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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 Picks: The Best of 2012, So Far (The Songs)

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Jericho, John Fullbright (from the Blue Dirt Records release From The Ground Up) Fullbright’s is a welcome new voice on the singer-songwriter scene. He writes and sings with a voice that belies his 23-odd years, as evidenced by this stirring track. Throw your arrows and your slings And your other precious things Outside your gate […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Antonio Lulic, Highway Ghosts, John Fullbright, Library Voices, Lucero, The District Attorneys, The Right Ons

Mayer’s Playlist From February 2012, Part 1

Wednesday, March 07, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Inspiration, by Shurman One of the things that I have always appreciated about Shurman is the ragged edge of their music. And man do they serve it up by the bucket on their latest release. Album opener and title track “Inspiration” starts things out on a positive note, both musically and […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Adam Arcuragi, Chuck Prophet, Dead Fingers, Freedy Johnston, Highway Ghosts, Jon Dee Graham, Jones Street Station, Shurman, Susan Cowsill, the Hobarts, The Rationales

Love That Dirty Water: A Boston Playlist

Thursday, December 16, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Welcome to the second in a periodic series of playlists showcasing artists from my hometown of Boston. You Were Drunk, Rose Polenzani with Session Americana (from the self-released When the River Meets the Sea) Polenzani does a periodic showcase at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. It is quite the affair as she invites friends and […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Boston Playlist, Gilded Splinters, Highway Ghosts, Melvern Taylor, Rose Polenzani, Session Americana, The Russians, Watts

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