Tag Archives: “Dollar Store Nation”

One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded: “Livin’ the Good Life” by Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas!!!

Posted on April 7, 2022 by PhilMaq

For as long as I’ve been on the radio, and definitely for as long as I’ve been writing a blog, I will occasionally make a reference to a song being “One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded!” (GSER) I would usually … Continue reading →

Posted in Pre Show Preview | Tagged "Dollar Store Nation", "Livin' the Good Life", Jo Serrapere, Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas, Matt Rasch, Trinity House Theatre | Leave a comment

Unofficial 2019 Philby Hot Songs Update #2

Posted on December 29, 2019 by PhilMaq

Here’s an update on this year’s Philby Hot 100 songs: 53.Best of Me—The Vegabonds (What We’re Made Of) 54.Won’t You Be My Lighthouse Tonight?—The Pennock/Stephens Project (The Pennock/Stephens Project) 55.Acre of Shells—Sarah Jane Scouten (When The Bloom Falls From the … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby | Tagged "Dollar Store Nation", A Little More, Acre of Shells, Adrianne Serna, Alex Kostka, Altan, American Housewife, Amy Petty, Angel With a Broken Wing, Animal Hours, Anniversary Dance, As Long As You're Buying, Best of Me, Big Mouth Blues, Blue Skies, Boudreaux's Back Porch, Broken Heart Tattoo, Cassandra, Castle, Challenged, Chris Murphy, Cumha an Oileain, Delaware, Diana Chittester, Do Over, Eliza Neals, Feels Like Home, Freedom, Full Moon, Ghost Light, Good to Be Young, Green Denim, Greg Kihn, Heavy Days, High Country, House of Doors, I Wait for Your Guitar, If I Were Me, Illogical Optimism, In Like a Lion, In Waves, Jesse Xavier, Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas, Katie Stump, Katy Guillen and The Girls, Kristen Toedtman, Let It Shine, Let Love Show the Way, Lissie, Love Blows, Love Dr. Love, Matty T. Wall, May Erlewine, Means to My Heart, Morgan Treni with Angela Perley, Motions, Paper Bird, Paradox, Red Mountain Blues, Rekihndled, Reverend Freakchild, Royal Wood, Sarah Blacker, Sarah Jane Scouten, SIMP, Spinning Plates, Stranger Blues, Sweeter, The Dreamer and Other Essays, The Gap of Dreams, The One Who Brung Me, The Pennock/Stephens Project, The Prime Ministers, The Valley, The Vegabonds, The View From Here, The Whiskey Charmers, Tim Bennett, Waking Up From You, What We're Made Of, When the Bloom Falls From the Rose, Where We Are, Wichita, Won't You Be My Lighthouse Tonight?, Youngstown Milk Run | Leave a comment

Philby 100 Best Albums of 2017

Posted on February 2, 2018 by PhilMaq

It was an incredible year for music! Once again, I listened to thousands of albums and I had to trim several hundred of them to keep the list at 100! I think, on an individual basis, each album has its … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby | Tagged "Dollar Store Nation", A Cowboy Like Me, A Slight Departure, Alice Cooper, Alicia Marie, Alison Krauss, American Art, American Housewife, Animal Hours, Anniversary Dance, Audio Nomad, Audra Kubat, Ben Rogers, Bill Edwards, Billy W. Brandt, Birdsong at Morning, Black White and Blue, Blue Skies, Boudreaux's Backporch, Bright Shiny Objects, Brooklyn Baby, Chariot, Chills and Fever, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds, Chris Murphy, Christian Collin, Clear Blue Sky, Common Union 59, Continuum, Cool King Chris, Croz, Danny, David Crosby, David Roof, Deni Bonet, Detroit City Made, Detroit Twelve String Blues and Rags, Devils Never Cry, Do Over, Dog Society, Doug Figgs, Down on Deptford Broadway, downtown mystic, Drew Davis, Ed Dupas, Eddie Martin, Eggtone Blues, El Amor de Los Muertos, Eliza Neals, Escaping Pavement, Forsaken, Frank Bang and The Cook County Kings, Get it Going, Good and Dirty, Greg Kihn, Heartbeat Serenade, Here Lately, Homecoming, Honest Woman, I Don't Trust Robots, I Wrote You a Letter, I'm Glad Trouble Don't Last Always, In Like a Lion, In the Shade, Inevitable Discovery, It's 4 AM somewhere, Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra, Jim McCarty and Friends II, Jo Philby, Jo Serrapere, Joanie Leed and the Nightlights, Joe Overton, John Barron, John Holk and The Sequins, John Latini, Judy Banker, Kate Jablonski, Kenny Tudrick, Kits and Cats and Saxon Wives, KT, Laugh in the Dark, Leave My Friends, Let It Go!, Let Love Show the Way, Live at Callahan's, Live at Scratchers, Living on Mars, Look Both Ways, Los Straitjackets, Luke Winslow King, Lynn McCracken, Mark Jewett, Mark Lavengood, Matt Harlan, Matt Jones and The Reconstruction, Matty T. Wall, May Erlewine, Mended Vessel, Mental Health Day, Michael on Fire, Michigan Music Resistance Vol.1, Mick Clarke, Mimes on Rollercoasters, Moods, Muriel Anderson, Native Heart, Natural Selection, Never Twice, Nick Waterhouse, Nightlight/Daylight, Nora Jane Struthers, Odyssey, Old Soul, Olivia Millerschin, Outside the Lines, Owls, Paradigm Shift, Paranormal, Phil Maq, Philby, Philbys, Plain Jane Glory, Play, R.B. Stone, Raven Hotel, Ray Kaan's Detroit Trouble, Ray Vaughn, Red City Radio, Red Mountain Blues, Rekihndled, Rich Hopkins and The Luminarios, Ride the Black Wave, Rock it, rock n roll romantic, Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, Ruff N Roar, Running From Myself, Saltwater and Stone, Samantha Fish, Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles, Schmidt, Scott Fab, Set Yourself Free, Seth Bernard, Shake Your Faith, Sign of the Fighter, Signal Flags, SIMO, Skinny Lister, Some Call It Freedom, Some Call it the Blues, Someday When Things Are Good, Son of a Gun, Song on the Times, Steak and Shake, Step Out of Line, Sumilan, Telamor, Ten Thousand Feet Below, Tending the Fire, Tennessee Night, The Accidentals, The Bloodred Yonder, The Blues Don't Care, The Blues Just Make Me Feel Good, The Deadmen, The Deadmen EP, The Deep Enders, The Donkeys, The Garden of Soul, The Hangabouts, The Hempsteadys, The Little Things, The Night Owl, The O'Reillys and The Paddyhats, The Scott Martin Band, The Solstice Session, The Songs of Nick Lowe, The Static Dial, The Steepwater Band, The Sweet Water Warblers, The Valley, The Vegabonds, The Wag, The Whiskey Charmers, Thornetta Davis, Tim Bennett, Todd Albright, Tombstone, Tommy Keene, Tracks Along the Way, Urgency Squad, Victoria Reed, Waves, We've Come Along, Wendy Webb, What We're Made Of, What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding, Where You Going, Where's Keith, Windborne, Windy City, With You, Wounded Bird, Xposed 4Heads, You Could Be Anywhere | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Albums, May 14, 2017

Posted on May 21, 2017 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 … Continue reading →