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Monday Morning Video – Smokey Robinson

Monday, June 21, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Artists who cover Smokey Robinson’s “The Tracks of My Tears” have a tendency to slow it down. I’m partial to the more upbeat original, which more accurately captures the song’s tale of hiding heartbreak behind a veneer of happiness. People say I’m the life of the party‘Cause I tell a joke or twoAlthough I might […]

Filed Under: Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Smokey Robinson

Live From Daryl’s House

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

For over three years Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates fame) has been inviting musicians – both strangers and friends – to his house for conversation and music. The show, “Live From Daryl’s House,” is a great example of web-only programming. While I don’t watch it all that often, it was hard not to get […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Daryl Hall, Eli Paperboy Reed, Fitz and the Tantrums, Guster, Hall and Oates, John Oates, Neon Trees, Smokey Robinson

The Rock Hall @ 25: Night One (Part 2)

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts, Night One 29 October 2009 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City Headliners: Crosby, Stills & Nash; Paul Simon; Simon & Garfunkel; Stevie Wonder; Bruce Springsteen Guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dion DiMucci, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Smokey Robinson, John […]

Filed Under: News, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: B.B. King, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Darlene Love, Jackson Browne, Jeff Beck, John Fogerty, John Legend, Peter Wolf, Sam and Dave, Sam Moore, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Tom Morello

Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 2?

  • Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball (52%, 13 Votes)
  • Esther Rose – Want (36%, 9 Votes)
  • Kassi Valazza – From Newman Street (8%, 2 Votes)
  • Missy Raines & Allegheny – Love & Trouble (4%, 1 Votes)
  • Jedd Hughes – Nightshades (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 25

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