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Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2022, Part 3

Wednesday, December 07, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Let You Down, Bird Streets (from the Sparkle Plenty/Deko Records release Lagoon) John Brodeur – aka Bird Streets – is a master of the power pop craft.  To be sure, these aren’t pop songs of the three chord variety.  Rather, they have an inspired complexity – accessible yet filled with melodic and lyrical twists along […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Alena Diane, Bird Streets, Brendan Benson, Dan Israel, Drive-by Truckers, Gabe Lee, Jackson Emmer, Jerry Joseph, M. Lockwood Porter, Mightmare, Sarah Shook

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2020, Part 2

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2020 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. I Remember Everything, John Prine I Don’t Want This (Job Interview), Jackson Emmer (from […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Ben de la Cour, Bonnie Whitmore, Dan Israel, Daniel Romano, Garrett Owen, Isaac Hoskins, Jackson Emmer, Jerry Joseph, John Gorka, John Prine, Jon Snodgrass, Kathleen Edwards, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Los Brujos, Matthew Ryan, Mickelson, Peter Parcek, Sam Morrow, Ted Russell Kamp, Terra Lightfoot, Thad Cockrell, The Jaded Hearts Club, The Northern Belle, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2020, Part 3

Thursday, November 12, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

When You’re Gone, Lydia Loveless (from the Honey You’re Gonna Be Late Records release Daughter) Daughter isn’t an easy album.  Sure, the album has some strong and engaging melodies, not to mention the wonder that is the singer’s commanding voice.  Yet it is also a lyrically and musically dense album, one that finds Loveless continuing […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Angus Gill, Colton Venner, Dan Israel, J.E. Sunde, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Ryan, Steve Earle, The Jaded Hearts Club, The March Divide

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2019

Friday, January 10, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2019.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Adam Carroll, Allison Moorer, Ariana Gillis, Austin Plaine, Coastal Clouds, Dalton Domino, Dan Israel, Eilen Jewell, Eli Paperboy Reed, Fruition, Harrison Whitford, Hayes Carll, Jason James, Jesse Dayton, Jimbo Mathus, John Paul White, Jon Fratelli, Leeroy Stagger, Nate Currin, Steve Poltz, Ted Russell Kamp, Will Kimbrough

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2018, Part 2

Thursday, August 30, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Immortal Americans, Austin Lucas (from the Cornelius Chapel Records release Immortal Americans) Immortal Americans feels like the album that Austin Lucas was destined to make. The road there certainly wasn’t easy as he overcame a series of challenges, both personal and professional, along the way. It ultimately led him back to his roots in Indiana […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Cody Canada, Dan Israel, Jeffrey Foucault, Shooter Jennings, The March Divide

Mayer’s Playlist for November 2015, Part 2

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Life’s a Bell, Langhorne Slim (from the Dualtone Records release The Spirit Moves) The pride (at least I think) of Langhorne, PA is back with his best album yet. He still has one foot planted in the Americana realm – a banjo plays subtly yet persistently across many of songs here – yet his sound […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Streams Tagged With: British Sea Power, Broken Gold, Dan Israel, Langhorne Slim, Library Voices, Rod Picott, Shurman

Mayer’s Playlist from July 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening, by The Bottle Rockets I don’t know why, but I’ve always hedged when considering the Bottle Rockets as an acoustic outfit. It makes no sense, I know, given that the band is so well travelled on the Americana road. Sure, I love the backporch feel […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Amy Lavere, Dan Israel, Hotel Lights, Jo Wymer, John Powhida, Kris Delmhorst, Session Americana, The Bottle Rockets, The Cars, The Latebirds

Dan Israel – Turning

Monday, December 31, 2007 By Chip Frazier

A late release in 2007 that I almost overlooked is Dan Israel’s Turning. In fact this albume has become a late year Twangville fave. Israel has been around a while from the Midwest to Austin and back again. He has opened for acts as diverse as Morissey, Spoon and Peter Himmelman. He has won songwriter […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Alt-Country, Dan Israel, Jayhawks, Reviews, Semisonic, Singer-Songwriter, Son Volt, Wilco

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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