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Monday Morning Video – Sam and Dave

Monday, September 21, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole this weekend and stumbled across this gem. Does music get more electrifying than this? Me thinks not. As a bonus, here’s a rock legend paying honoring two godfathers of R&B, with a special guest in tow. And if you watched the end of the video above, you might […]

Filed Under: Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Sam and Dave

Monday Morning Video – Costello and Springsteen Take on Radio

Monday, August 12, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

This clip comes from the late, lamented show “Spectacle” that paired Elvis Costello with an impressive array of artists for conversation and song. Bruce Springsteen joined for an episode and the pair offered up this great mash-up of Springsteen’s “Radio Nowhere” and Costello’s “Radio Radio”.

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello

Monday Morning Video – Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away”

Monday, February 04, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

I’ve been revisiting some soul classics of late. High on my list is favorites is Dobie Gray’s uplifting “Drift Away”. Here’s Gray performing the song back in the 1970’s and a bonus video of Bruce Springsteen dusting it off in 2013.

Filed Under: Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Dobie Gray

Monday Morning Video – Jimmy Cliff and Friends

Monday, January 07, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

How about we start off the week with a classic. Jimmy Cliff is a towering voice, both as a singer and a songwriter, and “Many Rivers to Cross” is among his finest creations. Don’t believe me? Look at this list of artists who have covered the song: Bruce Springsteen, Annie Lennox, Jimmy Barnes & Crowded […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Pop, Roots, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Annie Lennox, Bruce Springsteen, Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Cocker, Sia

Monday Morning Video – A Lesson for the Week

Monday, July 24, 2017 By Mayer Danzig

This video, from a 2013 performance in Germany, is making the rounds again. For the young bands out there, this is how it’s done. For everyone else, ain’t this the joy of music? And a bit more from the Bruce Springsteen glory of rock and roll file. ’cause once you get started, it’s hard to […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen

Monday Morning Video – Revisiting Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land”

Monday, July 04, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

Inspired, or more rather provoked, as a populist response to Irving Berlin’s “America the Beautiful,” Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has become an American institution in its own right. In celebration of Independence Day, here is a video playlist that includes some engaging covers of the Guthrie classic from the likes of the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Jamey Johnson, Old Crow Medicine Show, Pete Seeger, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Woody Guthrie

Monday Morning Video – Town Mountain Cover Bruce Springsteen

Monday, May 30, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

North Carolina’s Town Mountain give Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” a bluegrass make-over. Sounds mighty fine to me.

Filed Under: Bluegrass, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Town Mountain

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

I posted a best songs list for the first half of 2014 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. An Anthem for the Broken and A Song to Learn and Sing (Until Kingdom […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Caleb Caudle, Girls Guns and Glory, Joe Pug, John Fullbright, John Hiatt, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Ryan, Reed Foehl, Rod Melancon, Sarah Borges, Strand of Oaks

Mayer’s Playlist for Sept 2014, Part 1

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH You’ve Got the Wrong Man, by Joe Fletcher Singer-songwriter Joe Fletcher drew inspiration for You’ve Got the Wrong Man from the field recordings of the early 20th century. The process, most notably used by John Lomax during his musical exploration of the Southern US, places particular emphasis on the raw emotion […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Anthony D'Amato, Bruce Springsteen, J.P. Harris, Joe Fletcher, Joe Pug, Justin Townes Earle, Strand of Oaks

Robin Williams, 1951-2014

Monday, August 11, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Filed Under: In Memoriam, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Robin Williams

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