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Tweed River Talk – A Few Words with Bow Thayer

Thursday, June 11, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

It is fitting that we launch our interview series with Bow Thayer, Vermont native and a co-founder of the Tweed River Music Festival. Thayer got his start in the Boston-based rock/reggae band 7 League Boots in the early 1990’s. He subsequently moved to Vermont and began an extended exploration of Americana and blues. Thayer’s most […]

Filed Under: Americana, Interviews, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bow Thayer, Tweed River Music Festival

Mayer’s Playlist for May 2014

Friday, May 30, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUM OF THE MONTHS All Or Nothin’, by Nikki Lane Nikki Lane’s sophomore effort caught me by surprise. I’d be lying if I said that I had more than a cursory exposure to her 2011 debut, but the just released All Or Nothin’ has grabbed my attention. Lane’s songs are rooted in country, albeit with […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Archie Powell and the Exports, Bow Thayer, Cheap Girls, Gina Villalobos, Glen David Andrews, High On Stress, Nikki Lane, The Soft White Sixties

Mayer’s Playlist for February 2013, Part 2

Thursday, March 07, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH On My Mind, In My Heart, by Jesse Dee Who’d have thought that a kid from Arlington Massachusetts could so brilliantly channel Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Al Green? Ladies and gentlemen, meet Jesse Dee. Over the course of 11 tracks, Dee rocks, rolls, reels and strolls as if he was […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: ari shine, Bill Carter, Bow Thayer, Caitlin Rose, Glenn Yoder, Jesse Dee, John Murry, Red Jacket Mine, Richard Thompson, The Mavericks

Mayer’s Playlist for December 2012

Thursday, December 06, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Love and Dirt, by Session Americana A cocktail table provides the key to understanding Session Americana. It is so much a part of the band’s experience that they typically travel with it when they tour. The table is a centerpiece, of sorts, around which the musicians gather. Sitting there, they often […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Alex McMurray, Amy Correia, Bean Pickers Union, Bow Thayer, Browan Lollar, Buddy Miller, Drive-By-Truckers, Jim Lauderdale, Mike Cooley, Miss Tess, Paul Kelly, Session Americana, The Trews

Mayer’s Picks: Best Songs of 2010, Pt. 2

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

As Long As You Don’t Come Back, Justin Currie (from the Rykodisc Records release The Great War) Set aside a lyric that we all wish we had, or perhaps actually did, say at one point or another. What I most appreciate about this song is the unassuming, even playful, melody that accompanies the lyrical punch. […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Streams, Videos Tagged With: B.O.B., Bow Thayer, Doc Dailey, Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil, Drive-By-Truckers, Eli Paperboy Reed, Ellis Paul, J Roddy Walston, J Roddy Walston and the Business, Justin Currie, Luke Doucet, Mumford and Sons, Mynabirds, Otis Gibbs, Peter Wolf, Stonehoney, Tim Lee 3

Mayer’s Playlist for Oct/Nov 2010, Video Companion

Friday, December 03, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Happy weekend. I’m certainly ready for it, some time to relax and perhaps catch a show or two. Here’s the over-stuffed (Thanksgiving pun intended) video companion to the October and November playlist. Things kick off with a run of acoustic performances from Bow Thayer, Doc Dailey, Will Hoge, Teddy Goldstein, the Autumn Defense, Benjamin Frances […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Anthony D'Amato, Bejamin Frances Leftwich, Black Dub, Bow Thayer, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Miller, Dave Stewart, Doc Dailey, Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil, Eurythmics, John Boutte, John Lennon, Kay Hanley, Lydia Loveless, Palmdale, Paul Sanchez, Paul Simon, Robert Plant, Teddy Goldstein, The Autumn Defense, the Mooncussers, the Outfield, Tim Lee 3, Warren Zevon, Will Hoge

Mayer's Playlist for October/November 2010, Part 1

Thursday, November 18, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: The Bottom of the Sky, by Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck After listening to this release, it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that Thayer has played with Levon Helm (although it was really the reverse – Helm played drums on Thayer’s 2006 release). They are kindred spirits, men whose music […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Downloads, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Anthony D'Amato, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Black Dub, Bow Thayer, Buddy Miller, Daniel Lanois, John Boutte, Los Lobos, My Radio, Robert Plant, The Autumn Defense, Wilco

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