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Philby 100 Best Albums of 2020

Posted on September 8, 2021 by PhilMaq

Better late than never? I’d like to think so. I always feel that everyone likes recognition for their work no matter when or how it occurs! I am happy to announce that the Philby 100 Best Albums of 2020 is ready … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby, Philbys | Tagged 12, 1932, A Fragile Peace, A Little Pain Never Hurt, Addicted, Alex Little and The Suspicious Minds, All Mine, All That's Real, Almost Extinct, Almost Ready for the Future, Altameda, Amy Dixon-Kolar, Amy Petty, Angela Perley and Erica Blinn, Ariane Lydon, Asilomar, Ask Yo' Mama, Barker and Broski, Becki Digregorio, Biltmore, Blink, Bloodshot Red, Boomerang, Boz Scaggs, Bright Lights Long Drives First Words, Buffalo Motel, Caleb Nettles, Can't Take My Soul, Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales, Cut Loose Vol. 2, Dancing Through the Storm, Dave Karchner, Davy Knowles, Dick Siegel, Dirty Mind Detroit, Don Arbor, Don't Look Back, Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basketcase, Don't Worry It's Not Contagious, Downriver Dan, Earn Every Scar, Echoes: Remembering the Music of Tom Petty, Eddie Arjun, Eileen Jewell, Eliott Schneider, Ellie Zwart, Eric Gnezda, Erin Zindle, Everyone Comes from Somewhere, Fantastic Plastic, Fathom Lane, Fierce, Fight Another Day, Flamin' Groovies, Friction Farm, Fun and Fancy, Garden of Earthly Delights: An XTC Celebration, Gary Browe, Gathering Sparks, George Heritier, George S. Kelly, Gina Forsyth, Gladshot, Good Fortune, Greezy Wheels, Grievous Angel, Hannah Baiardi, Heathcote Hill, Heather Pierson, Here to This, High Times in the Dark, Hollowed Sigh, In My Element, In Time, Indian Summer/Greater Heights, Jeff Scott, Jehova Waitresses, Jeremy Porter, Jillian Rae, Joanna and The Jaywalkers, Joel Mabus, Johnny Mastro and Mama's Boys, Jon Shain and FJ Ventre, Judy Banker, Katie Pederson, Kelly's Lot, Kevin Lockhart and Bill Bosler, Kill or Be Kind, Light Magic, Linden Thoburn, Lines and Spaces, Listen to Crows, Live Split Vinyl: The Stereogum Sessions, Liz E. Brooks, Lonesome City, Lost on the Range, Lucky Jr., Makoto, Mary Ann Kirt, Mavis Staples, Merlot Embargo, Michael Kelsey, Michael on Fire, Michael Snyder-Barker, Mick Clarke, Mollywop, Moon Over Havana, My Own Magic, Never Trust the Living, Nick Carter, No Control, No Drop of Love (Is Ever Wasted), NOLA to New York, Nora Jane Struthers, November Rain, Now-A-Daze, Out of the Blues, Peculiar, Phil Maq, Philby Awards, Philby Best Albums of 2020, Please Yourself, Popular Creeps, Prophetstown, Quarantine Dream, Rebecca Loebe, Red Sky Remembers, Revolutions and Romantics, Rochelle Clark, Route 5, Samantha Fish, Sarah Borges, Sarah Morris, Scarecrow, Scenes From the Fragile Agile Avian World, Scott Baker, Scott Martin, Seven Worthies...of the Bamboo Grove, Silver City, Simple Life, Singin', Sloan, So Many Stars, Songs of Hope in a Changing World, Spirit of the Island, Stand Up!, Steady Heart, Steve Sterner and Sundown, Strawberry Heritage, String Theory 2.0, Struggles and Love, Sundae and Mr. Goessl, Sundown Over Ghost Town, Tales of Whoa, Terri Binion, The 7 Melodies, The Ballad of Billy Bob and Other Generic American Folklore, The Claudettes, The Darkness of Birds, The Day After the Night Before, The Emmylous, The Forty Nineteens, The Groovalottos, The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio, The Joedai Warriors, The Landing, The Open Sea Before Me, The Power The Glory and The Monkey Time: Redux 2020, The Quietest Place, The Silver Snails, The Slackers, The Steve Taylor 3, The Way It Rolls, The Whiskey Charmers, These Are Vitamins, Time and Truth, Time Hasn't Changed You, Tom Alter, Tom Curless and The 46%, Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon, Toward Home, Tracy Kash, Transit Method, Transition, Transitions de Vie, Ultra Cloud, Valerie JanLois, Vicky Emerson, Wading in the Lesser Middle, Walrus, Wanderlust, Waterbound, Wattle and Daub, We Get By, We Won't Get Out of Here Alive, Wendy Webb, Will Ludford, Xposed 4Heads, Your Gracious Host | Leave a comment

Philby Hot 100 Songs of 2020

Posted on June 28, 2021 by PhilMaq

For physical and mental reasons, I hope I never have to go through another year like last year! I have to think that everybody was affected by the pandemic situation in some manner. It certainly had an impact on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby, Philbys | Tagged "Change", "Limbo", (Don't) Give Up on Love, A Night at the Delphi Opera House, A Slight Departure, Addicted, Aimless Knowledge, All Mine, Allison Edberg Nyquist, Alpena Colada, Altan, Altered Sweet: The Songs of Matthew Sweet, American Beauty, Amy Helm, And the Horse He Rode In On, Angela Perley and The Howlin' Moons, Annie and Rod Capps, Annie Fitzgerald, Anthem, Are You Listening?, Arrivals and Departures, Ascent, Bad Reputation, Barker and Broski, Been Such a Long Time, Before the Lights Go Out, Before the Storm, Ben Reel, Beyond the Static, Bill Edwards, Billy Brandt and Sarana VerLin, Billy W. Brandt and The Thing and Stuff Band, Birdsong at Morning, Blessed Be the Nation, Bluestring, Bob Hausler, Bones of Saints, Bottomless Heart, Boxes, Bright Shiny Objects, Brill Brusiers, Building Birds, Can't Go On Like This, Car City, Carry Fire, Chills and Fever, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds, Chris Richards and The Subtractions, Cindy Ruenes, Circus of the West, CJ Ramone, Colors of Christmas, Come on to Me, Country Boy, Courtney Yasmineh, Crash Boom Bang!, Crazy, Cruel World, Dan Sheehan, Dave Boutette and Kristi Lynn Davis, Dave Solo, Davy Knowles, Daydream Hawker, Deane Nesbitt Jr, December 32nd, Declined, Deni Bonet, Desert Dragon, Detroit Strong, Didn't It Rain, Diggin' Down, Dirt Roads and Dandelions, Dog Society, Dollar Store Christmas, Don't, Don't lose Your Way, Easy As Pie, Ed Dupas, Eddie Arjun with Cory Henry, Egypt Station, Ellie Zwart, End of the World, Every Beat in My Heart, Everybody Has a Purpose, Everything She Do, Fantastic Plastic, Flamin' Groovies, Flying High, Forsaken, Friend of Mine, Galaxy, Get it Going, Get Right, Go Fever, Goodbye Motel, Gotcha Covered: The Songs of Johnny Williams, Gravity, Greg Nagy, Hammered, Happier Now, Happy New Year, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty, Heart Stops Beating, Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio, Heaven on Earth, Hellfire, Hey Buddy, Hey Kid, High Times in the Dark, Honey, Hoodwink, Hot 100 Songs of 2020, Hurt's All Gone, I Got Love If You Want It, I Like Your Hair, I Love You, I Need You Like That, I Think I Came Too Late to the Party, If, If a Tree Falls, In the Night, In the Shade, indie music, It's 4AM Somewhere, It's That Time Again, JC and The Disciples, Jeff Scott, Jennifer Westwood and The Handsome Devils, Joanna and The Jaywalkers, Joe Kidd and Sheila Burke, Joe Peters, Judy Banker, Just One Clue, Kathy Wieland, Kenny Parker, Kid Gulliver, Kimmie's Song, Kin, Kristen Toedtman, Land of Escape, Larkin Poe, Laura Rain and The Caesers, Lead Me On, Leave Me Here, Lee Anna Atwell, Let It Roll, Lightspeed, Linda Hicks, Lindsay Beaver, Lindsay Lou, Living on Mars, Lost on the Range, Love has No Heart of It's Own, Love Isn't Fair, M French, Marching Orders, Marfa Lights, Mark Jewett, Matthew French, Mavis Staples, May Erlewine and The Motivations, Michael on Fire, Michael Snyder-Barker, Mick Clarke, Mike Gentry, Momma Liked to Fish, Native Harrow, Never to Part, Nick Piunti, Nick Urb and Olivia Dear Millerschin, Nightbird, No Control, NOLA to New York, Not About You, Nuages, Olivia, One Way, Our World to Save, Patient Man, Paul McCartney, Peculiar, Phil Ayoub, Phil Lee, Phil Maq, Philby Awards, Philbys, Phone Call, Please Don't Tell Me How to Dance, Poor Old Me, Red Letter Day, Rescue Me, Revolutions, Rich Man Blues, Ride the Black Wave, Riding Low (And Flying High), Robert Plant, Samantha Fish, Same Old 45, Sanctified, Sand, Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles, Sarah Jane Scouten, Sarah Morris, Say a Prayer, Secret Recipe, Serve, Sharon Tse, She's a Devil, Shines, Silver City, Singin', Skinny Lister, Smartphone, Soldier of Love, Someone to Pull the Trigger, Sounds Like Love, Soundtracks in the Sand, Southland, Spree, Step Right Up, Steve Leaf and The Ex-Pats, Stir Me Up, Stranded, Sugar, Sugar Snow, Suzi Quatro, Sweet Love, Tales From Earth Inc., Tales of Whoa, Tell Me, Tennessee Night, The Bankesters, The Bayonets, The Chordaes, The Claudettes, The Devil The Heart and The Fight, The Dirk Kroll Band, The Donkeys, The Dustbowl Revival, The Fall, The Forty Nineteens, The Gap of Dreams, The Garden of Soul, The Get Up and Go, The Hangabouts, The Liquid Scene, The New Pornographers, The Next Big Thing, The Open Sea Before Me, The Pennock/Stephens Project, The Piper in the Cave/An Ghaoth Aniar Aneas (The South-West Wind), The Ragbirds, The Rallies, The Ride, The Slackers, The Threshold and The Hearth, The View From Here, The Wag, The Whiskey Charmers, Think About You, This Broken Play, Three Miles From Avalon, Tony Pace, Tosha Owens, Tough As Love, Toward Home, Tragedy in A Minor, Until the End of Days, Upbeat, Walk With Me, Walk You Home, We Carry On, We Get By, We'll See Ourselves Out, We've Got Hate on the Run, What We Breathe In, What You're Made Of, When the Bloom Falls From the Rose, When They Fall, Where Dreamers Only Go Soundtrack, Where They Fall, Where's Keith, Whispers and Moans, Who Wants Cilla?, Will Ludford, Winter's Bone, Woodface Reimagined, You and Me and the Sun, You Better Stop, Your Dreams, Your Version of the Truth | Leave a comment

Unofficial Philby Best Albums of 2020 Countdown #8!!!

Posted on June 5, 2021 by PhilMaq

The cliché states that all good things must come to an end. Well, it holds true for “unofficial” Philby lists, too. Today’s post will be the last unofficial list for both songs or albums. Anything posted after today will be … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Philbys | Tagged All That's Real, Almost Ready for the Future, Boz Scaggs, Don Arbor, Echoes: Remembering the Music of Tom Petty, Everyone Comes from Somewhere, Gathering Sparks, Grievous Angel, Jeff Scott, Michael on Fire, NOLA to New York, Out of the Blues, Please Yourself, Prophetstown, Steady Heart, The Joedai Warriors, Tom Curless and The 46%, Vicki Emerson | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Albums, May 30, 2021

Posted on June 4, 2021 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 →