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Mayer’s Playlist for Early 2025

Friday, February 28, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Easy Love, Part 1, Larkin Poe (from the Tricki-Woo Records release Bloom) Rebecca and Megan Lovell continue to fortify their position as leading lights for modern blues-based rock. Their latest album is another glorious celebration of rock and roll, one led by Rebecca’s electric guitar and Megan’s steel guitar. Opener “Mockingbird” may start with a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Cajun, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Balto, Ben Nichols, Death By Unga Bunga, Horsebath, Ian Fisher, Larkin Poe, Lilly Hiatt, Lucero, Massy Ferguson, Miss Tess, Tristen Lake Leabu, Wilder Woods

Monday Morning Video – Balto

Monday, September 25, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

The boys in LA’s Balto are back with a new single and, damn, it’s good. There are so many things to like about this song – harmonizing guitars, heck, a flying V guitar. But the best part is that it just plain rocks.

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Balto

SXSW 2022 – The Sounds, Part 1

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

DOLLY PARTON What can be said about seeing Dolly Parton for the first time? The hits, the stories, the people weeping with joy around me – it was spectacular. And playing “9 to 5” twice – the second time so the audience could sing it – was tremendous. LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: Balto, Barfield, Beatnik Bandits, Bendigo Fletcher, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Dolly Parton, Evan Dando, Ferris & Sylvester, Greyhounds, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, The Lemonheads, The Madisons

SXSW 2019 – The Sounds, Part 1

Thursday, March 28, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

BALTO I was sold on Balto as soon as I heard the blistering slide on “Black Snake, Mojave Blues”, the sample track that they shared on their SXSW profile page. Seeing them live provided an exclamation point – I caught two exceptional raucous and greasy outdoor sets in the afternoon sun. The LA-based quartet were […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: Asleep at the Wheel, Austin Lucas, Balto, Band of Heathens, Brett Newski, Collective Soul, Ed Roland, J.S. Ondara, Joshua Ray Walker, Mating Ritual, Ray Benson, Robert Randolph, Strand of Oaks, Western Youth, Yola

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