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Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2021

Wednesday, December 29, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2021.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Del Amitri, Fretland, Hayes Carll, Jay Gonzalez, Jesse Terry, Kirby Brown, Lucero, Matthew Ryan, Michigan Rattlers, Mike and the Moonpies, Robert Finley, Sean Rowe, Shannon McNally, Stash, The Hold Steady, The Pines at Night, Willie Nile, Zach Schmidt

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2021, Part 2

Wednesday, December 29, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2021 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. What’s The Matter/Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call, James McMurtry (from the New West Records release […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Christone Ingram, Del Amitri, F. Scott and the Nighthawks, Harrison Whitford, Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, Jeremy Pinnell, Jesse Terry, Joshua Ray Walker, Kirby Brown, Matthew Ryan, Sean Rowe, Texicana, The Pines at Night, Tim Easton

Mayer’s Playlist for Winter 2021

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

One Step Ahead of the Law, Stash (from the self-released Walk the Walk) Stash – the trio of Ted Russell Kamp, Joey Peters, and Rich McCulley – announce themselves with one hell of a rock album.  Well, country rock in all its glory. While I lean towards the rockers like the fiery “Catch Me If You […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Adam Hattaway, Harrison Whitford, Jesse Dayton, Joe Tullos, Kirby Brown, L.A. Edwards, Matthew Ryan, Stash, The Pines at Night, TK & the Holy Know-Nothings

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2021

Thursday, August 05, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Foregone Conclusion, Zach Schmidt (from the Boss Dawg Records release Raise a Banner) Zach Schmidt has been waiting awhile for the release of his sophomore full length album.  Not Chinese Democracy long, but long enough.  Schmidt recorded the album, backed by producer Sadler Vadan and the 400 Unit (yes, that one), then saw the album […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Bonnie Raitt, Del Amitri, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Jesse Terry, Justin Currie, Lake Street Dive, Matthew Ryan, NRBQ, Peter Case, Rod Picott, Slaid Cleaves, Zach Schmidt

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2021 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 22, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Breaking a Heart/The Wind’s Just Gonna Blow, Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall (from the Sony Music Nashville release The Marfa Tapes) If you thought their song “Tin Man” was achingly beautiful, they’ve got a few more from their time in Marfa that just might make your eyes a little misty.  I couldn’t decide […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Brigitte DeMeyer, Charlie Marie, Charlie Treat, Fretland, Jack Ingram, Jaimee Harris, Joe Pug, Jon Randall, Justin Townes Earle, Lucero, Mando Saenz, Matthew Ryan, miranda lambert, Ole Kirkeng, Steve Earle, The Accidentals, The Hold Steady, Vandoliers, Vanessa Peters, Vincent Neil Emerson, Zach Schmidt

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2020, Part 2

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2020 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. I Remember Everything, John Prine I Don’t Want This (Job Interview), Jackson Emmer (from […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Ben de la Cour, Bonnie Whitmore, Dan Israel, Daniel Romano, Garrett Owen, Isaac Hoskins, Jackson Emmer, Jerry Joseph, John Gorka, John Prine, Jon Snodgrass, Kathleen Edwards, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Los Brujos, Matthew Ryan, Mickelson, Peter Parcek, Sam Morrow, Ted Russell Kamp, Terra Lightfoot, Thad Cockrell, The Jaded Hearts Club, The Northern Belle, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2020, Part 5

Thursday, December 03, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

The Contractor, John Calvin Abney (from the Black Mesa Records release Familiar Ground) Familiar Ground, like John Calvin Abney’s previous albums, possesses a beautiful spirituality that is comforting and uplifting. Case in point – he opens this latest release with the heartening “When This Blows Over”, a song that serves as a quiet anthem for the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Clayton Mathis, Harvey McLaughlin, John Calvin Abney, Malin Pettersen, Matthew Ryan, Mike Viola, William Elliott Whitmore

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2020, Part 3

Thursday, November 12, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

When You’re Gone, Lydia Loveless (from the Honey You’re Gonna Be Late Records release Daughter) Daughter isn’t an easy album.  Sure, the album has some strong and engaging melodies, not to mention the wonder that is the singer’s commanding voice.  Yet it is also a lyrically and musically dense album, one that finds Loveless continuing […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Angus Gill, Colton Venner, Dan Israel, J.E. Sunde, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Ryan, Steve Earle, The Jaded Hearts Club, The March Divide

Socially Single – A Special Twangville Playlist

Thursday, May 07, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

It is times like these where we most need artists.  And they are rising to the occasion. Many a music fan has watched some of the flood of online streaming shows that have – and continue – to occur. While these events are a crucial source of income to artists in an era where most […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Drive-By-Truckers, Fountains of Wayne, Grant-Lee Phillips, John Doe, M. Lockwood Porter, Matthew Ryan, Mike Errico, Sam Phillips, Sharon Van Etten

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2019, Part 2

Thursday, January 09, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2019 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. Have You Seen My Girl, Todd May (from the self-released Let’s Go Get Lost) […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Indie, Indie Rock, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Austin Plaine, Dalton Domino, Fruition, Goodnight Texas, Greg Klyma, Jason Hawk Harris, Jesse Dayton, John Calvin Abney, Matthew Ryan, Ottoman Turks, Session Americana, The Hold Steady, Todd May, Vincent Neil Emerson, Ward Hayden and the Outliers

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Friends of Twangville

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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