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 […]
Author: Shaun Smith
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 […]
New Music Friday, May 8, 2020
Have you lost track of the days yet? Whether or not you have, it’s New Music Friday, which means sunshine and rainbows in between your ears, radiating good tunes into your brain. How does that […]
Stephen Malkmus Uses ‘Traditional Techniques’ To Break The Modern Mold
As people across the world are going into quarantine and looking for new things to do, people are turning to more conventional ways of passing the time. I don’t know about you, but I have […]
New Music Friday – May 1, 2020
In case you’ve lost count by this now, it’s not only Friday but it is also May 1. That means we’ve made it through another week and we’re on to another month. In some parts […]
Phantogram Lets It All Go On ‘Ceremony’
Have you ever seen the big old vases in a museum that have been repaired with gold? I’m vaguely familiar with the Japanese concept of Kintsugi 金継ぎ. By fixing ceramics using this method, the repair […]
New Music Friday, April 24, 2020
We made it through yet another week of social distancing and coronavirus and music is helping is get there. In case you’ve lost track, it’s Friday, April 24, 2020 and The High Note is here […]
New Music Friday – April 17, 2020
Well, we made it through the halfway point of April and if you’re in America, you have an extension on your taxes and you may have already received a gift from Uncle Sam. If you’re […]