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

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 By Mayer Danzig 1 Comment

I posted my list of favorite from the first half of 2019 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 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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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

Readers’ Pick: Willie Nile – New York at Night

Friday, May 22, 2020 By Tom Osborne

Willie Nile – New York at Night (cover art)

You picked Willie Nile – New York at Night as your favorite new release for the week of May 15, 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 Winter & Spring 2020 Robert Vincent – […]

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Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2018

Friday, December 28, 2018 By Tom Osborne

Willie Nile - Children of Paradise (cover art)

Once again, Willie Nile fans have delivered by voting ‘Children of Paradise’ as the Twangville Readers Pick of 2018. Look for our annual Authors’ picks coming soon.

Filed Under: Best of Year, Readers' Pick Tagged With: Willie Nile

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2018, Part 1

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Right On Time, Kevin Gordon (from the Crowville Media release Tilt And Shine) Kevin Gordon has long been one of contemporary music’s most compelling storytellers. He fills his songs with colorful characters and literary tales, all set to music that has more than a few gloriously jagged edges. Tilt And Shine steps beyond the more […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Amanda Shires, Greyhounds, Kevin Gordon, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Love Canon, Lucero, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Willie Nile

Readers’ Pick: Willie Nile – Children of Paradise

Friday, August 03, 2018 By Tom Osborne

Willie Nile, Children of Paradise - cover art

You picked Children of Paradise by singer-songwriter, Willie Nile, as your favorite new release for the week of July 27, 2018. Poll Results 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 2018 WILLIE […]

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