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Mayer’s Picks, More 2025 Favorites

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2025.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Andy Frasco, Baby Said, Bird Streets, Bones Owens, Butch Parnell, Charles Wesley Godwin, David Ramirez, Galactic, Irma Thomas, Jade Bird, James McMurtry, John Calvin Abney, John Howie Jr., Josh Ritter, Julianna Riolino, KP Hawthorn, Larkin Poe, Michigander, Palmyra, Patrick Sweany, Patterson Hood, Pete Macini, Somebody's Child, Terra Lightfoot, The Swell Season, TopHouse, West Texas Exiles, Will Hoge, William Prince, Willie Nile, Zoe Pete Ford

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2021, Part 1

Thursday, May 20, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Deep End, Joe Pug (from the Nation of Heat Records release The Diving Sun) What began as a collection of archival material emerges as a full-fledged album, complete with some wonderful new compositions.  All flow with the grace and melodic charm that are Pug hallmarks.  The Diving Sun is a mix of quiet acoustic and […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Bones Owens, Charlie Treat, Esther Rose, Fretland, Jaimee Harris, Joe Pug, John Lilly, Mimi Naja, Rick Holmstrom, Tom Paxton

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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