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Singles Club – A Special Twangville Playlist

Thursday, October 24, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

I typically stick to writing about albums and EPs – it’s enough to just keep up with all of those. There have been a slew of stand-alone singles over the past several months, however, that caught my attention. Here’s a sampling of them. Optimistic, Fee Doyle I had a conversation earlier this year with a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Ashley Monroe, Butch Walker, Dev Wulf and the Midnight Howl, Fee Doyle, J Isaiah Evans, J Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, JD Clayton, Juliana Hatfield, Laura Zarougian, Other Brother Darryl, Remy Reilly, Restos, Samantha Fish, Somebody Someone, The Explorers Club, Will Dailey

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2023

Saturday, December 30, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Terra Lightfoot

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2023.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Abby Hamilton, Buddy and Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Carter Sampson, Deer Tick, Erin Viancourt, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jerry Joseph, Jess Williamson, Jesse Daniel Edwards, Jesse Dayton, JOHN BAUMANN, Joshua Ray Walker, L.A. Edwards, Mark Erelli, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Nathan Mongol Wells, Restos, Samantha Fish, Shadwick Wilde, Terra Lightfoot, The Band Of Heathens, The Hold Steady, Vincent Neil Emerson

Samantha Fish on Pizza, Hannah Montana, and New Orleans

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Samatha Fish (credit Daniel Sands)

Blues artist Samantha Fish talks about how Miley Cyrus helped her get her first gig, her first live record, and curating a style in the age of social media.

Filed Under: Blues, Interviews, Rock, Videos, Why It Matters Tagged With: Samantha Fish

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2023 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, June 29, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Suicide of Town, Ben de la Cour (from the Julian Records release Sweet Anhedonia) Amidst an album of dark and sobering ballads, de la Cour proves that he can rock with the best of ‘em. Simple Things, The Band of Heathens (from the BOH Records release Simple Things) Getting by on simple things, letting go […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Anna Rose, Ben de la Cour, BER, Brian Dunne, Jaimee Harris, Jamie McDell, Jeremie Albino, Jesse Dayton, Lucero, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Samantha Fish, Somebody's Child, The Band Of Heathens, Wild Child, Wilder Woods, William Prince

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring, Part 3

Thursday, June 22, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Broken Heart of Mine, William Prince (from the Six Shooter Records release Stand in the Joy) “Is the moon shining bright where you are? Is it even shining at all?,” asks William Prince at the start of the outstanding “When You Miss Someone”, the lead track from his latest album. The song wistfully chronicles the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Annie Bartholomew, Jackie Wilson, Jamie McDell, Jess Williamson, Jesse Dayton, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Samantha Fish, The Hold Steady, The Lemon Twigs, Trapper Scheopp, Wild Child, William Prince

Bill’s Belated Blues-Based Best of 2019

Friday, January 03, 2020 By Bill Wilcox

Well, it’s that time of the year again, and after awakening from my yearly food coma, I realized I hadn’t compiled my annual inexpert list of favorite blues-based albums. Well, here we go:  Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Cyprus Grove. A collection of earthy originals and covers from the last of a breed of Mississippi Delta […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Beth Hart, Blue Moon Marquee, Christone Ingram, Gary Clark Jr., Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Jontavious Willis, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Manx Marriner Mainline, Mavis Staples, North Mississippi All-Stars, Rival Sons, Ronnie Earl, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Samantha Fish, Savoy Brown

Readers’ Pick: Samantha Fish – Kill or Be Kind

Friday, September 27, 2019 By Tom Osborne

Samantha Fish - Kill or Be Kind (cover art)

You picked Samantha Fish – Kill or Be Kind as your favorite new release for the week of September 20, 2019. 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 2019 Ben Davis Jr. […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Samantha Fish

Bill’s Blues-Based Best of 2017

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

For me, and perhaps for all of us, 2017 was a year of challenges and changes. But through the challenges we’re facing, it’s reassuring to fall back on great music that expresses our frustrations and hopes. The following are my inexpert highlights of the best of blues-based (not strictly blues) music of 2017.  North Mississippi Allstars – Prayer […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Al Basile, Cary Morin, Coco Montoya, Elvin Bishop, Eric Bibb, Gregg Allman, John Mayall, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Taylor, Peter Parcek, Robert Cray, Ronnie Earl, Samantha Fish, Taj Mahal

Samantha Fish – Black Wind Howlin’

Friday, October 18, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

Samantha Fish is a precocious young guitarist and singer with the wind – the howlin’ black wind – at her back. At 24, the Kansas City native already has a Blues Music Award under her belt for Best New Artist Debut for her 2011 album Runaway.  Along with British blues-rocker Dani Wilde and Otis Taylor’s […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Mike Zito, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish

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