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Mea Culpa! A Special Summer Playlist, Part 1

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Mea culpa! So last year I made a commitment to myself to write a monthly playlist and publish it within the month for which it was named. I gave myself a hearty pat on the back when I met that goal. Thankfully, I didn’t set the same goal this year as I would have failed […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Antonio Lulic, Caleb Sweazy, Eilen Jewell, Jimbo Mathus, John Moreland, KaiL Baxley, Pat McGee, River Whyless, The Deslondes

Mayer’s Picks: The Best of 2015 (So Far) the Songs Part 2

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Everybody Talkin’ ’bout the All American, JD McPherson (from the Rounder Records release Let The Good Times Roll) Let’s just call this the dance hit of the year. One listen and you’ll know what I mean. You Got To Me, James McMurtry (from the Complicated Game Records release Complicated Game) On a given day I’d […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots, Streams Tagged With: James McMurtry, JD McPherson, Jimbo Mathus, PJ Bond, Ryan Culwell, Session Americana

Leo “Bud” Welch – I Don’t Prefer No Blues

Thursday, April 09, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

It’s hard to explain just what makes Leo “Bud” Welch so special. Yes, there is the fact that the 83-year-old made his recording debut in 2013. There is also the pure, rugged honesty of his delivery and the fact that, unlike some other country blues musicians who got discovered in their later years, Welch is […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Jimbo Mathus, Leo "Bud" Welch, Sharde Thomas

Kiss Off — A Special Twangville Playlist, Part 6

Thursday, March 19, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

A few years back I put together a series of special playlists featuring my favorite kiss off songs. Despite what some may think, I’m really not that cynical. Rather, I just appreciate how some songwriters can tackle the topic with humor and bite. It’s kind of like a genre unto itself. Over the past year […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Pop, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Anthony D'Amato, Eli Paperboy Reed, Jimbo Mathus, Martin Briley, The Coal Porters, The Pretenders, The Suitcase Junket

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2014

Thursday, December 11, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are a few more favorites from 2014. And the War CameShakey Graves The Shipwreck From the ShoreAnthony D’Amato HealStrand of Oaks Parker MillsapParker Millsap All or Nothin’Nikki Lane Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill BroonzyDave Alvin and Phil Alvin Eli Paperboy […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, Rockabilly Tagged With: Anthony D'Amato, Cheap Girls, Dave Alvin, Eli Paperboy Reed, Evan Phillips, Jimbo Mathus, John Hiatt, Leeroy Stagger, Marty Stuart, Nikki Lane, Otis Gibbs, Parker Millsap, Phil Alvin, Rodney Crowell, Shakey Graves, Shovels and Rope, Strand of Oaks, Tim Easton

Mayer’s Picks: The Best of 2014, So Far (the Songs)

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Rubicon, Chris Mills (from the Loud Romantic Records release Alexandria) Mills lulls you in with a lilting melody before unleashing the jaw-dropping emotion of lyrics and voice. The results are heartwrenching. Really Wanna See You, Lydia Loveless (from the Bloodshot Records release Somewhere Else) This is the way rock and roll is supposed to sound: […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Chris Mills, Drive-By-Truckers, Hard Working Americans, Jimbo Mathus, Jonny Two Bags, Lake Street Dive, Lydia Loveless, Rod Picott

Mayer’s Playlist for Feb/Mar 2014, Part 2

Thursday, March 27, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTHS English Oceans, by Drive-By Truckers I suppose that this review could be titled “Cooley Steps Out.” The band co-founder, who has historically contributed only a couple of songs per release, is credited with six songs on English Oceans. Ever better, they are some of his strongest songs in years. The opening […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Amelia White, Drive-By-Truckers, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jimbo Mathus, Jonny Two Bags, Peter Bradley Adams, St Paul and the Broken Bones, the Damn Choir

The Twangville 2014 Release Preview

Wednesday, January 08, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

If the releases below are any indication, 2014 is shaping up to be a musical embarrassment of riches. What releases, whether on this list or not, are you most excited to hear? HARD WORKING AMERICANS by HARD WORKING AMERICANS(21 January on Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers Records) What happens when a group of musicians — Todd Snider, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Indie, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: archie powell, Drive-By-Truckers, Hard Working Americans, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jimbo Mathus, Joe Fletcher, John Fullbright, Johnny Cash, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Ryan, Parker Millsap, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Todd Snider, Will Kimbrough

Monday Morning Video: Couch By Couchwest

Sunday, March 24, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Some travel to see bands, others let the bands come to them. So while SXSW brought thousands to Austin, the annual Couch Couch By Couchwest brought the music to you. The annual online festival invites artists, most of whom are not attending SXSW, to submit videos of themselves performing songs. Artists have fun with it, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Videos Tagged With: Cary Hudson, Glossary, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, Jimbo Mathus, Kevin Russell, Mic Harrison, Scott Miller, Shinyribs

Mayer’s Playlist for February 2013, Part 1

Thursday, February 28, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Rickenbacker Girls, by Todd May This is a real rock record. Now I don’t mean that it is filled with wailing guitars and pounding drums, although both certainly happen on this record. Rather I am referring to its authenticity: real instruments, real songs, real stories and real emotions. It starts with […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Eric Ambel, Jimbo Mathus, K Phillips, Lions in the Street, Lyle Brewer, Matt Costa, Samantha Crain, Stag, the SteelDrivers, Todd May

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 23?

  • Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room On The Porch (50%, 9 Votes)
  • SteelDrivers – Outrun (17%, 3 Votes)
  • Silverado – Texas 42 (11%, 2 Votes)
  • Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane – Double Takes (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Andy Frasco & The UN – Growing Pains (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Marc Ribot – Map of a Blue City (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Evan Bartels – To Make You Cry (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jeffery Broussard & the Nighttime Syndicate – Bayou Moonlight (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amble – Reverie (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Florry – Sounds Like… (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jess Kerber – From Way Down Here (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 18

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