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Hittin’ the Road with Johnny Chops – a Special Premiere

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

This isn’t your normal travelogue. Singer-songwriter Johnny Chops and his wife spent two weeks last summer on a road trip from Austin, TX to Southern California and back. Ostensibly the drive was a Chops solo acoustic tour. The video footage that they took along the way, however, paints a romantic picture of life on the […]

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Johnny Chops

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2018

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are a few more favorites from 2018. Tenkiller Marie/Lepanto Out From Under

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Beach Slang, Brandi Carlile, Brother Dege, Death By Unga Bunga, Eli Paperboy Reed, Eric Bachmann, Escondido, Fruition, Glen Hansard, J.P. Harris, Jason Isbell, Jeffrey Foucault, John Calvin Abney, John Gorka, John Prine, Johnny Chops, Larkin Poe, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Lucero, Marie/Lepanto, Michael McDermott, Quiet Slang, Shara Shook & the Disarmers, Shooter Jennings, The Bottle Rockets, the Fratellis, the Pollies, Will Hoge

Johnny Chops on Breaking the Rules (and Learning How to Break Into His Truck)

Tuesday, December 04, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Johnny Chops on the key to eating healthy and cheaply on tour, why he’d like to learn amp wiring and his “really deep” first attempt at songwriting.

Filed Under: Americana, Why It Matters Tagged With: Johnny Chops

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2018, Part 1

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

The Fold, Brent Cowles (from the Dine Alone Records release How To Be OK Alone) One doesn’t need to tell Brent Cowles that life is a struggle. The Denver singer-songwriter isn’t afraid to bare his soul, a fact that is evident from the fervent opening moments of “The Fold” to the quiet closing moments of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Brent Cowles, Brother Dege, Death By Unga Bunga, Goodnight Texas, Johnny Chops, Rod Picott, the Fratellis

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