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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 of Boston 2012

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

It’s been a great year of music in Boston. I’ve been fortunate to see lots of great local favorites live, from Todd Thibaud to Old Jack to Dennis Brennan to the Rationales. It was also a great year for new Boston music, as evidenced by the fine, fine releases below. SESSION AMERICANA, Love and Dirt […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Christian McNeill, David Wax Museum, Highway Ghosts, Sea Monsters, Session Americana, The Bean Pickers Union, Tim Gearan

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2012, Part 1

Wednesday, November 07, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Everything’s Up For Grabs, by Christian McNeill and Sea Monsters It has been ten years since Christian McNeill’s last studio release, but it’s not as if he has been absent from the music scene. He has continued to write and perform around Boston, ultimately joining up with a talented crew of […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Caitlin Rose, Christian McNeill, Drive He Said, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Maxim Ludwig, Michelle Malone, Nick Lowe, Patrick Sweany, Robert Ellis, Sea Monsters, Somebody's Darling, Watershed, X

Music With a Purpose: Grooving Forward, Vol. 1

Thursday, September 06, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Musicians have a long tradition of giving. Sure, they give to all of us with the music that they share. Yet they also have a penchant for supporting meaningful causes. Over the next few weeks we will highlight several releases that demonstrate this giving spirit. Grooving Forward, Volume One is the brainchild of Jake Bush […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Christian McNeill, Danielle Miraglia, Jimmy Ryan, Kingsley Flood, Marc Cohn, Pesky J. Nixon, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Tim Gearan

Really Rockin’ in Boston: A Special Playlist

Thursday, June 16, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s the latest installment of my playlist series highlighting the latest and greatest in New England music. Zero, Sea Monsters (from the Q-Dee Records single Zero b/w Don’t Make Me Wait) It’s about time that we let you in on a little Boston secret. They’re called the Sea Monsters and for over three years they’ve […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Boston Playlist, Carla Ryder, Charlie Chesterman, Christian McNeill, Ellis Paul, Jesse Dee, Joe Fletcher, Kingsley Flood, Michael J Epstein, Orbit, Sea Monsters, Susan Cattaneo, Tallahassee

Shippin’ Up to Boston: A Special Playlist

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

I’m fortunate to live in a city that appreciates and supports great music. Here are a few of my current favorites. Banks of the Mississippi, Jenee Hastead (from the self-released Hollow Bones) “Baby, if we could go to the banks of the Mississippi, watch out I’ll float your body out to sea,” sings Halstead in […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Asa Brebner, Boston Playlist, Christian McNeill, Gilded Splinters, Girls Guns and Glory, Jenee Halstead, Jimmy Ryan, John Powhida, Neil Young, Sea Monsters, Tripping Lily

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