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E.G. Phillips
@duckswithpants.bsky.social
songwriter w/ fake band; Bob Dylan with ♭5ths / lounge music somewhere between Tom Waits and TMBG; midwest in origin, 🌁 SF based; 🎵✍️ + Dr. Who🧣, maps 🗺, jazz 🎷, politics 😔; "too classic"

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Amazing news! The music video for my song "From the Corner of My Eye" was just selected by UNFRAMED - Music Video Festival via FilmFreeway

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December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Each track takes you somewhere different, sometimes through dreamy storytelling, other times through clever turns of phrase that make you smile."
— Cheers to the Viking

A new review of my "Travelogues" EP is out.

#americana #folkmusic #musicsky

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E.G. Phillips – Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues
E.G. Phillips’s new EP, “Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues” is like a small adventure wrapped in four songs. Each track takes you somewhere different, sometimes through dreamy s…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New song “The Beauty That Tastes of Ash” is primarily set in an isolated cabin where our protagonist’s survival appears to be precarious, though we do take a detour into the desert for a bit of ghoulishly tinged noir.

It’s part of this Saturday’s #Americana Gothic set at Bazaar Cafe.
#SanFrancisco
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
How is it that the world has gone so mad?
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Closing track to my Travelogues EP “Half My Age” has been selected by Pressed as a “puck of the week”

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#singersongwriter #folkmusic #americana #musicsky
Fresh Pressed: Hand-Picks of the Week - Pressed Orange
Weekly, we share our Fresh Pressed gems that deserve your support. From underground gems to rising hits, these selections are handpicked for their originality, energy,
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November 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More on the songs of the set for the upcoming “Americana Gothic” themed show at Bazaar Cafe —

The frontier and the border has long been a part of the American mythology and psyche what with Daniel Boone and Manifest Destiny and all that jazz.

#AmericanaMusic #singersongwriter
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
" a travel diary that feels both cinematic and deeply personal"
— Indie Emergente

An Argentinian music blog chimes in with their thoughts about my Travelogues EP — check it out:

#musicblog #singersongwriter #americanamusic #folkmusic #musicsky

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E.G. Phillips Maps the Absurd and the Sublime
Travelogues, San Francisco songwriter E.G. Phillips invites listeners on a cross-continental odyssey through deserts, diners, and the surreal corners of the ima
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October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The opening lines to the final chapter of my latest EP — a song called "Half My Age" — though the math involved isn't quite right these days.

Check it out here:

www.duckswithpants.com/travelogues....

#singersongwriter #Americana #folkmusic #travelogue
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Handful more additions to the Darker Side of Folk and Americana #playlist, including a lovely acoustic version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

Give it a follow.

#americanamusic #folkmusic

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The Darker Side of Folk and Americana
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October 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"...somewhere between poetry, cinema and the tender surrealism of an American dreamer."

French music publication Extravafrench writes a track by track review of my EP "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues"

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#musicsky #americana #altfolk #singersongwriter
Quatre escales musicales avec E.G. Phillips sur "Nashville Recordings Vol. 3: Travelogues" - EXTRAVAFRENCH
E.G. Phillips ne chante pas les voyages comme les autres. Il les tord, les rêve, les décompose jusqu’à en faire des paraboles poétiques — un peu comme si Tom Waits s’était perdu dans un carnet de myth...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"charming and complex...rustic and winsome"
— Lost In the Manor

British music blogger Lost In the Manor features my new EP opener "Nevada" along with new tracks by Graham Price Gift Shop and With Sun

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#americana #newmusic #folkmusic #altfolk
LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks, featuring Graham Price Gift Shop, E.G. Phillips, and With Sun! — Lost In The Manor
These LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks are all about remaining appreciative of what’s around you; featuring Graham Price Gift Shop, E.G. Phillips, and With Sun!
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October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"a plush song. It is luminous and full of life."
— The Whistling Traveler

My Travelogues track "Nevada" gets featured with a trio of alt-folk artists including Sophie B Hawkins doing acoustic versions of her songs from 1994's "Whaler."

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This Week's 'Spring Folklore' is Fresh with Alt Folk Gems
Her latest release is the ‘Whaler Re-Emerging’ album, a collection speculating on the acoustic versions of her 1994 album, ‘Whaler’. ‘Right Beside You (Acoustic)’ introduces it with dreamy alt folk in...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Check out the lyric video for "Nevada" — the opening track off my latest EP "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues" — a jazz/alt rock mash up of song about a dream of escaping to the desert in "the key of fun"

#americana #songwriter #newmusic #musicsky #lyricvideo

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Nevada (lyric video)
YouTube video by E.G. Phillips
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October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"a beautifully crafted narrative that touches on melancholy, irony, surrealism, and more, while also traveling between reality and myth."
— Os Garotos de Liverpool on my latest EP

For Portuguese readers, here's the full review:
www.osgarotosdeliverpool.com.br/2025/10/eg-p...

#americana, #musicsky
E.G. Phillips apresenta uma coletânea de contos de viagens no EP "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues"
Vindo de San Francisco, Estados Unidos, esse é um artista que aparece por aqui pela primeira vez, com um trabalho revelado na última sexta-f...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"... it is an itinerary of memory and dream—a journey that, like any true departure, leaves behind an indelible mark"

French magazine @iggymag.bsky.social reviews "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues"

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#Americana #singersongwriter #folkrock #musicsky
E.G. Phillips dévoilé “Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues”
Avec Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues, E.G. Phillips poursuit son exploration des paysages sonores où la géographie devient prétexte à l’introspection. L’auteur-compositeur de San Francisco s...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"...moments of raw rock energy... flashes of jazz phrasing... a sound that’s both rustic and refined, timeless yet undeniably modern"
​— We Write About Music

Review of "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues" by @wewriteaboutmusic.bsky.social
#musicsky

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E.G. Phillips takes listeners on a whimsical ride with “Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues”
With Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues, songwriter and storyteller E.G. Phillips proves once again that he’s operating in a lane entirely his own, a strange, beautiful stretch of highway where...
www.wewriteaboutmusic.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"... a tight, cohesive set of songs that reveal just how far his storytelling can stretch. The result feels like a road trip where every detour leads to a new revelation."

"Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues" gets a review by "We Write About Music"

www.wewriteaboutmusic.com/reviews/eg-p...
E.G. Phillips takes listeners on a whimsical ride with “Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues”
With Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues, songwriter and storyteller E.G. Phillips proves once again that he’s operating in a lane entirely his own, a strange, beautiful stretch of highway where...
www.wewriteaboutmusic.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
One of the tracks from latest EP has landed on the Music Victory Folk music #playlist

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Music Victory 🎶✌ Folk 🕺💃
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October 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New EP out for your streaming pleasure: spotify.link/hcWS1eCUwXb
Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues
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October 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My latest EP is now out on #bandcamp — a collection of travel related songs from the back catalogue:

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#folkmusic #songwriter #americana
Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues, by E.G. Phillips
4 track album
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October 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My EP "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues" comes out this Friday.

Owing to the accordion and the trumpets, this release has a bit of #TexMex flair in the overall #Americana / #progrock stew.

#songwriter #newmusic
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
More additions to "The Darker Side of Folk and #Americana" #playlist including:

- Rhiannon Giddens
- Iron & Wine
- The Wailin' Jennys
- Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
- Carolina Chocolate Drops

Check it out and give it a follow.

#musicsky #folkmusic #darkfolk

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The Darker Side of Folk and Americana
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October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Woo Hoo! "Folk Punk Night" made SF Fun Cheap!

Swing by Bazaar Cafe if you're in #SanFrancisco this Saturday

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"Folk Punk Night" at Bazaar Cafe (SF)
Maybe Acoustic Irreverence Is The Real Punk Rock ​ Me & My House is a project of SF singer-songwriter Darren Midkiff. Darren draws inspiration from
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October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM