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Waterloo Sunset – AmericanaFest UK 2018

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 By Elizabeth Cawein

If you’ve ever traveled to another country, you know the quiz well. Border control agent: “So, what brings you to (insert country name here)?” What you may be less familiar with is the variety of quizzical expressions you get from those border control agents when you’re traveling to England and your answer is: “an Americana […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, Folk, Reviews, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Darlingside, Joe Henry, Kashena Sampson, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, Tyler Childers

AmericanaFest 2016 – The AMA Awards

Tuesday, October 04, 2016 By Shawn Underwood

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members, artists and music fans together in Nashville for its annual conference. Starting with the annual Americana Music Awards and continuing through four days of showcases and panel discussions, it is a tremendous celebration of Americana music.   Traditionally, the opening of the annual Americana Music Festival was always […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, Country, Folk, Reviews, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Amanda Shires, Americana Music Awards, Billy Bragg, Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt, Jason Isbell, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Parker Millsap, William Bell

Mayer’s Picks: Best Songs of 2013

Thursday, December 26, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

I posted a best songs list for the first half of 2013 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this the continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. Closed Hand, Full of Friends, Foy Vance (from the Glassnote Records release Joy of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Andrew Duhon, Austin Lucas, Billy Bragg, Faithless Town, Foy Vance, Guy Clark, Mia Dyson, Patrick Sweany, Robbie Fulks, Shannon McNally, The Please Please Me, The Silks

Americana 2013: The Sounds, Part 1

Thursday, October 24, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members, artists and music fans together in Nashville for its annual conference. Starting with the annual Americana Music Awards and continuing through four days of showcases and panel discussions, it is a tremendous celebration of Americana music. PATRICK SWEANY Sweany delivered what was, hands down, my favorite showcase […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Buddy Miller, Parker Millsap, Patrick Sweany, St Paul and the Broken Bones, The Bottle Rockets

Monday Morning Video: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Friends Perform Woody Guthrie

Monday, July 22, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s a great one from the archives. Legendary folk singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is joined by Marty Stuart, Joe Henry, Kelly Hogan and Billy Bragg to perform a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd” from SXSW back in 2006.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Joe Henry, Kelly Hogan, Marty Stuart, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Woody Guthrie

Mayer’s Playlist for March/April 2013, Part 2

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH The Other Life, by Shooter Jennings I’ll admit that I haven’t spent much time with Shooter’s previous releases. No real explanation, his music just never made it into my rotation. My bad. His latest is one of the most refreshing country records that I’ve heard in quite some time. Shooter and […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Bobby Sutliff, Kevin Russell, Matt Mays, Michael Carpenter, New American Farmers, Pickwick, Shinyribs, Shooter Jennings, the Howlin Brothers, The Riverbreaks

Monday Morning Video: SXSW 2013 Highlights, Part 1

Monday, April 01, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

This week and next week I’ll be featuring some videos from SXSW. We’ll start with a mostly acoustic set, featuring: Steve Earle performing “Someday” The Waterboys performing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” Billy Bragg performing “Handyman Blues” Chuck Ragan and friends performing “Revival Road” Frank Turner covering Blink 182’s “Dammit” Josh Ritter and Emmylou Harris […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Chuck Ragan, Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Frank Turner, Josh Ritter, Mike Scott, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Stevie Nicks, The Waterboys

You Pick It: Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”

Monday, November 22, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Does anyone not consider this song a classic? It is certainly hard to argue with the impressive array of artists who have covered the Bob Marley classic. In this edition of our “You Pick It” series, we get Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer; Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros; Ziggy Marley & the Chieftains; Bono, Bob […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Videos Tagged With: Arrested Development, Billy Bragg, Bob Geldorf, Bob Marley, Bono, Jackson Browne, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash, the Chieftains, Wyclef Jean, Youssou N'Dour, Ziggy Marley

Peter Gabriel, Billy Bragg and Mike Mills Lend Their Voices

Thursday, July 08, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Does anyone remember the childhood game “Telephone?” A group of people pass a whisper from person to person and see how the whisper changes as it moves through the group. The Voice Project is like a musical version, but better. One musician covers another, hopefully inspiring the covered artist to continue the chain. The project […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Joanna Newsom, Joseph Arthur, Mike Mills, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Tom Waits

SXSW 2010: The Scene

Monday, April 26, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

SXSW 2010 has come and gone. Over the next week I’ll be sharing a few highlights of my experience. All in good fun. Children By the Million Sing for Alex Chilton This year’s SXSW began and ended with the passing of Alex Chilton. The co-founder of Big Star was scheduled to participate in a panel […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: Akina Adderley, Alejandro Escovedo, Alex Chilton, Bellrays, Ben Gibbard, Big Star, Billy Bragg, Bodeans, Chris Shiflett, Courtney Love, Evan Dando, Foo Fighters, Freelance Whales, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hole, John Doe, Jon Auer, Jon Dee Graham, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Nakia, Orgone, R.E.M., Raphael Saadiq, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, She & Him, Stone Temple Pilots, Street Sweeper Social Club, Surfer Blood, the Clash, the Posies, the xx, Tom Morello, True Believers, Wayne Kramer

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