If there are two words that summarize Bob Dylan well, “Shadow Kingdom” fits the bill. The iconic artist is the master of the mysterious and shaping how he is seen by the public. With the […]
Tag: Folk
Sincerity Shines For Aerial East On ‘Try Harder’
The most beautiful parts of art are rooted in truth. It’s a well-crafted combination of honesty and empathy that lets the viewer nearly feel what it was like to be where the artist stood. No […]
Yasmin Williams’ Guitar Sings To Modern Folk On ‘Urban Driftwood’
I recently decided to get back into fingerpicking. So, I sent Paul Dixon, friend and composer of “The High Note” intro music, an email looking for some songs to learn. He then turned to his […]
Darlingside Wades In Natural Sounds On ‘Fish Pond Fish’
From the opening notes of “Woolgathering,” Darlingside takes listeners by the hand with harmonized vocals and leads them on a journey through flowing fields of folk. The combination of those voices is one the defining […]
Ray LaMontagne Has His Sights On His Legacy With ‘Monovision’
Coronavirus is messing with time and relatively for me. Or at least it seems that way. It’s November but it still feels like summer in South Jersey and July seems like it was last year, […]
The Wood Brothers Reap Imaginative Fields Of Folk On New Album
Folk-rock trio The Wood Brothers channel its freewheeling spirit into a focused force of imagination on the band’s seventh studio album, “Kingdom In My Mind” released Jan. 24 on Honey Jar and Thirty Tigers records. […]
Episode 24 – Originaire
Ken Shiles and Cibon, two-thirds of the Atlantic City acoustic folk band Originaire join The High Note podcast for this episode, recorded Saturday, Jan. 25 at Ventnor Coffee. We chat about the band’s debut EP […]
Episode 14 – Talkin’ Bob Dylan With Mum
Hop in the car with me and my mum as we talk about Bob Dylan following his show Saturday, Nov. 17 at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Neither one of us are […]
Bob Dylan Turns Myth Into Legend In Atlantic City
“I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.” – Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is a […]
Amos Lee Draws From Emotion And Challenges For ‘My New Moon’
I heard Amos Les recently say on “The Rights to Ricky Sanchez” that he is probably recognized more in Philadelphia for being a guest on the podcast than for his music. I hope he was joking […]