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Monday Morning Video – Kenny Rogers (1938 – 2020)

Monday, March 23, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Many of us got to know Kenny Rogers through his solo hits of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, not to mention his duets with everyone from Dolly Parton to Lionel Richie. Before that, however, Rogers made some magic with the First Edition, including this classic, which came around again in 1998 when it was […]

Filed Under: Country, In Memoriam, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers

Monday Morning Video: Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers

Monday, August 06, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Chances are that you’ve seen Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers cover of Hall & Oates “I Can’t Go For That.” It has gone viral and has nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube. The cover is part of their Van Session series, recorded with an iPhone in their van as they tour (the video descriptions include […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Videos Tagged With: Dolly Parton, George Michael, Hall and Oates, Kenny Rogers, Nicki Bluhm, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers

SXSW 2012: The Scene

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

For me, the true harbinger of spring is the arrival of the SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. Or rather, spring begins for me when I arrive in Austin for SXSW. With upwards of 2,200 bands and 19,000 attendees, SXSW is the world’s premiere music conference. Even better, it is one heck of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: 50 Cent, Antonio Lulic, Bahamas, Bob Mould, Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Crystal Method, Ekykah Badu, Eminem, Frank Turner, Glen Hansard, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Skrillix, Snoop Dogg, Sugar, The Cult, the Lumineers, Thomas Dolby, Tom Morello, Wayne Kramer, Woody Guthrie

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