You picked Blackberry Smoke – Be Right Here as your favorite new release for the week of February 16, 2024. Poll Results New Releases Readers’ Tops Winter 2024 Old Heavy Hands – Small Fires (47 Votes) Blackberry Smoke – Be Right Here (18) Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers (15) James Talley – Bandits, Ballads and […]
Readers’ Pick: Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia
You picked Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia as your favorite new release for the week of May 28, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2021 Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn […]
Readers’ Pick: All Night Live, Vol. 1 by The Mavericks
THE MAVERICKS, All Night Live, Vol. 1 beats out BLACKBERRY SMOKE, Like An Arrow as your favorite for the week of October 14, 2016. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Fall 2016 THE […]
Monday Morning Video (and Audio) – Willin’
“Willin’,” by the late Lowell George, is one of those songs that many may not know by title but is immediately recognizable when it’s heard. It’s also a song to which many artists have gravitated over the years. Here is a video playlist of wonderful cover performances, starting with Uncle Tupelo and working through Tom […]
Mayer’s Playlist for February 2015
ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Complicated Game, by James McMurtry Six years. That’s how long it has been since we last heard new music from McMurtry. While he hasn’t been missing during this time – he could always be found on the touring circuit – many of us were anxiously awaiting some new music. Well, that […]
Mayer’s Playlist for June & July 2010, Part 2
ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Joe Hill’s Ashes, by Otis Gibbs Gibbs is one of the most distinctive voices in Americana, both for the integrity in his songwriting and the authenticity of his voice. While some may find both a bit gruff, it gives his music a realism that can’t be doubted. Most songs are built […]