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A music blog featuring Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. Est. 2005.

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2024, Part 2

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I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2024 back in June (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of 2024. Rosemary and Thieves, Garrett Owen (from the self-released Memoriam) Owen’s tale of fractured relationships is […]

Mayer’s Picks, More 2024 Favorites

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Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2024.

Mayer’s Picks – Best of 2024, the Albums

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11. Our Time in the Sun by Jeremie Albino Bursting with raw emotion, swaggering grooves, and a touch of grit, Jeremie Albino’s Our Time in the Sun is a joyous revival of classic soul. Albino may sing about “Rolling Down the 405” in California, but one listen and you’ll imagine yourself cruising down Highway 72 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat by Fantastic Cat The sum is greater than the part with this collective of four singer-songwriters. Each of the four brings their own personality and songwriting style to the group, but they compliment one another beautifully. The songs crackle with intelligence and humor, all the better when the […]

Todd’s Tops of 2023

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Another year, another “Best Of” list. I think in the 80s/90s I could tell what I listened to the most that year by the drag of the tape on the cassette. Enter the late mid-90s/2000s, the skips in the CD. Now, it’s a Spotify list of the most played artist. And while yes, Taylor Swift […]

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2023

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Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2023.