It’s St. Patrick’s Day so that means the luck of the Irish is with you and it’s also New Music Friday so that means The High Note is going to dive into all the new […]
Author: Shaun Smith
The War and Treaty Puts Marriage In The Spotlight ‘Lover’s Game’
Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter sing about the ins and outs of love with truth and harmony which is why they are better known as the dynamite duo The War and Treaty. Based in […]
New Music Friday, March 10, 2023
The weather has decided to turn back to winter for New Music Friday, March 10, 2023 so let’s warm up with all the new albums released today. I’m starting off with Miley Cyrus, who continues […]
Jen Cloher Is In Sync With Nature On ‘I Am The River, The River Is Me’
Australian singer-songwriter Jen Cloher combines folk storytelling and 90s pop-rock vibes on her fifth album “I Am The River, The River Is Me.” Released 3 March 2023 via Milk! Records, Clother wrote the album during […]
New Music Friday, March 3, 2023
It’s the first New Music Friday of March and the music calendar is living up to the old saying of roaring in like a lion with the new albums released today, Friday, March 3, 2023. […]
Episode 34 – Keller Williams and Steve Poltz
Keller Williams and Steve Poltz are both accomplished singer-songwriters individually who together have performed a “Shut the Folk Up and Listen” series across America. They join me for a conversation about their careers, folk music […]
New Music Friday, Feb. 24, 2023
I can’t believe it’s the last New Music Friday for the month of February and despite the groundhog’s prediction of six more weeks of winter, the musical calendar is heating up with new albums released […]
Billy Strings Winter Tour Brings The Heat To Atlantic City
Atlantic City can seem a little bit more south than Jersey and when Billy Strings brought his bluegrass tour to town for three nights last week, fans of the genre sprouted like seedlings. Strings, the […]
New Music Friday, Feb. 17, 2023
Valentine’s Day has love in the air and The High Note is always singing “Friday, I’m in Love” because that is when a fresh batch of new albums are released each week and Feb. 17, […]
Black Belt Eagle Scout Takes Listeners Home on ‘The Land, The Water, The Sky’
For some reason, I’m drawn to singer-songwriters that take on monikers that make them sound larger than themselves. Dashboard Confessional, Little Boots and of course The Tallest Man On Earth come to mind. Now, I’m […]