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Monday Morning Video – Andy Frasco and the U.N.

Monday, March 17, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Ain’t no party like an Andy Frasco party… I caught Frasco and company in NYC a few weeks ago and the crew put on one hell of a show. Here’s a clip of the band performing “Dancin’ Around My Grave” from their Boston show a few nights prior. The sound quality is not pristine but […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Andy Frasco

Kiss Off – a Special Twangville Playlist, Part 7

Wednesday, June 07, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

A few times over the years I put together a series of special playlists featuring my favorite kiss off songs. Despite what some may think, I’m really not that cynical. Rather, I just appreciate how some songwriters can tackle the topic with humor and bite. It’s kind of like a genre unto itself. There have […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: American Aquarium, Andy Frasco, BER, Cory Branan, Kathleen Edwards, Lucero, Mando Saenz, Patty Griffin, Phil Hurley, PJ Bond, Ruby Boots, The Shootouts, the Vansaders, Tommy Conwell

Monday Morning Video – Andy Frasco and the U.N.

Monday, November 07, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Andy Frasco and the U.N. brought a party to Brooklyn this past weekend. And what a party it was – I don’t think it was possible to walk out of the venue after the show without a big ol’ smile on one’s face. Frasco and company interspersed fun covers (ranging from TLC to Nirvana to […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Andy Frasco

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2020

Thursday, December 17, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2020.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: American Aquarium, Andy Frasco, Bonnie Whitmore, Dawes, Drive-By-Truckers, Fruition, Grant-Lee Phillips, Jason Isbell, John Calvin Abney, John Moreland, Lydia Loveless, Meg Toohey, Mickelson, Peter Parcek, Rookie, Ted Russell Kamp, The Dustbowl Revival, The Jaded Hearts Club, The Mastersons, The Northern Belle, Willie Nile

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

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2020, Part 3

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

FEATURED ALBUM I’m Learning How to Tell Myself the Truth, John Moreland (from the Old Omens/Thirty Tigers release LP5) John Moreland is still searching for that which eludes him.  I wouldn’t call it happiness, but rather contentmen.  It’s a quest to find understanding, if not meaning, in the world.  Much of his latest release centers […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Andy Frasco, Anthony da Costa, Caleb Caudle, High On Stress, John Moreland, Joseph, Ron Sexsmith, Rookie, The Last Bandoleros, Todd Mathis, Tom Waits, Waco Brothers

Andy Frasco on Gas Station Fruit, Destroying Pianos, and Touring Relentlessly

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Andy Frasco reveals how many pianos he destroys a year and how many miles he drives each year while touring.

Filed Under: Interviews, Pop, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Andy Frasco

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