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Readers’ Pick: Waco Brothers – The Men That God Forgot

Friday, April 07, 2023 By Tom Osborne

Waco Brothers – The Men That God Forgot (cover art)

You picked Waco Brothers – The Men That God Forgot as your favorite new release for the week of March 31, 2023.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Waco Brothers

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2020, Part 3

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

FEATURED ALBUM I’m Learning How to Tell Myself the Truth, John Moreland (from the Old Omens/Thirty Tigers release LP5) John Moreland is still searching for that which eludes him.  I wouldn’t call it happiness, but rather contentmen.  It’s a quest to find understanding, if not meaning, in the world.  Much of his latest release centers […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Andy Frasco, Anthony da Costa, Caleb Caudle, High On Stress, John Moreland, Joseph, Ron Sexsmith, Rookie, The Last Bandoleros, Todd Mathis, Tom Waits, Waco Brothers

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2016 (So Far), the Songs Part 1

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

This has already been quite a year for songs. Here are just a few of my favorites from the first half of 2016. Unbroken Hearts and Call the Doctor, Austin Lucas (from the Last Chance Records release Between the Moon and the Midwest) Lucas tells his tale of life in the music business, set to […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock Tagged With: 7Horse, Austin Lucas, Bob Woodruff, Brian Whelan, Grant-Lee Phillips, Robbie Fulks, Trapper Schoepp, Waco Brothers

Got You Covered – A Random Spring Playlist

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

It’s one thing to simply cover another artist’s song; it’s quite another to re-imagine it in a meaningful way. In that vein we’ve been treated to some mighty fine covers this year. Here are a few of my favorites plus a brilliant selection from the archives . Stop in the Name of Love, Bob Woodruff […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Bob Woodruff, Eric Ambel, Nikki Hill, Shane Nicholson, Silver City Bound, Steve Poltz, Waco Brothers, Willie Nile

The Waco Brothers Explain What the Rock Gods Demand and Why Their Tour Meals are Wild Culinary Orgies of Over Indulgence

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

Jon Langford and Dean Schlabowske of the Waco Brothers explain why they consider rehearsing to be a form of cheating or cowardice, hearing the first song they wrote used on “Sex in the City” and share some of their sound business decisions.

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Waco Brothers

Mayer’s Playlist for February 2016, Part 2

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Meridian Rising by Paul Burch Paul Burch is a musician’s musician in the truest sense of the word. Admired by peers (who regularly lend their talents to his recordings), he is also ambitious with his musical exploration. Case in point – his latest release is a fictionalized take on the life […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Bob Woodruff, Henry Wagons, Mia Dyson, Nigel Hall, Paul Burch, Silver City Bound, U.S. Elevator, Waco Brothers

Mayer’s Playlist for November 2014, Part 2

Saturday, November 29, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Tennessee Mud, Trigger Hippy (from the Rounder Records release Trigger Hippy) There seem to be a rash of Americana “super groups” making headlines these days. Lest anyone think that Trigger Hippy is jumping on the bandwagon, consider that they’ve been around since 2009. Singers Joan Osborne and Jackie Greene, along with Black Crowes drummer Steve […]

Filed Under: Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Brett Harris, Diarrhea Planet, Dirty River Boys, Jackie Greene, Joan Osborne, John Kilzer, Marc Ford, Ronnie Fauss, Trigger Hippy, Waco Brothers

Win Big: Bloodshot Records Live @ 15

Monday, May 02, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

How was your Record Store Day? Mine was fine, thanks. Our friends at Bloodshot made it all the better with an awesome live release, recorded at their 15th Anniversary celebration in Chicago on September 12th, 2009. Beyond being a great music collection, it’s a great reminder as to why Bloodshot is one of our favorite […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Bobby Bare Jr., Deadstring Brothers, Jon Langford, Moonshine Willy, Rico Bell, Sally Timms, Santified Grumblers, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Scott H Biram, The Blacks, Waco Brothers

Jon Langford – Old Devils

Thursday, September 23, 2010 By Chip Frazier

Is it possible for the leader of bands like the Waco Brothers andhe Mekons to become introspective, and produce an album that results in something beyond the live music bar bash that characterizes every Waco Brothers show? The simple answer is yes. Langford is also a very accomplished outsider artist, maybe his visual art is bleeding into his songwriting. The […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Jon Langford, The Mekons, Waco Brothers

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