2022 Philby Song Award Winners

 

1.Our Turn to Shine—Mike Ward: Psychosongs (The Darkness and the Light)[Song of the Year][Best Folk Song][Best Male Folk Vocal][Video of the Year][Best Singalong Song]
2.Treacherous and Beautiful—Linden Thoburn (Scarecrow) [Best Heartstrings Song][Best Cello: Sara Gibson]
 3.Lost and Found—The Stan Laurels (There Is No Light Without the Darkness)[Best Pop/Rock Song]
4.Heavy Days—Katy Guillen and The Girls (Heavy Days)[Best Blues/Rock Song][Best Guitar Riff]
5.The Family Tree—Erin Zindle (Scenes From the Fragile, Agile, Avian World)[Best Celtic Folk Song][Best Lyrics]
6.Lofi Roulette—Jimmy Carpenter (Soul Doctor)[Best Instrumental][Best Blues Song][Best Sax][Best Swampy Keyboards][Best Wicked Goove]
7.There’s Still Time—Julianne Ankley (With Love From Lake Huron)[Best Country/Pop Song][Best Female Country Vocal]
8.Burn It Down—Matthew French (Sweet Love)[Best Country/Rock Song][Best Hand Claps]
9.Eleanor Rigby—Kate Hinote Trio (Single)[Best Cover Song][Best Classical Vocal]
10.Grace—Skinny Lister (The Devil, The Heart, and The Fight)[Best Celtic Ballad]
11.Hung Up and Overdue—Fathom Lane (Asilomar)[Best Song Better Than the Original][Best Sleigh Bells]
12.Roll on Over—Angela Perley and The Howlin’ Moons (Hey, Kid!)[Best Rock Song][Best Female Rock Vocal]
13.Sixteen Blows [Language Warning]—J.C. and The Disciples (Hammered)[Sadly, Best Song Based on a Real Event]
14.Paris 1919—The Armoires (Incognito)[Best Rock Harmonies]
15.Metro—The Jins (Single)[Best Punk/Pop Song]
16.Never Been So Blind—Your Gracious Host (Boomerang)[Best Rock/Pop Song][Best Drums]
17.Love in the Ruins—Judy Banker (Buffalo Motel)[Best Americana Song][Best Accordion: Dave Roof]
18.Memory in the Rain—Gary Browe (Red Sky Remembers)[Best Baroque Sounding Song][Best Guitar Solo]
19.When They Fall—Annie and Rod Capps (When They Fall)[Best Acoustic Guitar]
20.God Doesn’t—Helene Cronin (Old Ghosts and Lost Causes)[Best Religious Themed Song]
21.Me and You—The Wag (We Carry On)[Best Pop/Rock Ballad]
22.Living in the Right Place—The Dirk Kroll Band (Would It Be the Same (If I Still Loved You?))[Best Funk Hook]
23.No Memory—Sarah Morris (Ordinary Things)[Best “Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh” Song][Best Keyboard Solo]
24.In Time—Rochelle Clark (In Time)[Best Banjo: Keith Billick]
25.Down By Love—Grievous Angel (Grievous Angel)[Best Folk/Rock Song][Best Fiddle: Dave Mosher]
26.My Forever, Your Always—George Stephen Kelly (The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time: Redux 2020)[Best Slow Dance Song][Best Horn Arrangement][Best Stax Records Sound]
27.Ghost Town—Michael Snyder-Barker and David Roof (Bark and Roof Tales)[Best Duo]
28.Shake—Mollywop! (Stand Up!)[Best R&B Song]
29.Love More, Hate Less—Detroit Strong with Tosha Owens and Bob Mervak (Single)[Best “Peace” Song] 
30.Sky So Blue—The Steve Taylor Three (Earn Every Scar)[Best Country Song]
31.No Control—Alex Little and The Suspicious Minds (No Control)[Best Punk Rock Song]
32.Homespun—Wendy Webb (This Is the Moment)[Best Jazz Song][Best Jazz Vocal][Best Piano] 
33.Bringing in the Light—Gathering Sparks (All That’s Real)[Best Folk Harmonies]
34.I Would Give Anything—Michael on Fire (Where Dreamers Only Go Soundtrack)[Best Slow Rock Song][Best Sax Hook]
35.You’re From Michigan—Ron St. Germain (Single)[Best Rock Song About Michigan]
36.Love Won’t Stay Close—Carolyn Striho (Afterthought)[Best Fast Rock Song]
37.Harbour Nights—Bob Hausler (Single)[Best Cajon Song][Best Infectious Chorus] 
38.Selfie—The Joedai Warriors with Phil Maq (Turf Wars)
39.Bit of a Jesus Girl—Jill Jack (Single)[Best Rockin’ Country Song]
40.The Last Thing I Need—Bill Edwards (Whole Cloth)[Best Twin Fiddle Song]
41.Feels Like Summer—Annie Fitzgerald (You and Me and the Sun)[Most Hooks] 
42.Just to Get Me By—Mick Clarke (Cut Loose, Vol.2)[Best British Blues Song]
43.Buckle Up Buttercup—Barker and Broski (The Ballad of Billy Bob and Other Generic Folklore)
44.I Wish You Love—Sundae + Mr. Goessl (Single)[Best Big Band Song]
45.In the Middle—Diana Chittester (Paradox)[Best Female Rock Vocal]
46.The Burning of Cork—Bill Grogan’s Goat (Third Eye)[Best Celtic Rock Song]
47.Chihuahua—Deane Nesbitt, Jr. (Soundtracks in the Sand)[Best Latin Instrumental]
48.Hit the Road—Shawn Adam Williams (Single)[Best Male R&B Vocal]
49.Failure Brings Smiles—Bobby Pennock (The Vestiges of Art)[Best Male Pop/Rock Vocal][Best Harpsichord]
50.The Breathing Room—Jeff Scott (NOLA to New York)[Best Male Jazz Vocal]
51.Under the Moon—Miss Sophie Lee and The Parish Suites (Traverse This Universe)[Best Reggae Song]
52.Gotta Get to the Jersey Shore—Mike Rocket (For the Ride Home)
53.Second ChancesHappy Curmudgeons (Single)
54.Waiting on the Night—Ray Bonneville (At King Electric)
55.Oh Yeah—Lindsay Beaver (Tough As Love)[Best Female Rockabilly Song]
56.Superstatic—Turkuaz (Life in the City)
57.Summer Blue—Lannie Flowers (Flavor of the Month: The Remixed March to Home Singles)
58.Lady Luck—Michael McArthur (Single)
59.Nicer—Mise en Scene (Single)[Best Pure Pop Song] 
60.Forever Young Forever—Rebecca Loebe (Blink)
61.Straight From the Heart—Robert Thibodeau and The Detroit Jewels (Single)
62.Good Life—Billy Redfield (Waiting on the Good Life)
63.One Summer Night—Carl Caballero (The Wreckage)[Best Harp (Harmonica)]
64.Light From the Underground—Roger Ponder (Single)[Best Male Rockabilly Song]
65.About Enough—Karyn Oliver (A List of Names)[Best Female Blues Vocal]
66A.These Days—Terri Binion (The Day After the Night Before)
66B.Dark Eyed Gal—Christian Parker (Every Passing Mile)
67.Step Inside the Circle—Amy Dixon—Kolar (Dancing Through the Storm)
68.Kitty Hawk—Warriors, Zombies, and Other Joedai Pilgrims with Cheryl Fletcher (Collaboration)
69.Feel So Much—Go Fever (Daydream Hawker)
70.Stars—Friction Farm (So Many Stars)
71.Tore Down a la Rimbaud—Danette Christine (Eternal Sun)
72.Ethereal—Zoe Says Go (Space Between the Notes)
73.Sing This Song With Me—Dave Boutette and Kristi Lynn Davis (Seven Stars Around the Moon)
74.Miss Mess—Jay Elle (Ride the Wave)
75.Chaos in the USA—Tom Alter (Single)
76.It’s Only Love—The New Zeitgeist (Myths and Mortals)
77.Shine—Heather Layne (Single)
78.Everybody Knows It—Katie Pederson (The Landing)
79.The Tapestry—Ruth and Max Bloomquist (On a Canvas Painted Blue)
80.Red Light Kisses—Lake Street Dive (Free Yourself Up)
81.Listen to the Music—The Alonzo Spirit Band (Cafe Kona)
82.Jigsaw Puzzle—Lee Anna Atwell/Allison Edberg Nyquist/Linda Hicks/Joe Peters (Live at the Delphi Opera House)
83.You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know—Jehova Waitresses (Route 5)
84.Ice Jam—The Regulators (One of These Days)
85.No Drop of Love (Is Ever Wasted)—Valerie JanLois (No Drop of Love (Is Ever Wasted))
86.I’m in Trouble Once Again—The Satin Cowboy and The Seven Deadly Sins (Duel)
87.Refugee—J.D. Dominowski (Echoes: Remembering the Music of Tom Petty)
88.Everything That I See You See Better—Eyelids (Single)
89.Strange Vibes—Travis Bowlin (Secondus)
90.When You’re Gone—Emily Mure (Sad Songs and Waltzes)
91.Mine Mine Mine—The Rosebuds (Sand and Silence)
92.Don’t You Know I Know—New Chums (Shruggin’ Off the Feelings)
93.You Make Home—Upstairs Party (Upstairs Party)
94.Tightrope—Vandenberg’s MoonKings (MKII)
95.Jazz for All Occasions—The Doug MacDonald Quartet (Organisms)
96.Happy Medium—Katie Pederson (The Landing)
97.Weekends—Clifford/Wright (For All the Money in the World)
98.Big Man on the TV—King Ropes (Way Out West)
99.Maybe Someday—Pkew Pkew Pkew (Single)
100.Struck By Lightning—The Chats (Single)