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Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2024, Part 2

Thursday, December 19, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2024 back in June (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of 2024. Rosemary and Thieves, Garrett Owen (from the self-released Memoriam) Owen’s tale of fractured relationships is […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aerosmith, Aloud, Ashley Monroe, Butch Walker, Denitia, Dustin Lowman, Fancy Gap, Garrett Owen, John Calvin Abney, Kevin Gordon, Leeroy Stagger, Lisa Bastoni, Maggie Antone, Maggie Rose, Malin Pettersen, Melanie MacLaren, Michael McDermott, Paul Kelly, Somebody Someone, Sophie Gault, The Bluest Sky, The Damnwells, Tyler-James Kelly, Waxahatchee

When It’s Twilight in Boston – a Special Playlist

Thursday, August 01, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

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Enough, Alisa Amador (from the Thirty Tigers release Multitudes) If I’m honest, I’m really skeptical about music competitions. Call me idealist, but I think the music industry is tough enough already and pitting artists against one another is counterproductive. That said, watching Alisa Amador win the NPR Tiny Desk Contest is somewhat reassuring. It’s wonderful […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alisa Amador, Buffalo Tom, Dennis Brennan, Dinty Child, Lisa Bastoni, Speedfossil, The Bluest Sky, Ward Hayden and the Outliers

Mayer’s Picks – Best Albums of 2021, Boston/Dallas Edition

Tuesday, December 28, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

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I’m fortunate to be able to explore and enjoy the music scenes of two cities – Boston and Dallas. Artists from both metropolitan areas have released some exceptional music this year. Here are a few favorites. Love it local. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS Sunset Diner by Brandon Callies Callies chronicles a painful break-up […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Billy Law, Brandon Callies, Charlie Marie, Chris J Norwood, GA-20, Honest Mechanik, Joshua Ray Walker, Lisa Bastoni, Texicana, The Roomsounds, Vanessa Peters, Vincent Neil Emerson, Ward Hayden and the Outliers

Monday Morning Video – D.B. Reilly

Monday, November 11, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

I recently caught New York-based folk singer D.B Rielly as part of a tour celebrating the 2019 winners of the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition. That event, part of the famed Kerrville Folk Festival, identifies noteworthy emerging songwriters. All the performers that night – Rielly, Scott Mulvahill, Daniel Neihoff and Boston’s Lisa Bastoni* – […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Folk, Videos Tagged With: D.B. Rielly, Lisa Bastoni

Bring Back the Boston Rag – A Special Boston Playlist

Wednesday, October 09, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

Pockets Full of Sighs, Lisa Bastoni (from the self-released How We Want to Live) Some of the best albums take both artist and listener on a journey.  One need look no farther than the title of Lisa Bastoni’s latest release to appreciate that this is her musical intent.  How We Want to Live may speak […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Freeloader, GA-20, Greg Klyma, John Powhida, John Powhida International Airport, Lisa Bastoni, Nat Freedberg, Session Americana, The Daybreakers, These Wild Plains

Well You Heard About The Boston… Playlist, Part 1

Tuesday, August 29, 2017 By Mayer Danzig

Ex-Girlfriends Cost Less Money Than Ex-Wives, Greg Klyma (from the self-released Never Knew Caroline) There are some artists who are tireless students of music, constantly exploring the historical corners of country, blues and folk to better understand the anatomy of song. Greg Klyma is one of them. In fact, for several years he has brought […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Andy Santospago, Dan Blakeslee, Greg Klyma, Lisa Bastoni, Susan Cattaneo

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2017 (So Far), the Albums

Thursday, July 20, 2017 By Mayer Danzig

It’s been a good year for music so far this year (and the rest of the year is looking quite nice, too). Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorite releases from the first half of 2017. BIG BAD LUV by JOHN MORELAND It’s not too late to get on the Moreland train […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Band of Heathens, Bash and Pop, Jason Isbell, John Moreland, Lisa Bastoni, Matthew Ryan, Mike Errico, Rose Cousins

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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