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Mayer’s Picks – Best Albums of 2021, Boston/Dallas Edition

Tuesday, December 28, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Vincent Neil Emerson

I’m fortunate to be able to explore and enjoy the music scenes of two cities – Boston and Dallas. Artists from both metropolitan areas have released some exceptional music this year. Here are a few favorites. Love it local. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS Sunset Diner by Brandon Callies Callies chronicles a painful break-up […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Billy Law, Brandon Callies, Charlie Marie, Chris J Norwood, GA-20, Honest Mechanik, Joshua Ray Walker, Lisa Bastoni, Texicana, The Roomsounds, Vanessa Peters, Vincent Neil Emerson, Ward Hayden and the Outliers

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2021 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 22, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Breaking a Heart/The Wind’s Just Gonna Blow, Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall (from the Sony Music Nashville release The Marfa Tapes) If you thought their song “Tin Man” was achingly beautiful, they’ve got a few more from their time in Marfa that just might make your eyes a little misty.  I couldn’t decide […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Brigitte DeMeyer, Charlie Marie, Charlie Treat, Fretland, Jack Ingram, Jaimee Harris, Joe Pug, Jon Randall, Justin Townes Earle, Lucero, Mando Saenz, Matthew Ryan, miranda lambert, Ole Kirkeng, Steve Earle, The Accidentals, The Hold Steady, Vandoliers, Vanessa Peters, Vincent Neil Emerson, Zach Schmidt

We’ll Go Walkin’ – A Special Dallas Playlist

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

The City, Brandon Callies (from the Hand Drawn Records release Sunrise Diner) Sunrise Diner, born of heartbreak, is not a happy album.  Nonetheless, it is immensely satisfying as Brandon Callies blends melody and melancholy into regal pop songs.  Opener “The City” sets a sorrowful tone, describing the singer wandering seemingly deserted city streets trying to […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Brandon Callies, Garrett Owen, John Pedigo, Lewis III, Lydia Low, Old 97's, Ottoman Turks, Texicana, Vandoliers, Vanessa Peters

Vanessa Peters on Coffee and Saying No to a Paid Gig

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Vanessa Peters (photo by Rip Rowan)

Singer-songwriter Vanessa Peters talks about the relationship between audience demographics and merch sales and recalls touring with “Charlotte” and “Mercurio”.

Filed Under: Interviews, Pop, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Vanessa Peters

Broke Down South of Dallas – A Special Playlist

Thursday, June 18, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Voices, Joshua Ray Walker (from the State Fair Records release Glad You Made It) Joshua Ray Walker sure seems like he’s having fun on Glad You Made It.  Sure, the album opens with the stunning “Voices”, a song of loneliness and despair.  Yet as the album progresses, Walker leans into the country side and showcases […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Eleven Hundred Springs, Frenchie's Blues Destroyers, Joshua Ray Walker, Matthew McNeal, Ronnie Fauss, Taylor Young Band, Texicana, Vanessa Peters

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2018, Part 2

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2018 back in July (here). Rather than replicate that list for my full year review, consider this a continuation — the best songs from the second half of the year. Right On Time, Kevin Gordon (from the Crowville Media release Tilt and Shine) A […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Cut Throat Finches, David Ramirez, Glorietta, Jaimee Harris, Jeffrey Foucault, John Calvin Abney, John Hiatt, Kevin Gordon, Kirby Brown, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Lucero, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, The Bottle Rockets, The Wolff Sisters, Vanessa Peters

Tanked Up on Elm Street – a Special Dallas Playlist

Thursday, October 11, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Polite Conversation, Cut Throat Finches (from the Hand Drawn Records release Polite Conversation) The best music offers a thoughtful, and often marked, point of view. In that context, the Cut Throat Finches latest hits pretty hard, lambasting the social upheaval that grips our world today. The make their point quite clearly on “New Age,” the […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Cut Throat Finches, Frenchie's Blues Destroyers, Heart of the City, The Buffalo Ruckus, Vanessa Peters

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