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Readers’ Pick: Peter Himmelman – Press On

Friday, August 07, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Peter Himmelman – Press On (cover art)

You picked Peter Himmelman – Press On as your favorite new release for the week of August 7, 2020. 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’ Tops Summer & Fall 2020 Peter Himmelman – Press On […]

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Peter Himmelman on Tour Cooking and Writing in Optimistic Font

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman talks about the tortoise and the duck in his rehearsal space and recalls the lesson that he learned at his first gig.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Interviews, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Why It Matters Tagged With: Peter Himmelman

Mayer’s Playlist for August 2014, Part 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Uncle John Farquhar, by Goodnight, Texas Goodnight, Texas are on a journey, if not across geography then certainly through time. The bi-coastal group – songwriters Avi Vinocur and Patrick Dyer Wolf live in San Francisco, CA and Chapel Hill, NC respectively – are committed to taking listeners on a musical tour […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Benjamin Booker, Chris Smither, Cory Branan, Goodnight Texas, Otis Gibbs, Peter Himmelman, Rusty Belle, Tinnarose, Walter Salas-Humara

Mayer’s Playlist From September 2010

Tuesday, October 05, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Blood/Candy, by The Posies “Who’s got into that 80s radio?” ask the Posies at the start of “Licenses to Hide.” It is an appropriate question for a band whose first album dates back to that era. In a triumph of talent and perseverance over the music business vagaries, the Posies are […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Bleu, Eli Paperboy Reed, J Roddy Walston, J Roddy Walston and the Business, Jesse Malin, Los Lobos, Peter Himmelman, Rich Pagano, Steve Wynn, The Lonely Forest, The Parting Gifts, the Posies

Peter Himmelman – The Mystery and the Hum

Friday, September 17, 2010 By Shawn Underwood

“Everybody loves you when you don’t give a damn.” That line, from Don’t Give A Damn off Peter Himmelman’s latest release, The Mystery and the Hum, seems to summarize the philosophy of many of the songs in the collection. Not literally that he doesn’t care about anything, but more about the exploration of what motivates […]

Filed Under: Americana, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Peter Himmelman

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