#112A February 4th Playlist for “Theme Attic” Bonus Edition!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by PhilMaq

It was so much fun to have the Sultans of String playing their world music in the studio! I want to personally thank Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberte, & Drew Birston for dropping in!

I was happy to spread my wings on the other styles of music! I wanted to do more musical traveling but I guess that will have to wait for another show. All things considered, I think the surrounding Mardi Gras, Italy, blues, and polka sets covered a lot of territory.

The playlist follows:

#112A Sultans of String
February 4, 2013

Prologue—Renaissance (Prologue—Pne wat Records)

Interview Prospects on “World” Tours
Fridley’s Gap—The Steel Wheels (Lay Down Lay Low—thesteelwheels.com)
Cackalack—Jonathan Byrd (Cackalack—Waterbug)
Lemon Squeezy—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys (Release Your Shrouds—lindsayloumusic.com)

10,000 Days (WHFR on the air for 10,000 days on February 3rd)
22,000 Days—The Moody Blues (Long Distance Traveller—Threshold)
Who Listens to the Radio?-The Sports (Definitive Collection—Festival)
Colliape Rag—Banjo Mike with Gary Cooper (How High Is the Moon—Self Released)

Mardi Gras Preview
Au Contrere, Mon Frere—C.J. Chenier & Red Hot Louisi#1(#3525)(Step It Up!– Alligator)
Don’t You Just Know It—C.J. Chenier & Red Hot Louisi#2(#3525)(Step It Up!–Alligator)
Le Jig Francaise—Beausoleil (Bayou Deluxe—Rhino)
Zydeco Taco—Queen Ida (In San Francisco—GNP Crescendo)
Zydeco Boogaloo—Terence Simien (There’s Room for Us All—Black Top)

Heart of Stone—Sultans of String (Move—PID)
La Chandelle est Allumee—Balfa Toujours (Live at Whiskey River Landing—New Rounder)

Sultans of String
Alhambra (Luna—sultansofstring.com)
Rainflower (Luna—sultansofstring.com)
Kitchen Party (Luna—sultans of string.com)
Josie (Move—PID)
Road to Kfarmishki (Move—PID)
Luna (Luna—sultansofstring.com)
Pinball Wizard (Yalla! Yalla!-sultansofstring.com)
Montreal (Move—PID)

Black History Month
My Home Is in the Delta-Muddy Waters (Mali to Memphis—Putumayo)
Eyes on the Prize—Mavis Staples (For Rosa Parks 100th Birthday)(We’ll Never Turn Back—Anti)
Deep Feeling—Chuck Berry (Blues Masters, Vol.15—Rhino)

Italy
Barcarole (for the Death of Venice)—The Strawbs (Burnin’ for Me—Witchwood)
Bridge of Sighs (A world famous bridge in Venice)—Robin Trower (Bridge of Sighs—Chrysalis)
Time to Say Goodbye—Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli (Time to Say Goodbye—Angel)
Italian Rant—The Baltimore Consort (A Trip to Kilburn—Dorian Recordings)
The National Anthem of Italy—Peter Bruner (Complete National Anthems of the World, Vol.3—Marco Polo Records)

Polkas
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party (Yeah, The Beatles song done polka style! It works!)—John Gora (Follow Me—Self Released)
Polkas on 45—Weird Al Yankovic (In 3D—Scotti Bros.)

Finale
Helena Polka—Brian Marshall & the Tex Slovak Playboys (Texas Polish Roots—Arhoolie)

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#112 Rich Ridenour & Groundhog Day

Posted on February 7, 2013 by PhilMaq

Here’s the playlist from my January 31st show:

#112 Rich Ridenour
January 31, 2013

Prologue—Renaissance (Prologue-Capitol)
Warsaw Concerto—Rich Ridenour & The Grand Rapids Symphony (Piano Pops—GRS)

January Hymn-The Decemberists (The King Is Dead-Capitol) (3:12)
Dead End Street—Lou Rawls (Greatest Hits—Capitol)
Groundhog, Groundhog—Brave Combo (Holidays!—Rounder)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini—Rich Ridenour & The Grand Rapids Symphony (Piano Pops—GRS)

Day of the Dreamer—Renaissance (A Song for All Seasons—Sire)
Linus & Lucy—Rich Ridenour & The Grand Rapids Symphony (Piano Pops—GRS)

Groundhog Day
I Got You Babe—Sonny & Cher (Greatest Hits—Atco)
Alarm Clock Blues—Rusty Wright Band #3 (This, That, & the Other Thing—rustywrightband.com)
Groundhog Day-The Jingle Brothers (Single—Self Released)
The Pennsylvania Polka-Frankie Yankovic (Greatest Hits-Columbia)
Frankenstein—Rich Ridenour & The Grand Rapids Symphony (Piano Pops II—GRS)

Prominent Piano Bass Line
Near You—Roger Williams (Greatest Hits—Kapp)
Teas—Donovan (Hurdy Gurdy Man—Epic)
Mexican Connection—Billy Joel (Streetlife Serenade—Columbia)
Root Beer Rag—Rich Ridenour & The Grand Rapids Symphony (Piano Pops—GRS)

Heart of Gold—Sultans of String (Move—PID)
Brazil—Rich Ridenour & The Grand Rapids Symphony (Piano Pops—GRS)

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“Theme Attic” Playlist from January 24th Heard on WHFR.FM, 10AM-Noon

Posted on January 30, 2013 by PhilMaq

Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys live in the studio for an exclusive performance was simply amazing! The insight that she provided on songs made them have even more meaning–if that’s even possible. I want to personally thank Josh Rilko (mandolin), Mark Lavengood (dobro), Keith Billick (banjo), Spencer Cain (bass) and Lindsay Lou (guitar) for an incredible experience!

The first set featured cold weather songs.

The next set featured new songs into the studio that caught my attention. The ones that I picked really had me pumped, too, especially that wicked blues number, “Midnight Creeper!” The Beatlesque Thorcraft Cobra song made me think we switched decades.

And the final set, was a bluegrass warmup set for Linday Lou & The Flatbellys. I thought putting the Charles River Valley Boys right before Steve Martin and Paul McCartney would be any interesting contrast.

Here’s the playlist:

#111 Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
January 24, 2013

Prologue—Renaissance (Prologue—One Way Records)

Cold Weather
The Fish Is in the Freezer-Uncle Bonsai (The Grim Parade-Yellow Tail)
Moon in Ice-Yello (One Second-Mercury)
Wintertime Love-The Doors (Waiting for the Sun—Elektra Records)
And I Love Her-George Martin (Hard Day’s Night Soundtrack-United Artists)

New Music
Midnight Creeper-Kevin Selfe (Long Walk Home-Delta Groove)
Anyday – Thorcraft Cobra
Hopa!-Talitha Mackenzie (Spiorad-Sonas)

I’ve Just Seen a Face-Charles River Valley Boys (Beatle Country-Rounder)
Best Love-Steve Martin with Paul McCartney (#2210) (Rare Bird Alert-Rounder)
Rain in the Valley—The Steel Wheels (Lay Down Lay Low-thesteelwheels.com)

Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys Live in the Studio (Exclusive)
Hey Little Birdie (A Different Song—lindsayloumusic.com)
Querida Tierra (Release Your Shrouds—Earthwork Music)
The Leaves Are Changing (Release Your Shrouds—Earthwork Music)
The Fix (Unreleased)
Roll On Rayco Roll (Featuring Mark Lavengood)(7” Vinyl)
Leaves and Pods (Release Your Shrouds—Earthwork Music)
All the Rose (Unreleased)
The Power (Release Your Shrouds—Earthwork Music)

Peace,

Phil Maq
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, January 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 January 27, 2013

1. Barbarossa—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
2. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
3. The Lion The Beast The Beat—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
4. Leaves & Pods—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
5. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
6. Rain in the Valley—The Steel Wheels
7. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TRJ
8. Midnight Creeper—Jeff Selfe
9. Big Dumb Man—Jessica Dayle
10. Another Day—Thorcraft Cobra
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, January 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 January 27, 2013

1. Star Spangled Banner–Beyonce at President Obama’s Inauguration
2. My Country Tis of Thee–Kelly Clarkson at President Obama’s Inauguration
3. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
4. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
5. Tornado—Little Big Town
6. Catch My Breath—Kelly Clarkson
7. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
8. Diamonds–Black Simon & Garfunkel on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
9. Beer Money—Kip Moore
10. Between the Raindrops—Lifehouse and Natasha Bedingfield

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“Q” Bombs: January 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

A “Q” Bomb, like an “H” bomb, will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.

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Worst Videos for the week of January 27, 2013

1. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
2. Scream and Shout—Will.I.Am and Britney Spears
3. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
4. Home—Phillip Phillips
5. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
6. Lessons in Love (All Day/All Night)—Neon Trees
7. One of These Nights—Tim McGraw
8. Sweet Nothing—Calvin Harris and Florence Welch
9. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
10. Overjoyed—Matchbox 20
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, January 20, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 January 20, 2013

1. The Lion The Beast The Beat—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
2. Barbarossa—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
3. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
4. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
5. Leaves & Pods—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
6. Eyes on the Prize—Mavis Staples
7. Rain in the Valley—The Steel Wheels
8. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TRJ
9. How High the Moon—Banjo Mike with Gary Cooper
10. Big Dumb Man—Jessica Dayle
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, January 20, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 January 20, 2013

1. The Black Keys on Austin City Limits
2. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
3. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye—Luke Bryan
4. Tornado—Little Big Town
5. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
6. Beer Money—Kip Moore
7. Catch My Breath—Kelly Clarkson
8. Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
9. Try—Pink
10. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift

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“Q” Bombs: January 20, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

A “Q” Bomb, like an “H” bomb, will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.

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Worst Videos for the week of January 20, 2013

1. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
2. Kat Edmonson on Austin City Limits
3. The Lumineers on Saturday Night Live
4. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
5. Scream and Shout—Will.i.am and Britney Spears
6. Diamonds—Rihanna
7. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
8. Home—Phillip Phillips
9. Lessons in Love (All Day/All Night)—Neon Trees
10. One of These Nights—Tim McGraw

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, January 13, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 January 13, 2013

1. The Lion The Beast The Beat—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
2. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
3. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
4. Barbarossa—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
5. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
6. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye—Luke Bryan
7. Leaves & Pods—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
8. Cows Around—Corb Lund & The Hurtin’ Albertans
9. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
10. Planet Bongo—Jimmie Vaughan

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