“Have you heard of Thundercat? I’ve been listening to the album ‘Drunk’ on YouTube and it’s weird as fuck. I think you’ll like it.” That’s how Cousin Mike introduced me to Thundercat. “Drunk,” Thundercat’s third […]
Author: Shaun Smith
New Music Friday, June 5, 2020
What a crazy time to be writing about music. There’s civil unrest in the United State of America, Covid-19 still rampant throughout the world and astronauts in space. Still, there is music. To put an […]
Tycho Creates Wordless Companion With ‘Simulcast’
Throughout this pandemic, I, like everyone has, have been doing a lot of things at home. This includes working and working out, reading and writing. One companion through it all has been Tycho. The San […]
New Music Friday, May 29, 2020
It’s the last Friday in May and just like every other Friday, The High Note celebrates with new music; the only difference is today feels a little warmer than last week here in Atlantic City. […]
Jay Electronica Delivers A Deeply Devoted Debut Album
Can you imaging waiting more than a decade to release your debut album and then a global pandemic basically shuts down all the promotion you had planned? That’s exactly what happened to Jay Electronica. The […]
New Music Friday, May, 22, 2020
Happy Friday everyone! We’re now approaching the unofficial start to the summer season while we’re on stay-at-home orders. But that’s just one more reason to find some fresh tunes to fuel your Memorial Day weekend. […]
Circa Waves Surges With Emotion On ‘Sad Happy’
Lately, I have been thinking about paradoxes. Maybe going on nine weeks of Covid-19 stay-at-home orders has gotten to me. But I’ve had something of a Taoist expression rattling around in my head – “It’s […]
New Music Friday, May 15, 2020
There is nothing like being a day like and a dollar short, eh folks? Story of my life. Just as I was about to publish this list of releases at the end of the day […]
Philadelphia Folk Festival Plants Digital Roots For 59th Edition
Philly Folk Fest To Go Online Aug. 13-16, 2020 “If your time to you is worth savin.’ Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone. For the times they are a-changin.’” – […]
Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real Deliver Raw Unprocessed Tunes On ‘Naked Garden’
Like music, these album reviews are a process of discovery. Just like the musicians making the music, I am kind of finding my way as I go along and chip away at the music and […]