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Philby Best Albums of 2021

Posted on December 31, 2022 by PhilMaq

Ok. I’ll admit it. The year end Philby post release could use some tightening up. On the eve of starting my 2023 list, I have literally run of time for posting my Philby Best Albums of 2021 list. Everyone who … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby, Philbys | Tagged 11 Guys Quartet, 2Bit Palomino, A Highway Cruise, After You, All the Ladies, Along Song Book, Amilia K. Spicer, and Other Joedai Pilgrims, Another Sky, At King Electric, Bad Camper, Bang at the Door, Bark and the Pack, Be Here Now, Before Me, Ben Levin, Bent Frets, Beside Me, Between Here and There, Bill Edwards, Black Pistol Fire, Call the Shots, Carl Caballero, Chapter 3, Charlie Walmsley, Chevy Town, Chris Youlden, Closing Time, Cold Tone Harvest, Collaboration, Come Summer, Cowboys and Aliens, Dan Bubien and The Delta Struts, Dave and Kristi, Davy Knowles, Deadbeat Graffiti, DeeCRACKS, Diamonds in the Rust, Discount Cowboy, Dolph Chaney, Donna Herula, Downtime, Duel, Eric Harrison, Eve's Twin Lover, Fable Bait, Free Yourself Up, George Stephen Kelly, Gerard Smith, Gogol Bordello, Gratitude, Green Denim, Heather Pierson, Helene Cronin, Hour of the Wolf, In the Corner, Incognito, Into a World Bright and Beautiful, Iron City, J.P. Reali, Jan Krist, Jay Elle, Jeff Karoub, Jeff Slate, Jimmy Carpenter, Jo Serrapere and The Wille Dunns, Joanie Leeds, John Mayall, Johnny Iguana, Johnny Iguana's Chicago Spectacular, Jon Shain, Julianne Ankley, Kate Hinote Trio, Katherine Moller, Kelly's Lot, Kelsey Waldon, Kenny Young and The Eggplants, Kiss the Tiger, Lake Street Dive, Lauren Crane, Life in the City, Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials, Linda Hicks, Liz E. Brooks, Lockdown Live, London Calling: A Toast to Julie London, Lonesome for a Long Time, Looking for a Perfect Trip, Lost and Found, Lullabies in an Ancient Tongue, Lyn Stanley, Makin' Honey, Mark Jewett, Marty and Laura, Marty and Laura Kohn, Mary Ann Kirt, Matt Watroba, Michael Johnathon, Michael Snyder-Barker, Mick Clarke, Mike Latini, Mike Ward, MK II, Myths and Mortals, Near, Nell and Jim Band, Never Found a Way to Tame the Blues, New Roaring Twenties, Nick Piunti and The Complicated Men, Niecie, Nobody Told Me, Not Made for Hire, Odds Lane, Old Ghosts and Lost Causes, On a Canvas Painted Blue, One of These Days, Ordinary Joe, Organisms, Pat Smilie, Pieces Break, Plantastic Voyage, Plug in and Play, Random Rex, Ray Bonneville, Refuge, Rick Hromdka, Ride the Wave, Ringo Starr, Robin Hood, Rod Johnson, Ruth and Max Bloomquist, Sarah McQuaid, Sarah Morris, Scott Fab, Secondus, Seekers and Finders, Serious Issues, Seven Stars Around the Moon, Small Blues and Grooves, Someday Soon Somehow, Songs for An American Hero, Soul Doctor, Spirit of 74, Steel, Steve Taylor, Sublunar Minds, Sultans of String, Suzi Moon, Tea and Tunes, The Armoires, The Bennett Brothers, The Big Sound of Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials, The Darkness and The Light, The Dirk Kroll Band, The Doug McDonald Quartet, The Far Si: The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing, The Forty Nineteens, The Joedai Warriors, The Legal Matters, The Lucky One, The New Zeitgeist, The Outsider, The Pirate, The Regulators, The Satin Cowboy and The Seven Deadly Sins, The St. Buryan Sessions, The Stan Laurels, The Stone Souls, The Whole Half, The Wreckage, There Is No Light Without the Dark, Thieves and Yesterday, Things I Dream About, This Is Dolph Chaney, Thorton Creek, Tom Alter, Tommy Z, Tonight at Johnnie's Speakeasy, Transitions D'eau, Travis Bowlin, Trio of Awesuhm, Trippin' Dinosaurs, Trouble With a Capital T, Turkuaz, Vandenberg's Moonkings, Vicious Kid, Victor V. Gurbo, Victor V. Gurbo and Co., Warriors, What You Love Comes Along, Whiskey, White Noise/White Lines, Whole Cloth, With Love From Lake Huron, Wolf B. Reuter, Would It Be the Same?, Wow and Flutter, Zombies, Zoom In | Leave a comment

The Philby Hot 100 Songs of 2021!!!

Posted on November 27, 2022 by PhilMaq

So, let me tell ya a little story. Somewhere around the middle of August, everything for the Philby Hot 100 Songs of 2021 was in a position to wrap up and post. Everything was prepped and just needed some finishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby, Philbys | Tagged 4:30, All We Ever Have Is Now, Almost Ready for the Future, Always in Between, American Beauty, Amy Petty, Analise, and Other Joedai Pilgrims, Angela Perley, Angels Fly, Arnold Mitchem, Bad Babe, Be a Good Girl, Beautiful, Becki Digregorio, Before Me, Ben Levin with Bob Corritore, Berlin, Better Than Gold, Bill Edwards, Bill Grogan's Goat, Billy Brandt and the Sugaree's, Biltmore, Black Patch, Bobby Pennock, Born Again, Boss Hog, Boz Scaggs, Bright Lights, Buffalo Motel, Built to Break, Call the Shots, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Cindy Ruenes, CJ Ramone, Collaboration, Consolation Prize, Control, Cool King Chris, Cowboys and Aliens, Daddy's Wheels, Dangerous Love, Dave Karchner, Diamonds in the Rust The Whole Half, Dichotomy of Disbelief, Did It All, Don't Think, Don't Worry, Driving Friend, Eggtones for Fun, Elsewhere, Eric Gnezda, Erica Blinn, Erin Zindel, Escape Route, Every Day, Fight Another Day, Fire and Flame, First Words, Foolish Heart, For the Dirt, Gary Browe, Give It Away Again, Go To Girl, Gogol Bordello, Got Me Glued, Graveyard Train, HannaH's Field, Hard Times, Harry's Place, Heathcote Hill, Here, Here Comes Love, High Times in the Dark, Hope, Hour of the Wolf, House of the Rising Sun, How Will You Go?, I Can't Be Who You Want Me to Be, I Feel Like My Old Self, I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying, I Will Make My Nest High Up, If I, If You Only Knew, In Your Own Sweet Time, Inland Isle, Into a Future Bright and Beautiful, Invicta, It's Happening Here, It's Not Contagious, J.C. and The Disciples, Jackpot!, Jeff Scott with Smoke Jones, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos with Jennifer Westwood, Jesus on the Dash, Jillian Rae, Joanna and The Jaywalkers, Johnny Irion, Johnny Mastro and Mama's Boys, Jordi, Jubilant Bridge, Judy Banker, Karen Nash, Karolina Rose, Karyn Oliver A List of Names, Keep Diggin', Kelsey Waldon, Kevin Lockhart and Bill Bosler, Kingfish, Latvian Radio, Learn, Life Out of Control, Light Magic, Lightspeed, Linden Thoburn, Lindsay Beaver, Lindsay Lou Southland, Little Miss Night and Day, Lonesome City, Lonesome Town, Long Drives, Long Way Back, Losing Touch, Lost on the Range, Love and Justice, Love's Middle Name, Lovely, Lucky Rocks, Lucrecia Lopez Sanz, M Matthew French, M.J. Bishop, Make Up Your Mind, Makoto, Mark Jewett, Marvin Etzioni, Maybe I Will See You at the End of the World, Mental Health Day, Michael Snyder-Barker, Mike Galbraith, Mike Ward, Moon on Havana, My Mother Gave the World to Me, Never Let You Go, Never Trust the Living, Nina and the Buffalo Riders, No Drop of Love (Is Ever Wasted), No Way to Live, Nora Jane Struthers, North Country, November Rain, Nuthin' to Me, Object Permanence, On and On, One Month in the Hole, Only Humans, Open My Eyes, Out of the Blues, Outside of This Town, Paradigm Shift, Peculiar, Pirates, Please Don't Tell Me How to Dance, Popular Creeps, Power Thru, Quarantine Dream, Radar Contact, Radiant, Real Love, Red Sky Remembers, Revolutionary Soldiers, Revolutions and Romantics Long Gone, Rick Mummey with Warriors, River of Tears, Riverside, Robert Stark, Robin Tucker, Sam Corbin, Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles, Save All My Cryin' for Sunday Afternoon, Scarecrow, Scenes From the Fragile Agile Avian World, Scott Greeson with Warriors, Scott Martin, Secondus, Seekers and Finders, Seth Bernard, Seven Worthies...of the Bamboo Grove, Shoelace Ring, Show Them It's True, ShwizZ ShwizZ II, Snake Wine, Solo, Some Better Days, Sounds Like Love, Southland, Spirit of the Island, Split Decision, Starcrossed Losers, Steve Leaf and The Ex-Pats, Steve Sterner and Sundown, Storyline, Strawberry Heritage, Stuck in a Rhyme, Stuck in Orbit, Sublunar Minds, Sugar Snow, Summer in a Bottle, Suzi Moon, Sweet Love, Sweet Marie, Sydney Sprague, Tales of Whoa, Talk to Me, Terri Binion, Territorial Chant, Territorial chant 6, The Claudettes, The Cordial Sins, The Darkness and The Light, The Darkness of Birds, The Day After the Night Before, The Dreams That Are Waiting for Us, The Fratellis, The Hewry Highwayman, The Lucky One, The Open Sea Before Me, The Original Swing, The Power of Love, The Sea Versus the Mountain, The Simon Kennedy Band, The Slackers, The Stone Souls, The Things That Matter, The Transparent Tones, The Warning, The Way Out, The Whiskey Charmers, Then There Was You, Third Eye, This Morning, Time Flies By, Time Goes By, Time Has Changed Us, Tin Sparrow, Tom Curless and The 46%, Tom Faia and Kate Miller, Too Cold to Cry, Tosha Owens, Tough As Love, TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds, Tracy Kash Fierce, Train to Nowhere, Transit Method, Travis Bowlin, Trio of Awesuhm, Trust Somebody, Turn My Heat On, Turn Up Your TV, Ultra Sound, Upstairs Party, Valerie JanLois, Vegas Strip Kings, Vicky Emerson, Wake Me Up When the Wind Dies Down, Waterbound, We Won't Get Out of Here Alive, Wendy Webb, When She Smiles, White Lines/White Noise, Wild Ponies, Wolf B. Reuter, Woodface Reimagined, Wrong Side of Right, Xposed 4Heads, You Could Be Anywhere, Zombies | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Songs, September 11, 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by PhilMaq

This is 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Phil's Faves: Songs | Tagged Barker and Broski, Boomerang, Buckle Up Buttercup, Chris Broski, Diana Chittester, Eleanor Rigby, George Stephen Kelly, Hit the Road, In the Middle, Jimmy Carpenter, Kate Hinote Trio, Life in the City, Lofi Roulette, Michael Snyder-Barker, Miss Sophie Lee and The Parish Suites, My Forever Your Always, Never Been So Blind, No Memory, Ordinary Things, Paradox, Sarah Morris, Shawn Adam Williams, Soul Doctor, Superstatic, The Ballad of Billy Bob and Other Generic American Folklore, The Power The Glory and The Monkey Time: Redux 2020, Tom Curless, Traverse This Universe, Turkuaz, Under the Moon, Your Gracious Host | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Albums, May 29, 2022

Posted on June 3, 2022 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 →