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Monday Morning Video – Celebrating the Boston Music Awards

Monday, December 12, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

For nearly 30 years, the Boston Music Awards have celebrated all the great music that emanates from, well, Boston. This year’s event was held last week and a number of Twangville faves walked out as winners. The Silks were selected blues artist of the year while Julie Rhodes took the best new artist crown. Old […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Dan Blakeslee, Julie Rhodes, Nate Leavitt, Old Jack, Session Americana, The Silks

More Than a Feeling: A Special Boston Playlist*

Friday, May 23, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

FEATURED ALBUMS Smith & Weeden, by Smith & Weeden It’s always a treat to stumble across a band that, quite simply, sounds like they are having fun. Such is the case with the Providence-based quartet* Smith and Weeden, whose songs run the gamut from harmony-laced country to guitar-fueled rock. In the country category are ambling […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Aloud, Boston Playlist, Brian Carroll, Jess Tardy, John Powhida, Old Jack, Russell Kaback, Smith and Weeden

Please Come to Boston: A Special Boston Music Playlist

Thursday, July 26, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

FEATURED ALBUM Riverboat, by Tim Gearan Tim Gearan has long been a mainstay on the Boston roots scene, with 2-3 weekly residencies and a tendency to show up to play at any number of other shows in a given week. His primary Friday night residency is a weekly party – there is no other way […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Air Traffic Controller, Boston Playlist, Brian Charles, Charlie Chesterman, Dear Leader, Jenee Halstead, Letters to Cleo, Old Jack, Pesky J. Nixon, The Kickbacks, The Sheila Devine, Tim Gearan, Todd Thibaud

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