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Monday Morning Video: Boston Music Awards Winners

Monday, December 09, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

The Boston Music Awards were held in, um, Boston last night. Congrats to all the deserving winners, a list that included several Twangville faves: Kingsley Flood — Album of the Year Girls, Guns and Glory — Americana Artist of the Year + Male Vocalist of the Year (Ward Hayden) Session Americana — Best Live Ongoing […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, News, Videos Tagged With: Girls Guns and Glory, Kingsley Flood, Session Americana

Mayer’s Picks: The Best of 2013, So Far (the Songs)

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Elephant and Super 8, Jason Isbell (from the Southeastern Records release Southeastern) This list wouldn’t ordinarily include two tracks from the same artist but I’m gonna make an exception. These two tracks exemplify the range of Isbell’s songwriting talent, from the somber beauty of “Elephant” to the boisterous rock of “Super 8.” Alphabet City, Todd […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Downloads, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Jason Isbell, Jesse Dee, John Murry, Kingsley Flood, Marc Carroll, Patty Griffin, Richard Thompson, Shooter Jennings, Stephen Kellogg, Steve Earle, Todd May, Todd Thibaud

Monday Morning Video: Kingsley Flood

Monday, February 04, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Along with the download that I posted in my January playlist last week, the fine folks from Kingsley Flood shared this video of the song “Strongman” from their recent cd release party in Washington D.C. If nothing else, watch at the 2:00 minute mark as drummer Travis Richter attempts to atomize his drums. Now THIS […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Kingsley Flood

Mayer’s Playlist for January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Battles, by Kingsley Flood Battles is the sound of a band hitting stride. Kingsley Flood have always delivered rock solid songs and performances. Their latest release, however, packages their most potent songwriting to date with some equally powerful arrangements. There’s a real edge to the songs across this release. The title […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Asa Brebner, Carrie Rodriguez, Elephant Stone, Glossary, Goodnight Texas, Joey Kneiser, Jones Street Station, Kingsley Flood, Nude Beach, Rich Mahan, Ted Russell Kamp, the Shilohs, The Stone Foxes, Wake Owl

Music With a Purpose: A Tribute to Springsteen’s Nebraska

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Musicians have a long tradition of giving. Sure, they give to all of us with the music that they share. Yet they also have a penchant for supporting meaningful causes. Over the next few weeks we will highlight several releases that demonstrate this giving spirit. Bruce Springsteen has long supported food banks and hunger charities […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Adam Arcuragi, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Fletcher, Joe Pug, Jonah Tolchin, Juniper Tar, Kingsley Flood, Roadside Graves, Spirit Family Reunion

Music With a Purpose: Grooving Forward, Vol. 1

Thursday, September 06, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Musicians have a long tradition of giving. Sure, they give to all of us with the music that they share. Yet they also have a penchant for supporting meaningful causes. Over the next few weeks we will highlight several releases that demonstrate this giving spirit. Grooving Forward, Volume One is the brainchild of Jake Bush […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Christian McNeill, Danielle Miraglia, Jimmy Ryan, Kingsley Flood, Marc Cohn, Pesky J. Nixon, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Tim Gearan

Mayer’s Picks: Best Songs of 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

I posted a best songs list for the first half of 2011 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this the addendum — the best songs from the second half of the year. When My Time Comes, Barnstar! (from the self-released C’Mon!) I somehow missed this song […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Americana, Bluegrass, Downloads, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Barnstar!, Buffalo Tom, Dawes, Jason Isbell, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Kingsley Flood, Lydia Loveless, Paul Collica, The Duke and the King

Mayer’s Picks: Best EPs of 2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

Many of my favorite releases from this year were 5-6 song eps rather than 8-10+ song full-length releases. It is, perhaps, a statement on modern music industry that, with one exception, all of these were self-released. As John Lennon said, “Power to the people.” Here, in no particular order, are a few favorite EPs from […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Kingsley Flood, Maxim Ludwig, Maxim Ludwig and the Santa Fe Seven, The Biters, The Poison Oaks

Mayer’s Playlist for December 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Too Drunk to Truck, by Roy Sludge This album was tailor-made for Twangville. Old school in all the best ways, it might as well be a collection of lost classics from the Sun Studios archive. The title track kicks off the album with a strong indication of what will follow. Yup, […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, David Lindley, Harrison Hudson, High On Stress, Ian McLagan, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Kingsley Flood, Leon Russell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Maxim Ludwig and the Santa Fe Seven, Oldjack, Roy Sludge, Ry Cooder, Scotty Alan, The Deep Dark Woods, the Rolling Stones, Willie Nile

Really Rockin’ in Boston: A Special Playlist

Thursday, June 16, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s the latest installment of my playlist series highlighting the latest and greatest in New England music. Zero, Sea Monsters (from the Q-Dee Records single Zero b/w Don’t Make Me Wait) It’s about time that we let you in on a little Boston secret. They’re called the Sea Monsters and for over three years they’ve […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Boston Playlist, Carla Ryder, Charlie Chesterman, Christian McNeill, Ellis Paul, Jesse Dee, Joe Fletcher, Kingsley Flood, Michael J Epstein, Orbit, Sea Monsters, Susan Cattaneo, Tallahassee

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