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Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2024 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Better By Now, Heather Little (from the Need to Know Music release By Now) “I’ve wasted a lot of love being wrong, I learn too late and I stay too long,” in this haunting tale of heartbreak, “I oughta be better by now but I got mixed up with you somehow.” So Glad You Made It/Go All […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Christopher Paul Stelling, Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Lizzie No, Silverada, The Bluest Sky, The Decemberists, The FBR, The HawtThorns, Wesley Dean

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2024

Wednesday, July 03, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

So Glad You Made It, Fantastic Cat (from the Missing Piece Group Records release Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat) Fantastic Cat showcase their humor by maintaining a countdown clock until they’re eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, prominently displayed at their shows. Yet, it’s not entirely a joke – if […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Anthony D'Amato, Brian Dunne, Broken Gold, Fantastic Cat, Jesse Dayton, John Moreland, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Mavis Staples, McKinley James, Mike and the Moonpies, Silverada, the staple singers

Kyshona on touring in Vivian Van-Ross and Hosting the “Garageband Grammys”

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Kyshona (credit Anna Haas)

Nashville singer-songwriter Kyshona talks about backpacking tour snacks and stretching – physically, mentally and emotionally.

Filed Under: Americana, Interviews, Singer/Songwriter, Why It Matters Tagged With: Kyshona

Americana 2022: Mayer’s Picks (Part 1)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Alex Wong

The Americana Music Association Conference and Awards made a welcome return from the virtual world this year. The annual event showcased several hundred artists who collectively illustrate the breadth of the Americana umbrella. Here are some of my highlights from Americana 2022. CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM Ingram is now in the category of “when you can […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Americana Music Conference, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Alex Wong, Alisa Amador, Christone Ingram, Dropkick Murphys, Freedy Johnston, Grace Pettis, Hayes Carll, Jacob Groopman, Joe Purdy, Kirby Brown, Kyshona, Melody Walker, Michelle Malone, The Heavy Heavy, William Prince

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