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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

The Hot 100 Songs of 2016

Posted on January 31, 2017 by PhilMaq

Here is my official list for my favorite songs of 2016! There’s 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 artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Phil's Faves: Songs, Philby | Tagged "A Long Way Home", "All I Got Is Now, "All Your favorite Bands", "Already Gone", "Angels of the Ice", "Awkward Stage", "Bags of Cool", "Blowing in the Wind", "Chaperone", "Clear", "Don't You Let Them Win", "Easy Listening", "Fall in California", "Five Days a WeeK", "Higher Mountains", "I've Been Blue", "Jackdaw's Rising", "Last Paycheck", "Livin' the Good Life", "Looking for the Blues", "No One Here But Us Bones", "Nod", "Save All Monsters", "Talking About Me", "Temptation", "The Devil Does the Driving", "Tugboats", "You Can't Say We Didn't Try", 21 Miles to Barstow, A Better Day, Angela Perley and The Howlin' Moons, Anwar Khurshid ", Audra Kubat, Avid Dancer, Baby It's You, Backwoods Royalty, Best Coast, best songs of 2016, Bill Berry, Blue Midnight, Bob Malone, Bonnie Raitt, Broken Lullaby, Building Birds, Colorway, Come and Find It, Cornell Kinderknecht, Courtney Yasmineh, Crazy Love, Criminal Style, Dawes, Deane Nesbitt Jr, Detroit Secrets, Dismal Swamp Lords, Divorcee, Does You No Good to Be Good, Don Arbor, Downriver Dan, Dylan McDonald and The Avians, Dylan Sires and Neighbors, Emmylou Harris, Fake A Way, Five Fingertips, Flint Talkin' Blues, G S Harper, Gigi Scott and Trouble Town, Girl I'm not Afraid, Go Ahead Baby, Green Eyes, Groove's Too Shallow, Happy Birthday Major Tom, Hear You Me, Heather Robb, Heaven Sent, Here Comes Your Man, hot 100 songs of 2016, I ain't holding back, I See Storms, I Wanna Be Alone, I'm On FIre, I'm the boss, In My Neighborhood, Is It Wrong, It Shook Me Up, J. D. McPherson, Jeff Healey, Jen Houston, Jennifer Westwood and The Handsome Devils, Jessica Lee Wilkes, Jill Jack, Jill Suttie, Jillian Rae, Jo Serrapere and The LaFawndas, Joe Bonamassa, Joel Levise, John McKinley, Jubilee Riots, Jubilee Roots, Keep On Truckin', Keep the Door Cracked Open, La Luz, Lasting Effect, Lessica Lee Wilkes, Let Me Fall, Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, Love Like Crazy, Love You More, Love's Despair, Luke Winslow King, Magic Kramer, Make Me Divine, Marble Falls, Martin McCall, Melancholy Mind, Million Out of Me, Million Sellers, Miniboone, Natives, Nervous Germans, Nobody But You, Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line, Not The One, November, Oak City Roots, On My Honor, One Step Up, Phil Maq, Philby, Philby Music Awards, Pins, Rachel B, Raina Rudolph, Ransom and The Subset, Red Letter Day, Reverend Freakchild, Rita Hosking, Rodney Crowell, Roy Rogers, Ryan Allen and His Extra Arms, Sabre, Sarah McQuaid, Senioritis, Shame, She Makes Me Laugh, Shine On, Simmer, Slave, Smoke in the Rear View Mirror, Space Heater, Spots of Time, Stone Tree Fairy, Sultans of String, Superlungs My Supergirl, Surfer Blood, Sweet Angel, Swing That Thing, Take Me Away, The BoDeans, The Brother Brothers, The Cycle, The Effort Award, The Effot Award, The Grave Jinglers, The Hangabouts, The Hawk, The Last Internationale, The Monkees, The Prime Ministers, The Relatives, The Rutles, The Secrets, The Turnback, This Train, Tino G, Tommy Z, Tooth and Bone, Trying Times, Unintended Consequence of Love, Unsteady, Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth, Wendy Webb, Whister's Father, White Doves, Why Did I Leave You Behind, Workin' for the Man, Wouthern Side of Me, Xposed 4Heads, You and I, You Bring the Summer, Young Girls, Young Statues | Leave a comment

Best Music Videos of 2014

Posted on February 6, 2015 by PhilMaq

This year end category is usually pretty simple but may be the most difficult to do correctly. It has to be a match between music imagery and a visual perspective. Rarely is it done to a point that it actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Phil's Faves: Videos | Tagged All About That Bass, Ashes, Best Music Videos of 2014, Blank Space, Brad Paisley, Day Drinking, Girl in a Country Song, Heartbeat, It Can't Be That Simple, Jillian Rae, Little Big Town, Maddie & Tae, Meghan Trainor, Phil Maq, Phil's Faves: Videos, River Bank, Secret Colours, Shake it off, Taylor Swift, The Belle Brigade, The Honeyrunners, Under Control | Leave a comment

The Hot 100 Songs of 2014

Posted on January 13, 2015 by PhilMaq

I am very proud and honored to share my Top 100 songs of 2014! Each one means a lot to me, and I feel they have made the world a better place. Congratulations to all of the artists, songwriters, producers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul McCartney, Phil's Faves: Songs | Tagged 1989, A Science Experiment, Alcool, All About That Bass, Animals, Atlas, Baby Ruthless, Back on Track, Bad Self Portraits, Beer...and Booty!, Bend Sinister, Bill Grogan's Goat, Billy Brandt & The Sugaree's, Billy Brandt and the Sugaree's, Birth of Joy, Black Gold, Black Pistol Fire, Blank Space, Blue Baby Blue, Bones, Booty Call, Bruce Springsteen, C' que T'es Belle, Call to the Moon, Cement Shoes, Chris Emmerson, City Slicker, Corp Safe, Crazy Blues, David Reinstein, Dead Man Walkin', Debout Les Morts, Denial, Devil's Delight, Dime, Dimestore Heartthrob, Don't Waste Your Life, Drank Beer Got Drunk Went to Jail, Duffy Kane, EP II, Erez, Ernest Troost, Fathom Lane, Fault Line, Feather-Bright, Food Fight, Free to Be You and Me, Fun with Hydrangeas, Gavin Mee, George From Across the Street, Germs, Get to the Sun, Gladshot, Good Egg!, Gustafer Yellowgold, Had to be Near You, Hangin' On, He Was Strange but I Needed a Ride, Heartbeat, Helpless, Here Between, High Hopes, Hold Me, Hold Me Close, Hope for the Future, Hush or Howl, Hypnotic Eye, I Always Get Lucky With You, I Got A Man, I Got Love, Idyllwild, In A Heartbeat, It's So Easy From Far Away, Jan King, Jan King and Medicine Ball, Jason Didner, Jillian Rae, Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights, Just Like a Bird, Just Like Fire Would, Justine, Kids Place, L'Amour, La Quete, Lake Street Drive, Let Her Down, Let's Go Outside, Linda Doherty, Lindsay Lou & The Fatbellys, Longtime Boogie, Love me Anyway, Lovin' Heart, Lucky, Mac Abbe' et Le Zombie Orchestra, Mad Men, Magnificent Desolation, Mark Lavengood, Maxwell's Cool Demon, Meemantras, Megan Trainor, Mia Dyson, Mick Clarke, Mosquito Girls, Muse, No Harm Blues, No Part of Nothin', O Love, Of Clocks and Clouds, On The Spot, Out of My Head, Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, Particles, Paul McCartney, Perfect Day, Phil Maq, Phil's Faves, Positive Distraction, Pretty White Pantsuit, Prisoner, Radin, Randy Tessier, Real Estate, Roadhouse Boogie Woogie, Rock Show, Rosewater, Ruby Keeps Burning, Ruby Keeps Burning Demos, Run Rabbit Run, Sara Jean Kelley, Second Wind, Secret Colours, See Ya Later Alligator, September, Seventeen, Shadow, Shake it off, Shootin' Beer Cans Off My Fence, Shotgun Wedding, Simon Townshend, Smoked Ham Blues, So Real, Steady Light, Stop Your Crying, Sugar Down, Sunny Afternoon, Suzi Shelton, Suzy Boggus, Suzy Bogguss, Swingin' the Night Away, Talkin' "Bout Love, Taylor Swift, Teacher, The Best of You, The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy, The Dives, The Hatchetmen, The Honeyrunners, The Hot 100 Song List, The Life I Live, The Mind is Dreaming of Us All, The Rich Hands, The River Jordan, The Runnin' Kind, The Time is Now, The Waiting Place, This Kind of Week, Thought Balloon, Through the Week, Tight Black Dress, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Travis Whitelaw, Tripping Souls, Under Control, Use Me Up, We're Big We're Small, Weary Traveler, Wedding Day, Welcome to the Planet, When We're Older, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wisdom of Tooth, Wonderin', You, You Go Down Smooth, Young Love | Leave a comment

Preface for The Hot 100 List of 2014!

Posted on January 11, 2015 by PhilMaq

When I was growing up, the thing that made the holidays tolerable was the year-end lists, usually a list of songs from 80 (CKLW) to 113 (WKNR). I would be riveted to the radio listening to the playback of songs … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged CKLW, Phil Maq, WKNR | Leave a comment

Best Albums of 2014

Posted on December 15, 2014 by PhilMaq

Well, folks, here it is. The moment you’ve all been waiting for! I’ve listened to a ton of great music this year and took great pains to pick my favorites. Not only are they ranked, but they are the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Phil's Faves: Albums | Tagged "Weird Al" Yankovic, 1989, A Chance at Forever, A Science Experiment, Animals, Atlas, Bad Self Portraits, Beer...and Booty!, Bend Sinister, Best Albums of 2014, Bill Grogan's Goat, Billy Brandt and the Sugaree's, Birth of Joy, Black Pistol Fire, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Emmerson, Crazy Blues, David Reinstein, Dead Man Walkin', Different Shades of Blue, Dime, Don't Waste Your Life, Duffy Kane, EP II, Everyone's Invited!, Fathom Lane, Feather-Bright, Girls Like Us, Gladshot, Good Egg!, Heartbeat, Here Between EP, High Hopes, Hold Me Close, Hush or Howl, Hyper Lytics, Hypnotic Eye, Idyllwild, In A Hearbeat, It's So Easy From Far Away, Jan King and Medicine Ball, Jason Didner and The Jungle Gym Jam, Jillian Rae, Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights, Joe Bonamassa, Joe King Carrasco Y El Molino, Lake Street Drive, Laura Doherty, Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, Lucky, Mac Abbe' et Le Zombie Orchestra, Magnificent Desolation, Mandatory Fun, Mark Lavengood, Maxwell's Cool Demon, Mia Dyson, Mick Clarke, Nathan Roberts and The New Birds, New Roots Exchange Vol 1, No Part of Nothin', Particles, Phil Maq, Phil's Faves: Albums, Pins, Positive Distraction, Pretty Music for Pretty People, Prisoner, Protomartyr, Randy Tessier, Real Estate, Red Tail Ring, Rosewater, Ruby Keeps Burning, Ruby Keeps Burning Demos, Rucca, Sara Jean Kelley, Second Wind, Secret Colours, Shotgun Wedding, Song in My Head, Suzy Bogguss, Taylor Swift, The Dead Milkmen, The Dives, The Fletchers, The Honeyrunners, The Hot Sardines, The Jane Shermans, The String Cheese Incident, The Time is Now, The Tripping Souls, The Waiting Place, This, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Travis Whitelaw, Under Color of Official Right, Vic Ruggerio, Welcome to the Planet | Leave a comment

The Belle Brigade, David Bowie, and Ash Gray and The Girls for Your “Ash Wednesday!”

Posted on March 5, 2014 by PhilMaq

A very cool video of a brand new song kicks off today’s Ash Wednesday fun! Check out Ashes by The Belle Brigade: It’s always good to look back while looking forward. Here’s Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie: And here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Video "Q"sings | Tagged Ash Gray and the Girls, Ash Wednesday, Ashes, Ashes to Ashes, Born in the Summer, David Bowie, Phil Maq, The Belle Brigade, Video Q Sings | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 23, 2014

Posted on March 2, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All of Me, Ann Arbor, Burn, Chillin' It, Christina Perri, Cole Swindell, Danielle Bradley, David Nail, Drew Lawhorn, Ellie Goulding, Eric Paslay, Friday Night, Happy, Heartbeat, Human, Jillian Rae, Joe Overton, John Legend, Michigan, Nick DiSebastian, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, Pharrell Williams, Phil Maq, Phil's Faves: Videos, The Ark, The Heart of Dixie, Top 10 music videos of the week, Whatever She's Got | Leave a comment

Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 16, 2014

Posted on March 2, 2014 by PhilMaq

Posted in Phil's Faves: Videos | Tagged All of Me, Ann and Rod Capps, Ann Arbor, Burn, Chillin' It, Christina Perri, Cole Swindell, Danielle Bradley, David Nail, Ellie Goulding, Eric Paslay, Friday Night, Happy, Heartbeat, Human, Jillian Rae, John Legend, Michigan, My Folky Valentine, Pharrell Williams, Phil Maq, Phil's Faves: Videos, The Ark, The Heart of Dixie, Top 10 music videos of the week, Whatever She's Got, Wild Ponies | Leave a comment

Bessie Smith, Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah, Sasheer Zamata, The Polish Muslims, Ken Nicol and Mary Drake Supply Some Video Fun!!

Posted on February 26, 2014 by PhilMaq

The newest member of my Hall of Fame is a female blues pioneer who had a major influence on many female performers–Janis Joplin, in particular. She died in 1937, but here is a rare film performance of Bessie Smith singing … Continue reading →

Posted in Hall of Fame, The Beatles, Video "Q"sings | Tagged Bessie Smith, Black History Month, Detroit, female blues pioneer, Hall of Fame, Hamtramck, Janis Joplin, Jay Pharoah, Ken Nicol, Kenan Thompson, Louis Blues, Mardi Gras, Mary Drake, Paczki, Paczki Day, Phil Maq, Polish, polkas, Sasheer Zamata, St, the beatles, The Lichtensteiner Polka, The Polish Muslims, Turbo Accordions, Video Q Sings, Yesterday | Leave a comment

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Philby 100 Best Albums of 2017

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Best Music Videos of 2014

The Hot 100 Songs of 2014

Preface for The Hot 100 List of 2014!

Best Albums of 2014

The Belle Brigade, David Bowie, and Ash Gray and The Girls for Your “Ash Wednesday!”

Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 23, 2014

Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 16, 2014

Bessie Smith, Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah, Sasheer Zamata, The Polish Muslims, Ken Nicol and Mary Drake Supply Some Video Fun!!

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