Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, April 19, 2015

Posted on April 21, 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 April 19, 2015

1. Mystery Train Blues Jam with Jim McCarty, Emmanuel Garza, Marvin Conrad, Dylan McCarty, Kenny Welk, Dale Robertson, Neno Blag, Phil Maq, and many others, Live at The Blue Goose Inn, St. Clair Shores, MI, April 19, 2015
2. The Fab Faux, Live at The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, April 18, 2015
3. Little Red Wagon—Miranda Lambert
4. Love Me Like You Do—Ellie Goulding
5. Shut Up and Dance—Walk the Moon
6. Style—Taylor Swift
7. Sugar—Maroon 5
8. Outside—Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
9. Dear Future Husband—Meghan Trainor
10.Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, April 12, 2015

Posted on April 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 April 12, 2015

1. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
2. Magnificent Desolation—The Dives
3. Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls
4. Dogwood Roots—Rob Larkin & The Wayward Ones
5. Swirling Among the Stars—Building Birds
6. The Jane Shermans—The Jane Shermans
7. Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis—The Third
8. Milk for Your Motors—Gemma Ray
9. Dr. Sutherland and His Traveling Hospital—These Curious Thoughts
10.Howdy Duty—The Brazilian Johnsons
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, April 12, 2015

Posted on April 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 April 12, 2015

1. I Gave Up Everything For You, ‘Cept the Blues—Joe Bonamassa
2. What I Thought—Chris Emmerson
3. Venus Is Rocking in the Cradle of the Moon—Wendy Webb
4. Damaged Goods—Chris Denore and The Black Drops
5. Soul Sister—The Tripping Souls
6. Baby Bye Bye—Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis
7. Buffalo Blues—Nina and The Buffalo Riders
8. Last Night—Feather—Bright
9. S.O.S.—The Brazilian Johnsons
10.The Right Thing Did Me Wrong—Gemma Ray
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, April 12, 2015

Posted on April 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 April 12, 2015

1. Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis AND Gemma Ray, Live at The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI, April 10, 2015
2. Love Me Like You Do—Ellie Goulding
3. Little Red Wagon—Miranda Lambert
4. Sugar—Maroon 5
5. Shut Up and Dance—Walk the Moon
6. Style—Taylor Swift
7. The Freeze—Rock ‘N’ Rainbow
8. Outside—Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
9. Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran
10. Four Five Seconds—Rihanna, Paul McCartney [Hall of Fame], and Kanye West (The video NOT the song!)
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Phil’s Faves, Albums, April 5, 2015

Posted on April 18, 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 April 5, 2015

1. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
2. Magnificent Desolation—The Dives
3. Swirling Among the Stars—Building Birds
4. Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls
5. Dogwood Roots—Rob Larkin & The Wayward Ones
6. The Jane Shermans—The Jane Shermans
7. Country EP No.1—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
8. At the Edge of Disaster—The Blueflowers
9. Dr. Sutherland and His Traveling Hospital—These Curious Thoughts
10.Milk for Your Motors—Gemma Ray QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, April 5, 2015

Posted on April 18, 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 April 5, 2015

1. I Gave Up Everything For You, ‘Cept the Blues—Joe Bonamassa
2. What I Thought—Chris Emmerson
3. Venus Is Rocking in the Cradle of the Moon—Wendy Webb
4. In a Crowd—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
5. Elizabeth—Building Birds
6. Til I Kissed You—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
7. Buffalo Blues—Nina and The Buffalo Riders
8. Soul Sister—The Tripping Souls
9. Breathe—Building Birds
10.Damaged Goods—Chris Denore and The Black Drops
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, April 5, 2015

Posted on April 18, 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 April 5, 2015

1. Love Me Like You Do—Ellie Goulding
2. Sugar—Maroon 5
3. Style—Taylor Swift
4. Little Red Wagon—Miranda Lambert
5. Outside—Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
6. The Freeze—Rock ‘N’ Rainbow
7. Shut Up and Dance—Walk the Moon
8. Venus Is Rocking in the Cradle of the Moon—Wendy Webb
9. Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran
10. Four Five Seconds—Rihanna, Paul McCartney [Hall of Fame], and Kanye West (The video NOT the song!)
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, March 29, 2015

Posted on April 9, 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 March 29, 2015

1. Swirling Among the Stars—Building Birds
2. Magnificent Desolation—The Dives
3. This Is the Moment—Wendy Webb
4. Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls
5. Dogwood Roots—Rob Larkin & The Wayward Ones
6. The Jane Shermans—The Jane Shermans
7. At the Edge of Disaster—The Blueflowers
8. Country EP No.1—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
9. Dr. Sutherland and His Traveling Hospital—These Curious Thoughts
10.Revenge of the Avenged—Psychostick QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, March 29, 2015

Posted on April 9, 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 March 29, 2015

1. Venus Is Rocking in the Cradle of the Moon—Wendy Webb
2. Elizabeth—Building Birds
3. What I Thought—Chris Emmerson
4. I Gave Up Everything For You, ‘Cept the Blues—Joe Bonamassa
5. In a Crowd—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
6. Seize the Day—The Dives
7. Buffalo Blues—Nina and The Buffalo Riders
8. Till I Kissed You—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
9. Soul Sister—The Tripping Souls
10.Breathe—Building Birds
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, March 29, 2015

Posted on April 9, 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 March 29, 2015

1. Blues Summit: George Bedard, Rich Dishman, Ben Rolston, and Jim McCarty, Emmanuel Garza, Marvin Conrad, Dylan McCarty, Kenny Parker, and Kenny Welk, Live at Callahan’s, Auburn Hills, MI, March 28, 2015
2. Style—Taylor Swift
3. Sugar—Maroon 5
4. Love Me Like You Do—Ellie Goulding
5. Outside—Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
6. The Freeze—Rock ‘N’ Rainbow
7. Little Red Wagon—Miranda Lambert
8. Uptown Funk—Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
9. Venus Is Rocking in the Cradle of the Moon—Wendy Webb
10. Shut Up and Dance—Walk the Moon
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