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Monday Morning Video – Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street

Monday, November 18, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

Happy 50th Anniversary, Sesame Street! The legendary children’s television show has become an educational institution, helping to shape countless minds while never shying away from important social topics. It has also hosted some of the biggest names in music history. Their performances include both parodies and straight up takes on their greatest hits, plus some […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bela Fleck, Elvis Costello, Feist, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Loretta Lynn, Paul Simon, R.E.M., Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder

Readers’ Pick: Red Clay Soul by Tinsley Ellis

Friday, June 10, 2016 By Tom Osborne

Tinsley Ellis, cover art

TINSLEY ELLIS, Red Clay Soul beats out PAUL SIMON, Stranger to Stranger as your favorite for the week of June 3, 2016. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25 Spring 2016 WILLIE NILE, World […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Paul Simon, Tinsley Ellis

Eric Bibb & Habib Koite – Brothers in Bamako

Friday, November 09, 2012 By Bill Wilcox

Bluesman Eric Bibb is the latest in a succession of American musicians to get his passport stamped in Mali since Ry Cooder and the late Ali Farka Toure won the Grammy for Best World Music Recording in 1994.  Bibb’s fine collaboration with Malian Habib Koite, Brothers in Bamako, stands up well next to Cooder and Toure’s Talking Timbuktu; […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Afel Bocoum, Ali Farka Toure, Ballake Sissoko, Bela Fleck, Boubacar Traore, Corey Harris, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks, Eric Bibb, Habib Koite, Idrissa Soumaoro, John Scofield, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mali, Oumou Sangare, Paul Simon, Ry Cooder, Salif Keita, Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate, Vieux Farka Toure

Mayer’s Playlist for Oct/Nov 2011, Part 1

Thursday, December 01, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Beauty, Wit & Speed, by Nathan Hamilton “Give me the mad ones, the sad ones, the ones who’ve got nothing to lose,” sings Hamilton in “Through Ether and Time” from his latest release. It is a telling comment and a great introduction to an album that deftly explores the search for […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: 13 Ghosts, Bradley Wik, Crooked Still, Daryl Hall, JC Brooks, Nathan Hamilton, Paul Collica, Paul Simon, Reckless Kelly, The Farewell Drifters, The Poison Oaks, Tim Easton, Wilco, Will Hoge

Stockbridge to Boston: A Special Playlist

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s the latest installment of my playlist series highlighting the latest and greatest in New England music. FEATURED ALBUM C’Mon by Barnstar! There’s a lot to be said for just getting in the studio for a few days and just having fun. Now while I can’t confirm that this was the case with Barnstar, it […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Boston Playlist, Dawes, John Shade, Josh Ritter, Mary Lou Lord, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Rose Polenzani, The 'Mericans, The Rationales, The Vivs, Traveling Wilburys

Mayer’s Playlist for Oct/Nov 2010, Video Companion

Friday, December 03, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Happy weekend. I’m certainly ready for it, some time to relax and perhaps catch a show or two. Here’s the over-stuffed (Thanksgiving pun intended) video companion to the October and November playlist. Things kick off with a run of acoustic performances from Bow Thayer, Doc Dailey, Will Hoge, Teddy Goldstein, the Autumn Defense, Benjamin Frances […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Anthony D'Amato, Bejamin Frances Leftwich, Black Dub, Bow Thayer, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Miller, Dave Stewart, Doc Dailey, Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil, Eurythmics, John Boutte, John Lennon, Kay Hanley, Lydia Loveless, Palmdale, Paul Sanchez, Paul Simon, Robert Plant, Teddy Goldstein, The Autumn Defense, the Mooncussers, the Outfield, Tim Lee 3, Warren Zevon, Will Hoge

Celebrating the Rock Hall of Fame: Night One

Monday, November 02, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

Tom Hanks may have kicked things off with a hearty “Hail Hail Rock and Roll,” but it was the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis (HoF inaugural class of 1986) who got the party started. The 74-year old was clearly showing his age yet still showed his spark as he knocked out a healthy version of “Whole […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, News, Pop, Reviews, Videos Tagged With: Art Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, CSN, David Crosby, Dion, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Little Anthony, Paul Simon, Rock Hall of Fame; Jerry Lee Lewis, Simon and Garfunkel, Stephen Stills

Mayer’s Playlist from May 2009, Part 2

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

THE PLAYLIST: Broke My Heart, Tim Easton (from the New West Records release Porcupine) “Love and destruction seem to go together, when you find one the other’s close behind. A broken heart isn’t the worst thing in the world, when you give it justa little piece of time.” Six Fast Bullets, These United States (from […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Art Garfunkel, Cowboy Mouth, Daddy, John Boutte, Joshua Tree, Madrid, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Paul Sanchez, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, The Right Ons, These United States, Tift Merritt, Tim Easton, Tommy Womack, Washington DC, Will Kimbrough

Kiss Off! A Special Twangville Playlist, Part 3

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

In the words of the guy in the Verizon ad, “Can you hear me now?” If not, try these gems from the classics edition of our special Twangville playlist: Don’t Think Twice (It’s Alright), Bob Dylan So long, honey, babe Where I’m bound, I can’t tell Goodbye’s too good a word, babe So I’ll just […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Bob Dylan, New York, Paul Simon, r.b. greaves

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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