Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the definition of resiliency. Growing in Atlantic City, I grew up in the shadows of the big city. Before my time, bootleggers would send booze to the coast for not only America’s […]
Author: Shaun Smith
New Music Friday, Nov. 12, 2021
The music world must have been waiting for The High Note to get back from its short break because this week is absolutely jam-packed with incredible new albums, it’s going to be hard to get […]
Tony Bennett Charms Lady Gaga Into One Last Album With ‘Love For Sale’
I spent last week in New York City for NFT.NYC and as I was walking around the streets, of which I did a lot, I began thinking about the many great musicians that are from […]
New Music Friday, October 29, 2021
It’s nearly Halloween and The High Note is prepared with a fresh batch of new albums released today, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 for all the musical trick-or-treaters. Ed Sheeran has a new math-themed album title […]
Samantha Fish Uses Her Axe To Chop Through Genres ‘Faster’
Once an artist gets some success, they oftentimes get pigeonholed. I finally got around to watching the documentary “Elvis Presley: The Searcher” on HBO and it details the struggles he endured while trying to be […]
New Music Friday, October 22, 2021
New Music Friday is like the weather – always changing. I love the ebbs and flows of album releases and also the surprises that show up every week as I look for new music. This […]
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine Deliver A Cult Classic About Their Favorite Flicks
As I was searching for yet another “Mallrats” Gif to convey my feelings to my friends in our group text thread the other day, I realized I really don’t watch movies anymore. Movies have been […]
New Music Friday, Oct. 15, 2021
What a way to end the week! There is nothing better than a fresh list of new tunes to fuel the weekend and The High Note provides with New Music Friday. While much of the […]
James Vincent McMorrow Slows Down To Savor ‘Grapefruit Season’
I’ve never really known of James Vincent McMorrow on his own. The Irish folk and pop singer-songwriter has been a featured artist on tracks with a couple of my favorite electronic artists – “I’m in […]
New Music Friday, Oct. 8, 2021
This week’s New Music Friday for Oct. 8 is scattered across genres like fall leaves on the lawn. At the top of my list is one of my favorite hip-hop producers, The Alchemist, with the […]