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Americana 2022: Mayer’s Picks (Part 1)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Alex Wong

The Americana Music Association Conference and Awards made a welcome return from the virtual world this year. The annual event showcased several hundred artists who collectively illustrate the breadth of the Americana umbrella. Here are some of my highlights from Americana 2022. CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM Ingram is now in the category of “when you can […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Americana Music Conference, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Alex Wong, Alisa Amador, Christone Ingram, Dropkick Murphys, Freedy Johnston, Grace Pettis, Hayes Carll, Jacob Groopman, Joe Purdy, Kirby Brown, Kyshona, Melody Walker, Michelle Malone, The Heavy Heavy, William Prince

Monday Morning Video – Dallas House Show Preview

Monday, June 06, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

In Dallas-Ft. Worth? Can you get to Dallas-Ft. Worth? If so, come join Twangville next Sunday as we host a backyard concert with a few stellar artists – Alex Wong from Nashville, TN, Wood Willow from Oklahoma City, OK, and DFW’s own Brandon Callies. Here’s a preview playlist that highlights songs from each artist’s latest […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Alex Wong, Brandon Callies, Wood Willow

Monday Morning Video – “Show Yourself”, A Benefit Residency

Monday, May 09, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Keepsake House, producers of the “From Story to Song” show that I wrote about earlier this year, are back with an even more ambitious undertaking: they’ve partnered with Nashville musician Alex Wong to host the month-long “Show Yourself:  A Benefit Residency Celebrating AAPI Stories”.  The series. emcompassing five shows, kicked off last Monday with Wong, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Folk, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Alex Wong, MILCK, Tonie

Monday Morning Video – Keepsake House “From Story to Song”

Monday, March 07, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

A chance encounter at the Americana Conference in Nashville last September led to me to the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center in NYC in October.  The occasion was an event called “From Story to Song“, produced by NYC-based Keepsake House. The premise of the event was to pair a storyteller with a musical artist and […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Alex Wong, Erika Ji, Jay Miners, Marcie Hernandez

Monday Morning Video – Alex Wong

Monday, November 08, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

I’ll admit that I’d lost touch with Alex Wong’s music for awhile. Although I recall his early days as part of the Animators, I hadn’t kept up with his solo output. I re-connected with his music with 2019’s Kivalina, a joint EP with Jesse Terry and, thanks to a chance meeting in Nashville this past […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Alex Wong

Mayer’s Picks – Best of 2019, The EPs

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

As more and more artists are transitioning from albums to EPs, I thought I’d highlight a few of my faves in that medium. Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorite EPs of 2019 GOODNIGHT, TEXAS, The Senseless Age JESSE TERRY + ALEX WONG, Kivalina ANTHONY D’AMATO, Five Songs from New Orleans RADICAL […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Alex Wong, Anthony D'Amato, Goodnight Texas, Jesse Terry, Leland Sundries, Radical Face

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