After Thanksgiving, I have really been indulging in comfort food; stuffing, mashed potatoes, both sweet and standard, pumpkin pie with whipped cream and for second desserts, blueberry pie a la mode. How do you capture […]
Author: Shaun Smith
New Music Friday, Nov. 26, 2021
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and we at The High Note hope that you saved room for some new music because we have an extra heaping helping of tunes for y’all. It’s Black Friday as […]
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats Pull Together For ‘The Future’
Throughout the pandemic, I have heard people talk about how humans are social creatures and the quarantine orders were affecting our collective sanity. During the past year or so, I have definitely felt that longing […]
New Music Friday, Nov. 19, 2021
It’s about to turn turkey season and before everyone gets their fill of Charlie Brown, football and family, The High Note is here to give you a heaping helping of fresh tunes to help get […]
The War On Drugs Sound At Home On ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’
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 […]
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 […]