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Monday Morning Video – Jesse Malin

Monday, December 30, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Some may know the story of Jesse Malin. The longtime cornerstone of New York’s East Village music scene suffered a traumatic spinal stroke in 2023, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The singer-songwriter, who has long preached “positive mental attitude”, persevered through months of medical treatments and physical therapy with the hope of returning […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Butch Walker, Counting Crows, dinosaur jr., Elvis Costello, J Mascis, Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Steve Van Zandt

Readers’ Pick: Various Artists – Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin

Saturday, September 28, 2024 By Tom Osborne

Various Artists – Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin (cover art)

You picked Various Artists – Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin as your favorite new release for the week of September 20, 2024.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Jesse Malin

Monday Morning Video – Jesse Malin

Monday, June 19, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

If you’ve ever seen Jesse Malin live, you know what a dynamic performer he is. Bounding around the stage, into the audience, up on the bar – he takes over the room. Which makes his recent health situation all the more tragic. Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke that has left him paralyzed from the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bob Weir, Jesse Malin

Readers’ Pick: Jesse Malin – Sad and Beautiful World

Friday, October 01, 2021 By Tom Osborne

Jesse Malin – Sad and Beautiful World (cover art)

You picked Jesse Malin – Sad and Beautiful World as your favorite new release for the week of September 24, 2021. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Summer & Fall 2021 James McMurtry – […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Jesse Malin

Readers’ Pick: Jesse Malin – Sunset Kids

Friday, September 06, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Jesse Malin - Sunset Kids (cover art)

You picked Jesse Malin – Sunset Kids as your favorite new release for the week of August 30, 2019. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Summer & Fall 2019 Ben Davis Jr. and The […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Jesse Malin

Bobby K’s Music Newsletter 2015

Saturday, January 23, 2016 By Tom Osborne

Editor’s note: Once a year I receive an email from Robert Klausner, better known to Twangville as Bobby K. The email is an annual newsletter sent to his friends recapping favorite music picks and discoveries from the year. I asked for Bobby’s permission to repost here because it’s just too good not to share. Enjoy! […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews Tagged With: Anderson East, Drew Holcomb, Eric Lindell, Ezra Furman, Glen Hansard, Houndmouth, Ike Reilly, Jackie Greene, James McMurtry, Jesse Malin, Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim, Lone Bellow, Lucero, Mark Knopfler, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Parker McCollum, Rhiannon Giddens, Ryan Bingham, Sam Lewis, Stereophonics, Tobias Jesso Jr, Will Hoge

Readers’ Pick: In The Blazes by Aaron Lee Tasjan

Friday, October 16, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Aaron Lee Tasjan, In The Blazes (cover art)

AARON LEE TASJAN, In The Blazes beats out ISRAEL NASH, Israel Nash’s Silver Season as your favorite for the week of October 9, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops – Fall […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Boy & Bear, Corb Lund, Fiona Boyes, Israel Nash, Jeffrey Foucault, Jesse Malin, Joe Louis Walker, Josh Ritter, Little May, Maia Sharp, Stoney Larue, The Oh Hellos

Readers’ Pick: The Loneliest Man I Ever Met by Kinky Friedman

Friday, October 09, 2015 By Tom Osborne

KINKY FRIEDMAN,The Loneliest Man I Ever Met beats out BOTTLE ROCKETS, South Broadway Athletic Club as your favorite for the week of October 2, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops – […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Blitzen Trapper, Duncan Sheik, Fiona Boyes, Israel Nash, Jesse Malin, Joe Jackson, Joe Louis Walker, Kinky Friedman, Matt Nathanson, Sam Russo, The Bottle Rockets, The Wood Brothers, Widespread Panic

SXSW 2011: The Video Companion

Monday, April 11, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

I got a bit carried away with the videos, compiling 26 great videos captured live at SXSW. Not surprisingly, we kick things off with the performance that introduced me to Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven. From there, a three-fer from Alejandro Escovedo’s special Sunday night gig at the legendary Continental Club. We’ve got […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Roots, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Admiral Fallow, Alejandro Escovedo, Charlie Sexton, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, Dave Alvin, Fitz and the Tantrums, J Roddy Walston, J Roddy Walston and the Business, Jack White, Jesse Malin, Jim Jones Review, Jon Dee Graham, Josh Ritter, Kasey Anderson, Liam Finn, Maxim Ludwig, Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven, Men Without Hats, Mona, Old 97's, Prima Donna, Sharon Van Etten, The Head and the Heart, the Hobarts, The Stone Foxes, Wild Flag, Willie Nile, Yuck

John’s SXSW Roundup, Starring Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, and the “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”

Monday, April 04, 2011 By John Anderson

Given that friends and colleagues always ask upon my return from Austin who were my absolute favorites of the new bands I saw at SXSW each year, I’m going to focus my attentions entirely on the new-to-me bands that I left Austin wishing most fervently that I could see play again right now. As it […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Features, News, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, SXSW, SXSW 2011

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