10,000 Maniacs "Playing Favorites" 2025-10-17-Fresh ” The film - initially

” The film - initially intended as a live concert film - evolved into a visual portrait capturing Beam during a creative outburst that earned him four Grammy nominations in four years

Movie soundtrack is an epic in it's own right

including the previously unreleased “Beautiful Life

For over 3 and a half decades their bottom-line crazy method of thrash has produced some of the most signature moments in the world of metal

The cover shot was taken by Tom Kelley

10,000 Maniacs "Playing Favorites" 2025-10-17-Fresh ” The film - initiallyRecorded before an adoring crowd on September 13, 2014, at the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts in Jamestown, New York, Playing Favorites features fourteen tracks, including hits and fan favorites from the groups storied and influential career. The 6 piece band (Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Jeff Erickson, Steven Gustafson, John Lombardo, and Mary Ramsey) is augmented by strings, horns, and backing vocalists, making their lush sound even fuller and