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Bonus Monday Video – Willie Nile

Monday, June 12, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

I had the pleasure of joining Willie Nile at his 75th birthday show in Asbury Park, NJ over the weekend. We should all be so lucky to have as much energy as he brought to the stage for the celebration. Here are two versions “Heaven Help the Lonely”, a fave Nile song, captured nearly 30 […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Willie Nile

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2022, Part 2

Wednesday, November 02, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Breaking Slow, Anthony D’Amato (from the Blue Rose Music release At First There Was Nothing) Anthony D’Amato is on a creative tear.  Fresh from the this summer’s debut of Fantastic Cat, the songwriter collective of which he is a founding member, D’Amato has released an album that ranks among the finest of his on-going career.   […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alex McMurray, Anthony D'Amato, Benedicte Braenden, Caitlin Rose, Cory Branan, Jasmine Jang, Jess Williamson, John Fullbright, Larkin Poe, Nicki Bluhm, Plains, Steve Earle, The Heavy Heavy, Truth & Salvage Company, Waxahatchee, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2021

Wednesday, December 29, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2021.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Del Amitri, Fretland, Hayes Carll, Jay Gonzalez, Jesse Terry, Kirby Brown, Lucero, Matthew Ryan, Michigan Rattlers, Mike and the Moonpies, Robert Finley, Sean Rowe, Shannon McNally, Stash, The Hold Steady, The Pines at Night, Willie Nile, Zach Schmidt

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2021

Thursday, October 21, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

What’s the Matter, James McMurtry (from the New West Records release The Horses and the Hounds) Even in the shittiest of years – and the past two years have been beauts – new music from James McMurtry is always a bright spot.  In fact, given the songwriter’s infrequent album releases –  The Horses and the Hounds  is […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Christone Ingram, Daniel Romano, Gary Louris, James McMurtry, Jeremy Pinnell, Robert Finley, Son Volt, The Jayhawks, The Northern Belle, Tim Easton, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2020, Part 2

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2020 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. I Remember Everything, John Prine I Don’t Want This (Job Interview), Jackson Emmer (from […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Austin Lucas, Ben de la Cour, Bonnie Whitmore, Dan Israel, Daniel Romano, Garrett Owen, Isaac Hoskins, Jackson Emmer, Jerry Joseph, John Gorka, John Prine, Jon Snodgrass, Kathleen Edwards, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Los Brujos, Matthew Ryan, Mickelson, Peter Parcek, Sam Morrow, Ted Russell Kamp, Terra Lightfoot, Thad Cockrell, The Jaded Hearts Club, The Northern Belle, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2020

Thursday, December 17, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Here, in no particular order, are more favorites from 2020.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: American Aquarium, Andy Frasco, Bonnie Whitmore, Dawes, Drive-By-Truckers, Fruition, Grant-Lee Phillips, Jason Isbell, John Calvin Abney, John Moreland, Lydia Loveless, Meg Toohey, Mickelson, Peter Parcek, Rookie, Ted Russell Kamp, The Dustbowl Revival, The Jaded Hearts Club, The Mastersons, The Northern Belle, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2020, Part 2

Thursday, October 15, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Fine, Bonnie Whitmore (from the Aviatrix Records release Last Will & Testament) Bonnie Whitmore lulls you in with a chorus of harmonies on the opening track to her latest album.  But before one can settle into the lushness, a fuzzy bass, quickly joined by ominous strings and a resonating electric guitar, interrupts to create a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams Tagged With: Bonnie Whitmore, Hayes Carll, Jackson Emmer, John Gorka, Jon Snodgrass, Kathleen Edwards, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Semisonic, The Band Of Heathens, Two Bird Stone, Willie Nile

Readers’ Pick: Various Artists – Willie Nile Uncovered

Friday, August 28, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Various Artists – Willie Nile Uncovered (cover art)

You picked Various Artists – Willie Nile Uncovered as your favorite new release for the week of August 21, 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 […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Willie Nile

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2020 (So Far), the Songs

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

No Time for Love Songs, The Mastersons (from the Red House Records release No Time for Love Songs) I love you so much but it’s no time for love songs We’re starting to unravel at the seams Maybe I care too much and this world is hard enough How come everybody’s gotta be so mean? […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aloud, Andy Frasco, Anthony da Costa, Ben de la Cour, Christopher Paul Stelling, Dinty Child, Frenchie's Blues Destroyers, John Moreland, Larkin Poe, Laurie Sargent, Mark Erelli, Meg Toohey, Michael McDermott, Robert Vincent, Ron Sexsmith, Ronnie Fauss, Rookie, Ry Cavanaugh, The Mastersons, the SteelDrivers, Todd Mathis, Willie Nile

Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2020, Part 4

Thursday, July 02, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

She’s a Self-Made Man, Larkin Poe (from Tricki-Woo Records Self Made Man) Rebecca & Megan Lovell pull no punches on their latest release. Self Made Man, their follow-up to 2018’s Grammy nominated Venom & Faith is a bruising rock album pure and simple.  The sisters are old souls possessed by the spirit of the legendary […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Aloud, Ben de la Cour, Brendan Benson, Butch Walker, Dirt Reynolds, Larkin Poe, Michael McDermott, Will Hoge, Willie Nile

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Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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