […]
Soul Collection: The Groove, a Video Companion
Video selections from the second part of my two part Soul Collection playlist titled ‘The Groove‘ starting with Marc Broussard and Toby Lightman’s version of “If I Could Build My Whold World Around You” popularized by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
Soul Collection: The Seranade, a Video Companion
Video selections from the first part of my two part Soul Collection playlist labeled The Seranade starting with Marc Broussard’s version of “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” popularized by Donny Hathaway.
Deadstring Brothers – Live @ Zydeco Birmingham, AL
I always thought how inspiring it must be for a musician to walk on stage in fromt of 12,000 screaming fans. But what about when it is 12 fans? How inspiring is that? Pretty damn inspiring if the Deadstring Brothers are any example. In reality there were more than 12 people at Zydeco two nights […]