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Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2023, Part 2

Friday, December 29, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2023 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 the year. Whatever Helps You Sleep, Abby Hamilton (from the Blue Gown Records release #1 Zookeeper (of the San […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Abby Hamilton, Allison Russell, Buddy and Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Diane and the Gentle Men, Diane Gentile, Garrison Starr, Heather Horton, james maddock, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jeff Plankenhorn, Jeremy Moses Curtis, Jerry Joseph, Jonah Tolchin, Joshua Ray Walker, Lauren Calve, Lydia Loveless, Margo Cilker, My Sister My Brother, Nathan Mongol Wells, Restos, Sean McConnell, Shadwick Wilde, Terra Lightfoot, William Matheny

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall/Winter 2023, Part 1

Thursday, December 28, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Lydia Loveless

Toothache, Lydia Loveless (from the Bloodshot Records release Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again) Relationships are messy and few songwriters capture that fact better than Lydia Loveless. One need look no further than “Song About You”, the confessional ballad that opens their latest album. Against the backdrop that is mostly a lone electric guitar, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Gospel, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Allison Russell, Blind Boys of Alabama, Buddy and Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Diane Gentile, Erin Viancourt, Heather Horton, Jeff Plankenhorn, Lydia Loveless, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Terra Lightfoot

Heather Lynne Horton on Kitchen Counter Rehearsals and Songs Inspired by a Tour Debacle

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Heather Lynn Horton

Singer-songwriter Heather Lynne Horton talks about snack packing and stashing, why her band mates refer to her as “Charlie Daniels”, and a year spent performing at a children’s clothing boutique.

Filed Under: Americana, Interviews, Singer/Songwriter, Videos, Why It Matters Tagged With: Heather Horton

Heather Horton – “Boomerang” Song Premiere

Monday, May 01, 2017 By Shawn Underwood

I was fortunate enough to have lived in Chicago in the early 90’s, when acts like Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair were putting sonic variety and higher production values on the grunge assault coming out of Seattle.  When I first listened to the latest album from Chicago native Heather Horton, Don’t Mess With Mrs. Murphy, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Heather Horton, Michael McDermott

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