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Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2020, Part 4

Thursday, November 19, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Called Out Your Name, Terra Lightfoot (from the Sonic Unyon Records release Consider the Speed) If you’re anything like me – especially in a year like this one – sometimes you just want a healthy dose of electrifying rock and roll.  Thankfully Terra Lightfoot is back to fulfill that desire and, perhaps, melt a few faces […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Bob Hillman, Dave Alvin, Drive-By-Truckers, Jerry Joseph, Sam Morrow, Terra Lightfoot, the Sideshow Tragedy

Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters – Rise Up

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 By Bill Wilcox

Ronnie Earl is has long been regarded as being among the best blues guitarists alive today, having won the Blues Music Award for “Guitar Player of the Year” four times. But Earl is also an earnest cheerleader for advancement of the human condition. Rise Up effectively lashes his interests in social justice with great music. […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Ronnie Earl, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers – Vol. 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 By Bill Wilcox

There are jam sessions, and then there are JAM SESSIONs. When you get blues masters Charlie Musselwhite and Alvin Youngblood Hart together with former Squirrel Nut Zipper Jimbo Mathus, North Mississippi Allstars brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson and their father Jim, you’re gonna have a JAM SESSION. That’s what happened in the fall of 2007, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Youngblood Hart, Charlie Musselwhite, Cody Dickinson, Jim Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, Luther Dickinson, New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, North Mississippi All-Stars, north mississippi allstars, South Memphis String Band, Squirrel Nut Zippers

Savoy Brown – Ain’t Done Yet

Thursday, September 10, 2020 By Bill Wilcox

With Ain’t Done Yet, Savoy Brown frontman Kim Simmonds lays down the statement that his blues mastery will be around a while longer. And that’s saying something, since Savoy Brown have been around pretty much since the middle years of the British Invasion. In its original form, the band was comparable to the early Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac, Cream and […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Savoy Brown

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2020 (So Far), the Songs

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

No Time for Love Songs, The Mastersons (from the Red House Records release No Time for Love Songs) I love you so much but it’s no time for love songs We’re starting to unravel at the seams Maybe I care too much and this world is hard enough How come everybody’s gotta be so mean? […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aloud, Andy Frasco, Anthony da Costa, Ben de la Cour, Christopher Paul Stelling, Dinty Child, Frenchie's Blues Destroyers, John Moreland, Larkin Poe, Laurie Sargent, Mark Erelli, Meg Toohey, Michael McDermott, Robert Vincent, ron sexsmith, Ronnie Fauss, Rookie, Ry Cavanaugh, The Mastersons, the SteelDrivers, Todd Mathis, Willie Nile

Arkansas Dave on Being a Lifer and Why Failure is the Greatest Lesson

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 By Mayer Danzig Leave a Comment

Austin-based singer-songwriter Arkansas Dave talks about a tour van called “Stormtrooper” and reveals why he’s called “Swamp Thang”

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Interviews, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Arkansas Dave

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2020 (So Far), the Albums

Thursday, July 09, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Self Made Man by Larkin Poe Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell take no prisoners on this sonic rock and blues explosion.  Self Made Man is a brilliant combination of fierce guitars, impassioned vocals, and rousing anthems. Key Tracks: She’s a Self Made Man, Holy Ghost Fire, Keep Diggin’, Back Down South, Tears of Blue to […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Aloud, Ben de la Cour, Christopher Paul Stelling, Larkin Poe, Mark Erelli, Michael McDermott, Robert Vincent, Texicana

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2020, Part 4

Thursday, July 02, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

She’s a Self-Made Man, Larkin Poe (from Tricki-Woo Records Self Made Man) Rebecca & Megan Lovell pull no punches on their latest release. Self Made Man, their follow-up to 2018’s Grammy nominated Venom & Faith is a bruising rock album pure and simple.  The sisters are old souls possessed by the spirit of the legendary […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aloud, Ben de la Cour, Brendan Benson, Butch Walker, Dirt Reynolds, Larkin Poe, Michael McDermott, Will Hoge, Willie Nile

Monday Morning Video – Brother Dege “Old Angel Midnight”

Monday, June 29, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Louisiana blues artist Brother Dege celebrates the 10 year anniversary release of his Folk Songs of the American Longhair album with this special limited edition vinyl release. Says Dege of the album: This is an album that gestated over the course of 10 years, while I was broke and living in cheap motels, trailer parks, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Videos Tagged With: Brother Dege

Broke Down South of Dallas – A Special Playlist

Thursday, June 18, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Voices, Joshua Ray Walker (from the State Fair Records release Glad You Made It) Joshua Ray Walker sure seems like he’s having fun on Glad You Made It.  Sure, the album opens with the stunning “Voices”, a song of loneliness and despair.  Yet as the album progresses, Walker leans into the country side and showcases […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Eleven Hundred Springs, Frenchie's Blues Destroyers, Joshua Ray Walker, Matthew McNeal, Ronnie Fauss, Taylor Young Band, Texicana, Vanessa Peters

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