Tag Archives: Nikki James

2017 Philby Song Award Winners

Posted on December 30, 2017 by PhilMaq

Here is my official list for my favorite songs of 2017! There are more artists and more variety! Sometimes more doesn’t always mean “better.” But I think this is the best list yet for those reasons. The more music and … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby | Tagged "Blues of Desperation", "Change", "Eugene Hideaway" Bridges, "Just When You Think", "Leaving", "Make Me Over (Noddy Holder)", "One More Time", A Fragile Tomorrow, Ain't No Thinkin' When You're Drinkin', Alice Cooper, Alicia Marie, Alison Krauss, Always the Same, American Housewife, Angela Perley and The Howlin' Moons, Another Lifetime, Arjun, Auto-Pilot, Become, Best Behavior, Bill Edwards, Birth of Joy, Blood to Roam, Bobby Pennock, Brake Accelerator, Bring It On Home to Memphis, Building Birds, Chariot, Christa Gniadek, Come On Come On Come On, Coming Round, Common Union 59, Courtney Yasmineh, Crossing Borderline, Crossroad, Cut Me Down, Dave Caruso, Dawes, Detroit Boulevard, Detroit Strong, Diana Chittester, Dirty Bourbon River Show, Discrepancies, Don Arbor, Don't Call Me Darlin', Don't Let Me Win, Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya, downtown mystic, Dreaming of the Fallen Again, Dylan McDonald and The Avians, Each Season, Eddie's Song, Electricity, Eliza Neals, Emmylou Harris, Eric Gnezda, Everyone Comes from Somewhere, Feels So Good, Find My Way Home, Forsaken, Frank Bang and The Cook County Kings, George Stephen Kelly, get it right, Going to a Party, Gold, Greg Kihn, Gretchen's Wheel, Hallelujah, He Belongs to Me, He Did It, Heal My Wounds, Home, Hungry Heart, I Guess You Don't Miss That Like I Do, I Will Never Know, I'm Glad Trouble Don't Last Always, If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now, Is This America, It Ain't My Fault, It Serves Me Right, It Should Have Been Me, It's About Time, It's Alright, Jan King and Medicine Ball, Jen Sygit, Jeremy Porter, Jessica Lee Wilkes, Jillian Rae, Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas, Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights, Joe Bonamassa, Jon Pousette-Dart, Judy Banker, Kate Jablonski, King Tuff, Kristen Toedtman, Laura Rain and The Caesars, Losin' Your, Losing You, Love Is Love, Love Refrigerator, Lucky, Luke Winslow King, Lust and Lies, Make It Right, Mark Jewett, Mark Lavengood, Meet Me At the Bottom, Melody, Mental Health Day, Michael on Fire, Miles Below, Molly Felder, My City's On Fire, Mystery Sign, Nick Waterhouse, Nikki James, No Friends, Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line, Nothing Left, O My Soul, Oak City Roots, Olivia Millerschin, Paranormal, Passion, Pink Flamingos, Price Tag, Purple GTO, Queen Isabella, Rachel B, Rather Stay, Ray Kaan and Detroit Trouble, Red City Radio, Right on Time, River Blue, River of Time. Ian Feron, Rodney Crowell, Roy Rogers, Sad Sad Song, Samantha Fish, Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles, Sarah McQuaid, Scott Fab, Seconds, Set Me Free, Shame on Me, Shannon Lee, She Turns On, Shelter, Signal Flags, Silver Lining, Sinking Feeling, Sleater Kinney, Smile, Something's Going On, Song of the Lower Classes, Step Out of Line, Stupid with Your Love, The Accidentals, The Answer Was You, The Blues Don't Care, The Dirk Kroll Band, The Effort Award, The Garden of Soul, The Hangabouts, The Life I Got, The Pandys, The Pole Barn Rebels, The Record Company, The Steepwater Band, The Turnback, The Vegabonds, The Wag, The Whiskey Charmers, Things Inside, Thornetta Davis, Tommy Z, Tosha Owens, Try to Make It, Turn Around and Go, Under Control, Vanderberg's MoonKings, Victoria Reed, Voo Davis, Way Down Yonder, Wendy Webb, When You're The Only One, Where's Keith, Windborne, You Gotta Wait | Leave a comment

Philby Hot 100 Songs of 2017, Part 2, Wednesday, “Mid Day Theme Attic,” 2PM-4PM ET!!!

Posted on December 13, 2017 by PhilMaq

There are eight artists on this year’s list that have more than one award winning song! After spending some time with “Afternoon Jazz” with Mr. Jags from 12N-2PM ET, comes the second installment of this year’s “Philby Hot 100 Songs … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby, Uncategorized | Tagged Autopilot, Babes, Christa Gniadek, Dawes, Dirty Bourbon River Show, Emmylou Harris, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Jeremy Porter, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos with Jillian Rae, Jillian Rae, Kate Jablonski, King Tuff, Kristen Toedtman, Mental Health Day, Mr. Jags, Nikki James, Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line, Rodney Crowell, Sarah McQuaid, Signal Flags, The Hangabouts, The Steepwater Band, The Vegabonds, The Whiskey Charmers, Tommy Z | Leave a comment

Philby Best Albums of 2016

Posted on April 4, 2017 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 also had two laptops, one personal PC, and two … Continue reading →

Posted in Philby | Tagged "A Decade in the Shadows", "All Your favorite Bands", "Awkward Stage", "Blues of Desperation", "Eugene Hideaway" Bridges, "Good Times!", "Heal My Soul", "I Was Told There Would Be Pie", "If It Feels Good", "Leaving Boston", "Limbo", "Lollipop Motel", "Radio Sweetheart", "Radio", "Shake It Up", "Subcontinental Drift", "Sufficiently Rude", "The Album", "The Traveling Kind", "{Bad Church", 18th and Volstead, A Valentine to the Future, Above the Sweet Tea Line, American, And Then There Were Trollz, Andy and the Pandys, Angela Perley and The Howlin' Moons, Anwar Khurshid ", Aragon Mill, Are we there yet?, Arjun, Ashes and Dust, Beat the Champ, Best Behavior, Best Coast, Big Brother Smokes, Bill Berry, Birth of Joy, Black Moon Spell, Blizzard of Blues, Bob Malone, Bonnie Raitt, Building Birds, Built to Spill, California Nights, Capricorn, Choose to Be Human, Christa Gniadek, Christine Albert, Clavin Becker, Colorway, Consider the Source, Courtney Yasmineh, Cravity, Crazy Neighbors, Dawes, Detroit Johnny-O, Detroit Secrets, Devon Allman, Dig in Deep, Dirt, Dismal Swamp Lords, Do It: A Sloan Tribute", Dr. Hyperstein, Dragonfly, Drew Howard, Dylan McDonald and The Avians, Effort Award, Emmulou Harris, Eric Banaan, Eventually, Everlasting Arms, Everything's Beautiful Now, For Love and Spite, Frankie and the No-Go Road, From Prussia with Love, Fueled by Dreams of the Future, G S Harper, George Stephen Kelly, Get Well, Gigi Scott and Trouble Town, Give it Back to You, Gold, Good Luck Bad Karma, Great Caesar's Ghost, Happy Fangs, Happy Traum, Hey Mavis, Highly Irregular, HIllbilly Zen-Punk Blues, HIstories of Things, Hold on a Little Longer, Homemade Vision, I'm the boss, Ian McFeron, If a Tree Falls, Into the Wild Blue, James Houlahan, Jason Didner and The Jungle Gym Jam, Jeff Healey, Jen Houston, Jessica Lee Wilkes, Joe Bonamassa, John McKinley, Jon Pousette-Dart, Just for the Love of it, King Tuff, Kristen Toedtman, La Luz, Laith Al-Saadi, Latvian Radio, Laura Rain and The Caesars, Linda McRae, Little Vixen, Live at Roscoe's, Lone Wolf, Lucid, Luke Winslow King, Magic Kramer, Mark Schrok, Meremy Porter and the Tuccos, Michael Shimmin, Mick Clarke, Midnight Mist, Millon Sellers, Mojo Deluxe, Moonkings, Multitudes, Naturally, Nervous Germans, New Mexico Dirt, Nikki James, Oak City Roots, Outskirts of Love, Peter "Madcat" Ruth, Pins, Pole Barn Rebels, Rachel B, Radio Borges and The Broken Singles, Ragged and Dirty, Raina Randolph, Real, Red Letter Day, Redtenbacher's Funkestra, Reign of the West, Relaxtronaut, Reverend Freakchild, Revolutions, Rita Hosking, Rodney Crowell, Roy Rogers, Sally Barris, Samantha Fish, Sarah McQuaid, Shadow Trails, Shemekia Copeland, Shwizz, Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers, Sigrid Christiansen, Stumbling Towards the Light, Sultans of String, Super Heater, Surf Noir, Talk, Telamor, The 427s, The Black Sky Sequined, The Brother Brothers, The Grave Jinglers, The Last Internationale, The Liquid Scene, The Madcat Midnight Blues Journey, The Monkees, The Mountain Goats, The Power The Glory and The Monkey Time, The Records Company, The Road in Me, The Secrets, The Turnback, The Vaude Villains, These Curious Thoughts, Three Big Ones, Tommy Z, Untethered Moon, Up Close at Faraway Sound, Vandenberg's Moonkings, Voo Davis, Walking int White, Wampus Cat, Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth, Waves, We Will Reign, Weirdo Shrine, What I Did, Whistler's Father, Wild Heart, Wild Nights, Window on the World, World of Strangers, World War Trio Pts. 2 and 3, Xposed 4Heads, Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Albums, March 12, 2017

Posted on March 26, 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 →