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Monday Morning Video – Aaron Lee Tasjan, Butch Walker, and Andrew Leahey

Monday, February 17, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Watch Aaron Lee Tasjan, Butch Walker, and Andrew Leahey unleash their guitars on this incendiary live performance of Tom Petty’s “Running Down a Dream”, captured at Nashville’s Basement East last month.

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Andrew Leahey, Butch Walker, Tom Petty

Monday Morning Video – Jesse Malin

Monday, December 30, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Some may know the story of Jesse Malin. The longtime cornerstone of New York’s East Village music scene suffered a traumatic spinal stroke in 2023, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The singer-songwriter, who has long preached “positive mental attitude”, persevered through months of medical treatments and physical therapy with the hope of returning […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Butch Walker, Counting Crows, dinosaur jr., Elvis Costello, J Mascis, Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Steve Van Zandt

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2024, Part 2

Thursday, December 19, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2024 back in June (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of 2024. Rosemary and Thieves, Garrett Owen (from the self-released Memoriam) Owen’s tale of fractured relationships is […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aerosmith, Aloud, Ashley Monroe, Butch Walker, Denitia, Dustin Lowman, Fancy Gap, Garrett Owen, John Calvin Abney, Kevin Gordon, Leeroy Stagger, Lisa Bastoni, Maggie Antone, Maggie Rose, Malin Pettersen, Melanie MacLaren, Michael McDermott, Paul Kelly, Somebody Someone, Sophie Gault, The Bluest Sky, The Damnwells, Tyler-James Kelly, Waxahatchee

Singles Club – A Special Twangville Playlist

Thursday, October 24, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

I typically stick to writing about albums and EPs – it’s enough to just keep up with all of those. There have been a slew of stand-alone singles over the past several months, however, that caught my attention. Here’s a sampling of them. Optimistic, Fee Doyle I had a conversation earlier this year with a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Ashley Monroe, Butch Walker, Dev Wulf and the Midnight Howl, Fee Doyle, J Isaiah Evans, J Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, JD Clayton, Juliana Hatfield, Laura Zarougian, Other Brother Darryl, Remy Reilly, Restos, Samantha Fish, Somebody Someone, The Explorers Club, Will Dailey

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2022, Part 2

Wednesday, January 04, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2022 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. Paranoid Heart, John Fullbright (from the Blue Dirt Records release The Liar) “Well maybe […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Andrew Duhon, Anthony D'Amato, Autumn Hollow, Butch Walker, Caitlin Rose, Carl Broemel, Cody Nilsen, Cory Branan, Dead Horses, Fantastic Cat, Futurebirds, John Fullbright, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Michael McDermott, Nicky Egan, Patty Griffin, Phil Hurley, Plains, The Heavy Heavy, Wade Bowen, Will Hoge

Mayer’s Picks – Best of 2022, the Albums

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

10. When I Go I Ghost by Cory Branan Branan has never been known to pull his punches and he lives up to that reputation on When I Go I Ghost. From the opening rock blast of “When In Rome, When In Memphis” to the brooding closer “Of Two Minds”, Branan unleashes songs filled with […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Andrew Duhon, Anthony D'Amato, Butch Walker, Caroline Spence, Cory Branan, Fantastic Cat, John Fullbright, Michael McDermott, Plains

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2022

Thursday, October 06, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Roll Away (Like a Stone), Butch Walker (from the Ruby Red Recordings release Butch Walker as… Glenn) Butch Walker’s latest is something of a concept album, but not in the traditional sense.   It portrays an artist playing a club show, complete with an emcee introduction, a simulated bar fight, and calls for an encore.  Yet […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Amy Ray, Butch Walker, DB Edmunds, Dead Horses, Dirty Streets, Freedy Johnston, Futurebirds, The Dales, Wade Bowen, Will Hoge

Monday Morning Video – Butch Walker Honors Adam Schlesinger

Monday, December 06, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Butch Walker is a bad-ass in his own right but he takes it to another level in this tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger. Schlesinger was a tragic early Covid casualty but his legacy lives on in an incredible catalog of power pop songs. Walker performed the Schlesinger composition “Guitar Center” at an online tribute […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Adam Schlesinger, Butch Walker, Fountains of Wayne

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2020, Part 4

Thursday, July 02, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

She’s a Self-Made Man, Larkin Poe (from Tricki-Woo Records Self Made Man) Rebecca & Megan Lovell pull no punches on their latest release. Self Made Man, their follow-up to 2018’s Grammy nominated Venom & Faith is a bruising rock album pure and simple.  The sisters are old souls possessed by the spirit of the legendary […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aloud, Ben de la Cour, Brendan Benson, Butch Walker, Dirt Reynolds, Larkin Poe, Michael McDermott, Will Hoge, Willie Nile

Monday Morning Video – Butch Walker “#1 Summer Jam”

Monday, August 05, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

It’s hard to argue with the man – this is indeed a summer jam.

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Butch Walker

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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