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Chip’s Top Albums of 2024

Thursday, January 02, 2025 By Chip Frazier

2024 was a difficult year to rank albums. There were so many exceptional releases this year that if I tried to re-rank the list it might look a lot different depending on my mood. My top 5 were the albums that really stuck with me, as for the rest it was very difficult to rank […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews Tagged With: 49 Winchester, American Aquarium, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Emily Nenni, Fantastic Cat, India Ramey, Jack White, Loose Cattle, MJ Lenderman, the Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, The Red Clay Strays, Waxahatchee, Yarn

Mayer’s Picks – Best of 2024, the Albums

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Lizzie No

11. Our Time in the Sun by Jeremie Albino Bursting with raw emotion, swaggering grooves, and a touch of grit, Jeremie Albino’s Our Time in the Sun is a joyous revival of classic soul. Albino may sing about “Rolling Down the 405” in California, but one listen and you’ll imagine yourself cruising down Highway 72 […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Christopher Paul Stelling, Denitia, Fantastic Cat, Garrett Owen, Jeremie Albino, Kevin Gordon, Leeroy Stagger, Lizzie No, Maggie Antone, Michael McDermott, Sophie Gault

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2024 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Better By Now, Heather Little (from the Need to Know Music release By Now) “I’ve wasted a lot of love being wrong, I learn too late and I stay too long,” in this haunting tale of heartbreak, “I oughta be better by now but I got mixed up with you somehow.” So Glad You Made It/Go All […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Christopher Paul Stelling, Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Lizzie No, Silverada, The Bluest Sky, The Decemberists, The FBR, The HawtThorns, Wesley Dean

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2024 (So Far), the Albums

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat by Fantastic Cat The sum is greater than the part with this collective of four singer-songwriters. Each of the four brings their own personality and songwriting style to the group, but they compliment one another beautifully. The songs crackle with intelligence and humor, all the better when the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, Lizzie No, Sam Morrow, The FBR

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2024

Wednesday, July 03, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

So Glad You Made It, Fantastic Cat (from the Missing Piece Group Records release Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat) Fantastic Cat showcase their humor by maintaining a countdown clock until they’re eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, prominently displayed at their shows. Yet, it’s not entirely a joke – if […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Anthony D'Amato, Brian Dunne, Broken Gold, Fantastic Cat, Jesse Dayton, John Moreland, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Mavis Staples, McKinley James, Mike and the Moonpies, Silverada, the staple singers

Americana 2023, Mayer’s Picks (Part 2)

Thursday, October 05, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Sophie Gault

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members, artists and music fans together in Nashville for its annual conference. Starting with the Americana Music Awards and continuing through several days of showcases and panel discussions, it is a tremendous celebration of Americana music. Here are but a few of my favorite performers and performances from […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Americana Music Conference, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Boy Golden, Darling West, Esther Rose, Fantastic Cat, Jaimee Harris, Jeremy Pinnell, Kevin Gordon, Sophie Gault, Ted Russell Kamp

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 Summer 2022, Part 2

Thursday, August 25, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Nobody’s Coming to Get You, Fantastic Cat (from the Blue Rose Music release The Very Best of Fantastic Cat) It takes some chutzpah to call your debut album “The Best Of” but Fantastic Cat darn sure deliver the goods with their first album.  The group’s four singer-songwriters, each talented in their own right, come together […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Andrew Love, Arlo McKinley, Eleganza, Fantastic Cat, Joe Pug, John Calvin Abney, Michaela Anne, Silver Lining, The Sidemen

The Twangville Summer/Fall 2022 Release Preview

Wednesday, July 13, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

All This Life by Parker Twomey (15 July) Parker Twomey’s debut has a freewheeling and airy vibe, not to mention a maturity that belies his age. Lava Lamp by Jonah Tolchin (15 July) Tolchin steps away from his more restrained and often acoustic-based previous work to serve up one heck of a rock album. Nation […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Amanda Shires, Andrew Duhon, Dropkick Murphys, Fantastic Cat, GA-20, Joe Pug, John Calvin Abney, John Moreland, Jonah Tolchin, Larkin Poe, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Parker Twomey, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Shemekia Copeland, The Watkins Family Hour, Will Hoge

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