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Tom’s Picks: Best of 2015

Thursday, December 24, 2015 By Tom Osborne

The Firewatcher's Daughter by Brandi Carlile cover art

BRANDI CARLILE, The Firewatcher’s Daughter Every year there’s always one album that blows your mind no matter how many times you hear it. From the time The Firewatcher’s Daughter was released in March to now in December, every song on the album still stuns. At first listen you marvel at the mastery of Carlile herself. […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews Tagged With: Brandi Carlile

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are a few more favorites from 2015. All A Man Should DoLucero Maudlin DaysOcean Carolina Adventures in Real TimeDylan Gardner The Firewatcher’s DaughterBrandi Carlile Positive Songs For Negative PeopleFrank Turner The Spirit MovesLanghorne Slim and the Law Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats High On […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Andrew Combs, Brandi Carlile, Dylan Gardner, Frank Turner, Galactic, Ike Reilly, Jason Isbell, JD McPherson, Jeffrey Foucault, Jimbo Mathus, John Moreland, Kevin Gordon, Langhorne Slim, Lucero, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Northcote, Ocean Carolina, Paul Kelly, The Dreaming Spires, the Fratellis, Will Hoge

Monday Morning Video – Brandi Carlile Covers Fleetwood Mac

Monday, October 12, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

We can thank Brandi Carlile for turning October into a seeming Fleetwood Mac tribute month on our Monday Morning Video series. Carlile passed through Boston over the weekend and played an incredible show that moved gracefully between intimate ballads and foot-stomping rockers. Heck, she even kicked off the encore with an enchanting acoustic song sung […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Brandi Carlile, Fleetwood Mac

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2015 (So Far), the Albums

Wednesday, July 08, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorite releases from the first half of 2015. COMPLICATED GAME by JAMES MCMURTRY As he celebrates the release of his first album in six years, there’s a part of me that wishes that McMurtry was more prolific. Then I remember that it takes time to craft […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Allison Moorer, Brandi Carlile, Dylan Gardner, James McMurtry, Joe Pug

Mayer’s Playlist for March/April 2015, Part 3

Thursday, April 30, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH The Firewatcher’s Daughter, by Brandi Carlile For some, the process of getting off the major label merry-go-round can be a traumatic experience that results in musical purgatory. Not for Carlile, who shifted to ATO Records and returns with another stand-out release. Her voice is as radiant as ever, beautifully complimented by […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Andrew Combs, Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, Kermit Ruffins, Miles Nielsen, Miss Tess, the Sideshow Tragedy

Readers’ Pick: The Firewatcher’s Daughter by Brandi Carlile

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 By Tom Osborne

The Firewatcher's Daughter by Brandi Carlile cover art

BRANDI CARLILE, The Firewatcher’s Daughter beats out ANDREW COMBS, All These Dreams and ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys by 4 votes as your favorite for the week of March 3, 2015. Poll Results   Readers’ Top 25 – Winter 2015 JAMES MCMURTRY, Complicated […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Andrew Combs, Asleep at the Wheel, Brandi Carlile

The Twangville 2015 Release Preview

Thursday, January 08, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

There is already an impressive collection of releases on the docket for 2015, with plenty more sure to follow. Here are a handful that the Twangville crew are eagerly anticipating. What albums, whether on this list or not, are you most excited to hear? ABSENT FATHERS by JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE(13 January on Vagrant Records) Earle […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, News, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Brandi Carlile, Eilen Jewell, James McMurtry, Joe Pug, Justin Townes Earle, Paul Kelly, Robert Earl Keen, Ryan Bingham, Steve Earle

Mayer’s Picks: Best Songs of 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

I posted a best songs list for the first half of 2012 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. Love Changes Everything, Session Americana (from the self-released Love and Dirt) Session Americana wrap […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Downloads, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Ben Kyle, Brandi Carlile, Christian McNeill, Danielle Miraglia, Joe Pug, Jones Street Station, Kasey Anderson, Matthew Perryman Jones, Matthew Ryan, Redd Kross, Sea Monsters, Session Americana, the Vansaders

Mayer’s Picks: Best Albums of 2012

Thursday, December 20, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Most years there is one record that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Things were different this year as three albums vied for the top of my favorites list. I gave up trying to pick one – I’m declaring it a tie. #1 (tie). BRANDI CARLILE, Bear Creek Carlile recorded her latest release in […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Archie Powell and the Exports, Bahamas, Brandi Carlile, Chris Knight, Joe Pug, John Fullbright, Matthew Ryan, Shovels and Rope, the Lumineers, Whitehorse

Americana 2012: The Scene

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members and artists 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. The Americana Music Awards Any discussion of the AMA Conference has to start […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, Reviews Tagged With: Amanda Shires, Anthony da Costa, Bonnie Raitt, Booker T Jones, Brandi Carlile, Buddy Miller, Caitlin Rose, Charlie Faye, Chris Stamey, Colin Gilmore, Corb Lund, Darrell Scott, Don Was, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Hayes Carll, Jacob Dylan, Jason Isbell, John Fullbright, John Hiatt, Kasey Chambers, Kenny Vaughn, Larry Campbell, Lee Ann Womack, Lera Lynn, Levon Helm, Mike Mills, Nick Lowe, Patterson Hood, Paul Thorn, punch brothers, Richard Thompson, Robert Ellis, Sara Watkins, Shane Nicholson, Shovels and Rope, Steve Earle, Steve Forbert, The Mastersons, Tom T Hall

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