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Mayer’s Playlist for Jan/Feb 2023

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Missing Someone, Jaimee Harris (from the Folk N Roll Records/Thirty Tigers release Boomerang Town) Harris’ eagerly awaited sophomore release has arrived – and it’s a beauty.  What makes it even compelling is that its beauty isn’t easy.  Harris fills her songs with difficult topics and troubled characters, digging into them with a thoughtful perspective.    The […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: BER, Galactic, Jaimee Harris, JD Clayton, L.A. Edwards, Lucero, Ron Sexsmith, Somebody's Child, Sunny War, The Shootouts, the Vansaders

Ben Ellman of Galactic on Tipitinas, McCabe’s Guitar Shop, and “The Heavy Metal Hotel”

Tuesday, February 07, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Galactic (credit Josh Brasted Photography)

Saxaphonist Ben Ellman of New Orleans’ Galactic talks about a highlight of every tour and time spent working as a line cook at the legendary New Orleans music club that he and the band now own.

Filed Under: Interviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Galactic

The Twangville Early 2019 Release Preview

Thursday, January 10, 2019 By The Twangville Posse

If the albums scheduled for release over the next few months are any indication, there’s a great year of music ahead of us. Here are just a few forthcoming long-players that we are eagerly anticipating in 2019.   WHAT WILL YOU DO by LULA WILES(25 January on Smithsonian Folkways)The Boston trio have taken their time […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie Rock, News, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Bob Mould, Dale Watson, Galactic, Guy Clark, Hayes Carll, Jenny Lewis, Joshua Ray Walker, Lula Wiles, Michael McDermott, Quaker City Night Hawks, Ryan Bingham, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Susto, Ted Russell Kamp, The Wild Reeds, Trapper Schoepp, Vandoliers

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2015 back in July (here and 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. Get Better, Frank Turner (from the Xtra Mile Records release Positive Songs […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Anderson East, David Ramirez, Frank Turner, Galactic, Glen Hansard, Kasey Chambers, Macy Gray, The Bottle Rockets, The Dreaming Spires

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are a few more favorites from 2015. All A Man Should DoLucero Maudlin DaysOcean Carolina Adventures in Real TimeDylan Gardner The Firewatcher’s DaughterBrandi Carlile Positive Songs For Negative PeopleFrank Turner The Spirit MovesLanghorne Slim and the Law Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats High On […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Andrew Combs, Brandi Carlile, Dylan Gardner, Frank Turner, Galactic, Ike Reilly, Jason Isbell, JD McPherson, Jeffrey Foucault, Jimbo Mathus, John Moreland, Kevin Gordon, Langhorne Slim, Lucero, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Northcote, Ocean Carolina, Paul Kelly, The Dreaming Spires, the Fratellis, Will Hoge

Mayer’s Playlist for September 2015

Thursday, September 24, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Into the Deep, Galactic (from the Provogue release Into the Deep) There’s a lesson to be learned across the eleven tracks that make up Galactic’s latest release. I can’t recall a record in recent memory that is so musically diverse yet sounds so cohesive. It is a testament to the New Orleans-based quintet’s immense musical […]

Filed Under: Americana, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Dan Bern, Galactic, Jeffrey Foucault, Michael Rank, The Batture Boys, Tracy Bonham, Whitney Rose

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2010, Part 2

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE SEASON: Street Songs of Love, by Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo is living proof that some things just get better with age. Street Songs of Love rocks with abandon and rolls with purpose. “Anchor” is a fitting opener, electric guitars kicks off a rocker that, although mid-tempo, still packs a forceful punch. “If […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Apples in Stereo, Betty LaVette, Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Del-Lords, Elton John, Eric Ambel, Galactic, Ian Hunter, Irma Thomas, John Lennon, John Prine, Jon Dee Graham, Justin Townes Earle, Kate Miller-Heidke, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Nakia, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Rolling Stones, Scott Kempner, The Beatles, The Who

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