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Category: Music Reviews
Album and song reviews
Joan Shelley Takes A Spark From Home To Fuel ‘The Spur’
I think one of the greatest gifts and curses in the world is having a good memory. There are so many things that I wished I could forget that I even have refused to watch […]
New Music Friday, May 27, 2022
It may be Memorial Day weekend but The High Note isn’t taking off for New Music Friday, so here are all the fresh tunes released May 27, 2022 to keep things hopping during your holiday. […]
Mallrat Breaks New Ground On Debut Album “Butterfly Blue”
For the past five years, I have been hanging on to the releases by Australian singer-songwriter Mallrat as she has dripped them out in the form of short-form EPs. The Brisbane-born Grace Shaw has been […]
Belle and Sebastian Stay True To Form On ‘A Bit Of Previous’
Call it a combination of the Covid-era, old age and the 90s holding steady in pop culture but I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. It doesn’t take much to send me down the rabbit hole of […]
The Head And The Heart Explores An Ocean Of Sound On ‘Every Shade Of Blue’
For a long time, blue was my favorite color. I really loved the calming nature of the ocean and the sky and for a while there, it seemed like I was seeing blue everywhere I […]
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Sends Up Its Freak Flag On ‘Omnium Gatherum’
Artists never know when they are going to reach their peak potential or how history will judge their career. There is no guessing where that next wellspring of creativity is going to come from or […]
New Music Friday, April 15, 2022
With spring holidays upon us, The High Note has all the freshest new music to fuel your travel or to drop on the dinner table when you’re clearing plates with all the newest albums released […]
Girl Talk recruits Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T. and Smoke DZA for ‘Full Court Press’ Return
In an earlier blog, I talked about spontaneous compassion – a concept where a person acts on the impulse of contacting someone they think about. It happened to me soon after when a friend from […]
Molly Tuttle And Golden Highway Craft A Homesick Bluegrass Masterpiece With ‘Crooked Tree’
With her lightning-quick picking and heartfelt vocals, Molly Tuttle makes a fast and memorable impression. A lifelong musician who grew up playing guitar in her family band The Tuttles in San Francisco, California, she has […]