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 […]
Author: Shaun Smith
New Music Friday, April 29, 2022
The last New Music Friday of the month of April contains a spring bounty of new albums all released on Friday, April 29, 2022. At the top of my list is multi-instrumentalist producer Toro y […]
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 22, 2022
We’re celebrating Earth Day here in the High Note studios which is located in hazy Atlantic City, New Jersey where marijuana is now legal for adults, so that may make April 21, a holiday here […]
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 […]
New Music Friday, April 8, 2022
As the weather gets warmer the music gets a little louder in The High Note studio and New Music Friday is no exception as we celebrate all the fresh releases for Friday, April 8, 2022. […]
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 […]
New Music Friday, April 1, 2022
There are no April fools here, only music lovers looking for all the best new albums released today, which also happens to be Friday, April 1, 2022. This week definitely rocks with albums I am […]
Jensen McRae Creates Personal Collection With ‘Are You Happy Now?
There is no discounting the effect of spontaneous kindness. I recently heard about this concept on one of the self-help podcasts that I subscribe to with the goal of calming-the-fuck-down (they are helping, I promise). […]