MM Shorts 287: Honeyboy Carencro
This is the folky, acoustic title track from Honeyboy Carencro’s new EP Air I Breath, which sees a release on New Year’s Day. Continue reading MM Shorts 287: Honeyboy Carencro
Category: Americana
Mason Jar’s Benefit Album For Hurricane Sandy Relief Work
The Storm is Passing Over A Benefit Album by Mason Jar Music & Friends In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn-based collective Mason Jar Music has assembled an all-star collection of indie-folk artists to create The Storm is Passing Over, a benefit album of fifteen classic American storm songs. Donations exchanged for these recordings will go directly to support ongoing relief work in New York … Continue reading Mason Jar’s Benefit Album For Hurricane Sandy Relief Work
American Songwriter’s Free January Muse Sampler
In conjunction with their January/February issue, American Songwriter have put together another in their free sampler series, this time featuring twelve tracks from artists including Matt Costa, Dropkick Murphys, The Lost Bayou Ramblers with Scarlett Johansson, Night Beds, Matthew Ryan and plenty more. Here are a couple of standouts from it, or you can grab the whole thing from their Bandcamp page here. a Continue reading American Songwriter’s Free January Muse Sampler
A Late December Catch Up
With all the festivities and end-of-year lists of our favourites, it has meant we have not been able to post a number of new tunes that also came out during the latter part of December. So with apologies for the relative lateness of many of these, we still wanted to catch up and give them a bit of love and airtime. Led by the husky, … Continue reading A Late December Catch Up
Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums Of 2012 Part 2: 15 – 1
The final post about our favourites of the year, here are numbers fifteen down to top spot of the albums we have most enjoyed in 2012. Don’t forget to check back for our 100 Favourite Tunes and the MM contributor’s best of lists too. 15 Shearwater – Animal Joy a 14 Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance a 13 Sharon Van Etten … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums Of 2012 Part 2: 15 – 1
Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums of 2012 Part 1: 30-16
To finish off our favourites of the year, here are numbers thirty to sixteen of the albums we have most enjoyed in 2012. Don’t forget to check back for our 100 Favourite Tunes and the MM contributor’s best of lists too. 30 Joe Pug – The Great Despiser a 29 David Cronenberg’s Wife – Don’t Wait To Be Hunted To Hide a 28 Band Of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums of 2012 Part 1: 30-16
Free Festive Treats
Posting our Best of Year lists has meant we’ve missed posting a few Christmas specials, so while it is not (quite) too late, here are some festive treats to brighten up your Christmas dinner… Rebekah Delgado has covered Mad World (Gary Jules had an Xmas no. 1 as we recall a few years ago covering this). Listen below or grab for free from here. a … Continue reading Free Festive Treats
Mrs Mackerel’s Top Songs Of 2012
As well as our Top 100 tunes of the year posts over the past five days, each of the MM contributors have put together their own lists. Next for your listening pleasure is Mrs Mackerel… 25. Tom Williams & the Boat – My Bones 24. Richard Hawley – The Wood Collier’s Grave a 23. Boombox Hearts – 100 (The Latest Flame) Download The Boombox Hearts … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s Top Songs Of 2012
Starbie’s Top Songs Of 2012
As well as our Top 100 tunes of the year posts over the past five days, each of the MM contributors have put together their own lists. Fifth to go is Starbie… 20. Shearwater – You As You Were 19. Richard Hawley – Seek It 18. Sigur Ros – Varud a 17. Howler – Back Of Your Neck 16. Milo Greene – 1957 a 15. … Continue reading Starbie’s Top Songs Of 2012
Middle Sprat’s Top Songs Of 2012
As well as our Top 100 tunes of the year posts over the past five days, each of the MM contributors have put together their own lists. Second up is our very own Middle Sprat… 15. Delta Spirit – California 14. Felice Brothers – Lincoln Continental 13. Last American Buffalo – Break My Heart 12. Goodnight, Texas – Jesse Got Trapped in Coal Mine 11. … Continue reading Middle Sprat’s Top Songs Of 2012
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