Phil Maq

Today is the day when we reach the “toppermost of the poppermost” of the “Philby Best Albums of 2016” on Wednesday’s “Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 10A-12N!

There are eight female fronted bands, six albums with relatively local ties, and three foreign acts. They all add up to incredible music!

Songs played from albums by today’s artists will include Bonnie Raitt, Nikki James, Kristen Toedtman (Kristen Toedtman), Laura Rain and The Caesars, Andy and the Pandy’s, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell (Official), Joe Bonamassa, Rita Hosking, Oak City Roots, Bob Malone, Dylan McDonald And The Avians, Building Birds, Ian McFeron, The Turnback, Jeff Healey, Vandenberg’s MoonKings, Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid, Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons, Magic Kramer, and The Dead Girls!!

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21. Red Letter Day—Courtney Yasmineh

22. Everything’s Beautiful Now—Christine Albert

23. Awkward Stage—Bill Berry

24. Blizzard of Blues—Tommy Z

25. Everlasting Arms—Luke Winslow—King

26. World of Strangers—Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers

27. And Then There Were TrollZ–ShwizZ

28. Hillbilly Zen—Punk Blues—Reverend Freakchild

29. A Decade in the Shadows—These Curious Thoughts

30. Into the Wild Blue—Roy Rogers (Blues)

31. From Prussia With Love—Nervous Germans

32. Give It Back to You—The Record Company

33. All Your Favorite Bands—Dawes

34. Lone Wolf—Jessica Lee Wilkes

35. Revolutions—The Liquid Scene

36. Midnight Mist—Voo Davis

37. Shake It Up—Mick Clarke

38. Good Times!—The Monkees

39. Wampus Cat—Gigi Scott and Trouble Town

40. Real—Laith Al—Saadi

41. For Love and Spite—Latvian Radio

42. Radio Sweetheart—Radio Borges and The Broken Singles

43. Hold On a Little Longer—Eugene Hiudeaway Bridges

44. Wild Heart—Samantha Fish

45. Ragged and Dirty—Devon Allman

46. Ashes and Dust—Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth

47. Above the Sweet Tea Line—Jeremy Porter and The Tuccos

48. The Road in Me—Sally Barris

49. Relaxtronaut—Effort Award

50. Lollipop Motel—Jason Didner and The Jungle Gym Jam

51. Untethered Moon—Built to Spill

52. Black Moon Spell—King Tuff

53. Wild Nights—PINS

54. We Will Reign—The Last Internationale

55. I’m the Boss—Rachel B

56. Dismal Swamp Lords—Dismal Swamp Lords

57. Window On the World—John McKinley

58. Just For the Love Of It—Happy Traum

59. Walking Into White—Sarah McQuaid

60. Sufficiently Rude—Million Sellers

61. Three Big Ones—The Secrets (DetroitSecrets)

62. Gravity—Arjun

63. I Was Told There Would Be Pie—Jen Houston

64. Aragon Mill—Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers

65. Reign of the West—The Grave Jinglers

66. Eventually—Super Heater

67. Naturally—Raina Randolph

68. Live at Roscoe’s—Detroit Johnny—O

69. Highly Irregular—Whistler’s Father

70. Little Vixen—Sigrid Christiansen

71. Leaving Boston—Christa Gniadek

72. The Madcat Midnight Blues Journey—Peter Madcat Ruth, Drew Howard, Mark Schrock, Michael Shimmin

73. Shadow Trails—Linda McRae

74. California Nights—Best Coast

75. Good Luck, Bad Karma—Best Behavior

76. Choose to Be Human—Xposed 4Heads

77. Dragonfly—Great Caesar’s Ghost

78. Outskirts of Love—Shemekia Copeland

79. 18^th and Volstead—The Vaude Villains

80. Talk—Jon Pousette—Dart

81. Capricorn—Happy Fangs

82. Histories of Things—Calvin Becker

83. Stumbling Towards the Light—Eric Banaan

84. The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time—George Stephen Kelly

85. Surf Noir—The 427s

86. Get Well—Birth of Joy

87. Multitudes—James Houlahan

88. What I Did—Hey Mavis

89. Pole Barn Rebels—Pole Barn Rebels

90. New Mexico Dirt—G.S. Harper

91. World War Trio, Pts. 2 and 3—Consider the Source

92. Dr. Hyperstein—Redtenbacher’s Funkestra

93. The Black Sky Sequined—Colorway

94. Crazy Neighbors—Crazy Neighbors

95. A Valentine to the Future—Telamor

96. Up Close at Faraway Sound—The Brother Brothers

97. Dirt—Lucid

98. Weirdo Shrine—La Luz

99. Waves—Big Brother Smokes

100.Beat the Champ—The Mountain Goats

Another batch of albums are ready for unveiling on Monday night’s fourth installment of the Philby Best Albums of 2016 on “Prime Time Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 8PM-10PM ET!!

This fourth segment will cover numbers 40-21 and will include songs from albums by Mick Clarke, The Monkees, Reverend Freakchild, Courtney Yasmineh, Nervous Germans, Dawes, Voo Davis Roots & Blues, Roy Rogers, Gigi Scott and Trouble Town, The Record Company, Tommy Z, Luke Winslow-King, Jessica Lee Wilkes, ShwizZ, Christine Albert Music (pictured above), Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers, Bill Berry (pictured above), These Curious Thoughts, Billy Redfield, and Laith Al-Saadi!!

Tune in to 89.3 FM (WHFR) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, Public Radio and Tune In Players, and with this exclusive Philby Award link http://www.whfr.fm/images/stream_audio.html

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41. For Love and Spite—Latvian Radio

42. Radio Sweetheart—Radio Borges and The Broken Singles

43. Hold On a Little Longer—Eugene Hiudeaway Bridges

44. Wild Heart—Samantha Fish

45. Ragged and Dirty—Devon Allman

46. Ashes and Dust—Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth

47. Above the Sweet Tea Line—Jeremy Porter and The Tuccos

48. The Road in Me—Sally Barris

49. Relaxtronaut—Effort Award

50. Lollipop Motel—Jason Didner and The Jungle Gym Jam

51. Untethered Moon—Built to Spill

52. Black Moon Spell—King Tuff

53. Wild Nights—PINS

54. We Will Reign—The Last Internationale

55. I’m the Boss—Rachel B

56. Dismal Swamp Lords—Dismal Swamp Lords

57. Window On the World—John McKinley

58. Just For the Love Of It—Happy Traum

59. Walking Into White—Sarah McQuaid

60. Sufficiently Rude—Million Sellers

61. Three Big Ones—The Secrets (DetroitSecrets)

62. Gravity—Arjun

63. I Was Told There Would Be Pie—Jen Houston

64. Aragon Mill—Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers

65. Reign of the West—The Grave Jinglers

66. Eventually—Super Heater

67. Naturally—Raina Randolph

68. Live at Roscoe’s—Detroit Johnny—O

69. Highly Irregular—Whistler’s Father

70. Little Vixen—Sigrid Christiansen

71. Leaving Boston—Christa Gniadek

72. The Madcat Midnight Blues Journey—Peter Madcat Ruth, Drew Howard, Mark Schrock, Michael Shimmin

73. Shadow Trails—Linda McRae

74. California Nights—Best Coast

75. Good Luck, Bad Karma—Best Behavior

76. Choose to Be Human—Xposed 4Heads

77. Dragonfly—Great Caesar’s Ghost

78. Outskirts of Love—Shemekia Copeland

79. 18^th and Volstead—The Vaude Villains

80. Talk—Jon Pousette—Dart

81. Capricorn—Happy Fangs

82. Histories of Things—Calvin Becker

83. Stumbling Towards the Light—Eric Banaan

84. The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time—George Stephen Kelly

85. Surf Noir—The 427s

86. Get Well—Birth of Joy

87. Multitudes—James Houlahan

88. What I Did—Hey Mavis

89. Pole Barn Rebels—Pole Barn Rebels

90. New Mexico Dirt—G.S. Harper

91. World War Trio, Pts. 2 and 3—Consider the Source

92. Dr. Hyperstein—Redtenbacher’s Funkestra

93. The Black Sky Sequined—Colorway

94. Crazy Neighbors—Crazy Neighbors

95. A Valentine to the Future—Telamor

96. Up Close at Faraway Sound—The Brother Brothers

97. Dirt—Lucid

98. Weirdo Shrine—La Luz

99. Waves—Big Brother Smokes

100.Beat the Champ—The Mountain Goats

I’ve been working on this year’s Philby list since Thanksgiving weekend. Truth be told, I’m always working on my year end lists. It just becomes more intense after Thanksgiving. I always have a list going for the year, and I add potential “nominees” as I hear them.

Most of the post Thanksgiving work centers around making sure I didn’t leave an album off the list that I felt should have been included. (It happens every year, and so far I have caught it.)

But I like to keep time frames “loose.” A lot of albums are released towards the end of the year –especially big name acts. Who even seriously has time to listen to them as the holidays get closer?

One of my requirements is that I have to play at least one track off of the album to be considered for eligibility. Since I do two shows a week now, that has become a lot easier to do. But I don’t feel that it’s fair to me or my listeners or to the artists themselves to bump someone I’ve been playing all year just to be replaced by something “new and shiny.”

This even works in the case of “should be big name acts.” Some of the artists on the list have had a more recent release. Although it would appear that I’m “off my game” by posting an older album, I would prefer to list the one I’ve been playing rather than the one I haven’t even touched. There’s always next year for the newer release.

I’m not trying to bore you with details. I’m just trying to explain a little more of my selection process. As I’ve said before, I work on this process year round. I would hate, at this moment, to have time specific parameters like “January 1—December 31.” Music doesn’t even arrive at the station from promoters and artists on that time frame.

Music should be fun and have a serendipitous sense of magical discovery for the listener, just like it does for the musicians making it. Adhering to a strict time limit would be the equivalent of punching a clock. In other words, actual work. And anyone who listens to my show or knows me, knows that “I ain’t into time, man!”

Tune in to 89.3 FM (WHFR) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, Public Radio and Tune In Players, and with this exclusive Philby Award link http://www.whfr.fm/images/stream_audio.html

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61. Three Big Ones—The Secrets (DetroitSecrets)

62. Gravity—Arjun

63. I Was Told There Would Be Pie—Jen Houston

64. Aragon Mill—Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers

65. Reign of the West—The Grave Jinglers

66. Eventually—Super Heater

67. Naturally—Raina Randolph

68. Live at Roscoe’s—Detroit Johnny—O

69. Highly Irregular—Whistler’s Father

70. Little Vixen—Sigrid Christiansen

71. Leaving Boston—Christa Gniadek

72. The Madcat Midnight Blues Journey—Peter Madcat Ruth, Drew Howard, Mark Schrock, Michael Shimmin

73. Shadow Trails—Linda McRae

74. California Nights—Best Coast

75. Good Luck, Bad Karma—Best Behavior

76. Choose to Be Human—Xposed 4Heads

77. Dragonfly—Great Caesar’s Ghost

78. Outskirts of Love—Shemekia Copeland

79. 18^th and Volstead—The Vaude Villains

80. Talk—Jon Pousette—Dart

81. Capricorn—Happy Fangs

82. Histories of Things—Calvin Becker

83. Stumbling Towards the Light—Eric Banaan

84. The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time—George Stephen Kelly

85. Surf Noir—The 427s

86. Get Well—Birth of Joy

87. Multitudes—James Houlahan

88. What I Did—Hey Mavis

89. Pole Barn Rebels—Pole Barn Rebels

90. New Mexico Dirt—G.S. Harper

91. World War Trio, Pts. 2 and 3—Consider the Source

92. Dr. Hyperstein—Redtenbacher’s Funkestra

93. The Black Sky Sequined—Colorway

94. Crazy Neighbors—Crazy Neighbors

95. A Valentine to the Future—Telamor

96. Up Close at Faraway Sound—The Brother Brothers

97. Dirt—Lucid

98. Weirdo Shrine—La Luz

99. Waves—Big Brother Smokes

100.Beat the Champ—The Mountain Goats

Twenty great albums into the list with the second set of twenty ready to be revealed on Monday night’s “Prime Time Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 8PM-10PM ET!

Putting the albums into numerical order is kind of painful in a way, because I like them all. That’s why they’re on the list in the first place. But, even though any list is subjective, when the list is finally complete, it feels pretty satisfying. But it’s definitely open to discussion.

Having said that, Songs by artists on the show include Si Kahn, Activist, Organizer & Folk Singer/Songwriter and The Looping Brothers, Great Caesar’s Ghost, Pousette-Dart Band (Jon Pousette-Dart), Sigrid Christiansen, Whistler’s Father, Christa Gniadek, The Vaude Villains, Raina Randolph, JEN HOUSTON MUSIC, Best Coast, The Midnight Madcat Blues Journey featuring Peter Madcat Ruth, Drew Howard Music, Michael Shimmin, and Mark R Schrock recorded live at Salt of the Earth, Xposed 4Heads, Best Behavior, Shemekia Copeland, The Grave Jinglers, The Secrets (DetroitSecrets), Arjun, Linda McRae, Detroit Johnny-O, and Space Heater!!!

Tune in to 89.3 FM (WHFR) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, Public Radio and Tune In Players, and with this exclusive Philby Award link http://www.whfr.fm/images/stream_audio.html

Please share this with your musical friends and families and don’t forget to like my Facebook page!!!!

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81. Capricorn—Happy Fangs

82. Histories of Things—Calvin Becker

83. Stumbling Towards the Light—Eric Banaan

84. The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time—George Stephen Kelly

85. Surf Noir—The 427s

86. Get Well—Birth of Joy

87. Multitudes—James Houlahan

88. What I Did—Hey Mavis

89. Pole Barn Rebels—Pole Barn Rebels

90. New Mexico Dirt—G.S. Harper

91. World War Trio, Pts. 2 and 3—Consider the Source

92. Dr. Hyperstein—Redtenbacher’s Funkestra

93. The Black Sky Sequined—Colorway

94. Crazy Neighbors—Crazy Neighbors

95. A Valentine to the Future—Telamor

96. Up Close at Faraway Sound—The Brother Brothers

97. Dirt—Lucid

98. Weirdo Shrine—La Luz

99. Waves—Big Brother Smokes

100.Beat the Champ—The Mountain Goats