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Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2024

Thursday, November 07, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Give It To Me One Last Time, Jeremie Albino (from the Easy Eye Sound release Our Time in the Sun) Canada’s Jeremie Albino traveled to Nashville to record an album steeped in Memphis and Muscle Shoals soul. In Nashville, Albino teamed with Dan Auerbach to create an outstanding album that has a retro feel without […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Dustin Lowman, Emily Frembgen, Jenny Don't & the Spurs, Jeremie Albino, Leeroy Stagger, Lydia Loveless, Maggie Antone, Melanie MacLaren, Paul Kelly, Rebecca Haviland, The Roamers, Wonderly, ZZ Ward

Americana 2024, Mayer’s Picks (Part 2)

Thursday, October 03, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

LYDIA LOVELESS Loveless played two shows to celebrate a new album, Something Else, a reimagined version of her 2014 release Somewhere Else.  The new release is nearly entirely Loveless solo on piano and was the focus of a stunning Thursday appearance at Todd Snider’s Purple Building.  The next afternoon Loveless and John Calvin Abney brought […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Americana Music Conference, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Dave Alvin, Ella Hooper, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, Jack Ingram, Jaimee Harris, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, John Calvin Abney, Kelly Willis, Lori McKenna, Lydia Loveless, Mary Gauthier, Melody Walker, Paisley Fields, Radney Foster, Remy Reilly, Sophie Gault, Sunny Sweeney, Tyler-James Kelly

Steve Cropper on Soundchecks, Sock Hops, and Selling Groove

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Steve Cropper (credit Stacie Huckeba)

Legendary guitarist and songwriter Steve Cropper talks about touring with the Blues Brothers, getting better tables at restaurants, and the experience of hearing your work played on the radio for the first time.

Filed Under: Interviews, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Booker T & the MGs, Steve Cropper

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2024, Part 2

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

The Money or the Time, Goodnight Texas (from the 2 Cent Bank Check Records release Signals) Goodnight Texas have built a career around storytelling. Their early albums were thematic period pieces, snapshots of time vividly captured in song. Later albums, including the recently released Signals, may lack an overarching narrative but are no less compelling […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Outlaw Country, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Benny Trokan, Fancy Gap, Goodnight Texas, Greg In Good Company, Helen Rose, L.A. Edwards, Maggie Baring, Marley Hale, Steve Earle, The Damnwells, The Great Dying

Bette Smith on a Faulty Tour Van Battery and Volunteering with Her Church Choir

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Bette Smith (credit Shervin Lainez)

New York City R&B singer and songwriter Bette Smith talks about live streaming from her band’s rehearsal space and the importance of self-care and balance.

Filed Under: Interviews, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Bette Smith

Tony Martinez – Everywhere West

Thursday, August 08, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

The story is not an unusual one. A successful sideman works his tail off for years, building his chops and accumulating a catalog of songs, or at least the scraps and pieces of them. Then one day kismet stops by and everything falls into place to release an album. That’s the short version of how […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Outlaw Country, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Tony Martinez

Monday Morning Video – Clarence Carter

Monday, August 05, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Muscle Shoals Alabama has turned out so many incredible hits over the years. Here is one of my favorites. Clarence Carter recorded “the song”Drift Away” back in 1967, backed by legendary Muscle Shoals musicians like Spooner Oldham on keyboards and a young Duane Allman on guitar. Here’s Carter performing the song at a festival in […]

Filed Under: Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: clarence carter

Melissa Carper – Borned In Ya

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

A couple of years ago, at AmericanaFest, one of my highlights was seeing a trio that later called themselves Wonder Women Of Country; Kelly Willis, Brennan Leigh, and Melissa Carper. I was familiar with the beautiful voices of Willis and Leigh, but Carper was new to me. She added an authenticity and balance to the […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Jazz, Reviews, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Melissa Carper

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2024 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Better By Now, Heather Little (from the Need to Know Music release By Now) “I’ve wasted a lot of love being wrong, I learn too late and I stay too long,” in this haunting tale of heartbreak, “I oughta be better by now but I got mixed up with you somehow.” So Glad You Made It/Go All […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Christopher Paul Stelling, Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Lizzie No, Silverada, The Bluest Sky, The Decemberists, The FBR, The HawtThorns, Wesley Dean

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2024

Wednesday, July 03, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

So Glad You Made It, Fantastic Cat (from the Missing Piece Group Records release Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat) Fantastic Cat showcase their humor by maintaining a countdown clock until they’re eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, prominently displayed at their shows. Yet, it’s not entirely a joke – if […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Anthony D'Amato, Brian Dunne, Broken Gold, Fantastic Cat, Jesse Dayton, John Moreland, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Mavis Staples, McKinley James, Mike and the Moonpies, Silverada, the staple singers

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What is your favorite new release for week of May 23?

  • Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room On The Porch (50%, 9 Votes)
  • SteelDrivers – Outrun (17%, 3 Votes)
  • Silverado – Texas 42 (11%, 2 Votes)
  • Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane – Double Takes (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Andy Frasco & The UN – Growing Pains (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Marc Ribot – Map of a Blue City (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Evan Bartels – To Make You Cry (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jeffery Broussard & the Nighttime Syndicate – Bayou Moonlight (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amble – Reverie (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Florry – Sounds Like… (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jess Kerber – From Way Down Here (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 18

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