Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, September 27, 2015

Posted on September 27, 2015 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of September 27, 2015

1. Mystery Train Featuring Jim McCarty, Emmanuel Garza, Marvin Conrad, Dylan McCarty, Jason Bone, Kenny Parker, and Pat Smillie, Live at Callahan’s, Auburn Hills, MI, September 26, 2015
2. Uma Thurman—Fall Out Boy
3. This Is My Day—Michelle Hanlon
4. Shotgun—The Jane Shermans
5. Love You Easy—Zac Brown Band
6. The Same Road—Norah Jane Struthers and The Party Line
7. On My Mind—Ellie Goulding
8. Wildest Dreams—Taylor Swift
9. Stronger Woman—Jewel
10.Marvin Gaye—Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, September 20, 2015

Posted on September 27, 2015 by PhilMaq

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of September 20, 2015

1. Wake—Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line
2. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
3. Straight Up Boogaloo—The Muggs
4. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
5. The Instrumentals—Mick Clarke
6. Fight at a Funeral—Screw
7. Prisoner—Matt Besey Band
8. Healing Waters—Michael on Fire
9. Bury the Night—The Lucky Dutch
10.Burn the Plan—Good Lovelies
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, September 20, 2015

Posted on September 23, 2015 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of September 20, 2015

1. Shotgun—The Jane Shermans
2. Long Day in the Sun—Wendy Webb
3. This Is My Day—Michelle Hanlon
4. No Creases—Mick Clarke
5. Embrace Another Fall—Robert Plant & Julie Murphy
6. The Same Road—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
7. Taking Me Home—Rob Larkin & The Wayward Ones
8. Delivery—Matt Besey Band
9. In the Morning—Good Lovelies
10.Run—Pocket Vinyl
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, September 20, 2015

Posted on September 22, 2015 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of September 20, 2015

1. Mystery Train Featuring Jim McCarty, Emmanuel Garza, Marvin Conrad, Dave Marcaccio, Tosha Owens, and Phil Maq Live at The Blue Goose Inn, St Clair Shores, MI, September 19, 2015
2. Uma Thurman—Fall Out Boy
3. This Is My Day—Michelle Hanlon
4. Love You Easy—Zac Brown Band
5. Run—Pocket Vinyl
6. Long Day in the Sun—Wendy Webb
7. Girl Crush—Little Big Town
8. Shotgun—The Jane Shermans
9. The Same Road—Norah Jane Struthers and The Party Line
10.Wildest Dreams—Taylor Swift
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, September 13, 2015

Posted on September 20, 2015 by PhilMaq

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of September 13, 2015

1. Wake—Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line
2. The Instrumentals—Mick Clarke
3. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
4. Straight Up Boogaloo—The Muggs
5. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
6. Bury the Night—The Lucky Dutch
7. Fight at a Funeral—Screw
8. Hand in Hand—Richie Furay
9. Healing Waters—Michael on Fire
10.The Widening Gyre—Altan [Hall of Fame]
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, September 13, 2015

Posted on September 19, 2015 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of September 13, 2015

1. Shotgun—The Jane Shermans
2. No Creases—Mick Clarke
3. Taking Me Home—Rob Larkin & The Wayward Ones
4. Night Ridin’—Savage Grace
5. So, What Would I Do?—Joe Bonamassa
6. Long Day in the Sun—Wendy Webb
7. This Is My Day—Michelle Hanlon
8. The Same Road—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
9. Embrace Another Fall—Robert Plant & Julie Murphy
10.All Those Dreams—Neil Young
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, September 13, 2015

Posted on September 19, 2015 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of September 13, 2015

1. Vibrations, Live at Live, Ann Arbor, MI, September 11, 2015
2. Uma Thurman—Fall Out Boy
3. This Is My Day—Michelle Hanlon
4. Girl Crush—Little Big Town
5. Love You Easy—Zac Brown Band
6. Long Day in the Sun—Wendy Webb
7. Florida—Wendy Webb
8. Run—Pocket Vinyl
9. Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive—The Prefab Messiahs
10. Bad Blood—Taylor Swift and Kendrik Lamar Featuring Selena Gomez, Hayley Williams, Karlie Kloss, Jessica Alba, Ellie Goulding, Serayah, Lena Dunham, Hailie Steinfeld, Ellen Pompeo, Gigi Hadid, Zendaya, Cindy Crawford, Lily Aldridge, Mariska Hargitayk, and Cara Delevingne as “Mother Chucker!”
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, September 6, 2015

Posted on September 19, 2015 by PhilMaq

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of September 6, 2015

1. The Instrumentals—Mick Clarke
2. Wake—Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line
3. Straight Up Boogaloo—The Muggs
4. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
5. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
6. Lullaby…and The Ceaseless Roar—Robert Plant
7. Bury the Night—The Lucky Dutch
8. Fight at a Funeral—Screw
9. Ionia—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
10.Hand in Hand—Richie Furay
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Mostly Women: Good Lovelies, Pocket Vinyl, and Norah Jones!!!

Posted on September 16, 2015 by PhilMaq

Good Lovelies, three harmonious women from Canada, released an album full of creative arrangements earlier this year, “Burn the Plan.” They give the appearance that they like to have fun with their music and that playfulness gets translated to their music and this video of the opening track, “In the Morning!”:

Pocket Vinyl, a two-piece band from New London, Ct, have just released a new album, “Tin.” They will be performing at PJ’s Lager House on September 28, and have released a new video for “Run.” The video features a couple of “thought puppets” lip synching to the melodic song.:

Norah Jones put out a video to her very catchy, “Chasing Pirates,” a few years ago. I pretty much will watch Norah Jones doing anything!:

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Phil’s Faves: Albums, September 6, 2015

Posted on September 14, 2015 by PhilMaq

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of September 6, 2015

1. The Instrumentals—Mick Clarke
2. Wake—Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line
3. Straight Up Boogaloo—The Muggs
4. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
5. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
6. Lullaby…and The Ceaseless Roar—Robert Plant
7. Bury the Night—The Lucky Dutch
8. Fight at a Funeral—Screw
9. Ionia—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
10.Hand in Hand—Richie Furay
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