On this episode of The High Note, I’m joined by Grammy-winning baritone and New Jersey native John Brancy. Called “remarkable” by the “Financial Times” and “powerful” by the “Telegraph,” Brancy has built a career that […]

On this episode of The High Note, I’m joined by Grammy-winning baritone and New Jersey native John Brancy. Called “remarkable” by the “Financial Times” and “powerful” by the “Telegraph,” Brancy has built a career that […]
This week’s New Music Friday for Aug. 15, 2025 is packed with heavy hitters and inspired new voices. Grammy-winning bluegrass phenom Molly Tuttle delivers “So Long Little Miss Sunshine.” Cass McCombs unveils “Interior Live Oak,” […]
On this episode of The High Note podcast I’m joined by Jayne Toohey — photographer, author and the press contact for the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Jayne is the creative force behind “Smiling Banjo: A Half […]
The summer soundtrack continues to heat up on this week’s New Music Friday for Aug. 8, 2025. Ethel Cain delivers a hauntingly beautiful Southern gothic tale with “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You,” her most […]
Welcome to the first New Music Friday for August with all the new albums that dropped today, Aug. 1, 2025. Cian Ducrot returns with “Little Dreaming,” a tender folk-pop journey that feels made for summer […]
It’s Christmas in July, and Santa Shaun is sliding down your feed with a sack full of fresh releases for New Music Friday for July 25, 2025. Indie-pop rockers The Band Camino are back with […]
My wife turned to me about 10 minutes into “Fluffhead” and said, “They’re still going.” “They’re just getting started,” I replied, amazed that three songs into Phish’s July 16, 2025, show at TD Pavilion at […]
We’re in the dog days of summer and this New Music Friday for July 18, 2025 brings together a genre-spanning mix of heavy hitters and underground heroes. Philly indie icon Alex G returns with “Headlights.” […]
I’ve been feeling quite nostalgic lately. Call it old age—having recently turned 40—or whatever, but I’ve been remembering the past fondly. In 2006, during my senior year of college, back when I read Filter magazine […]
After a week off for Independence Day, New Music Friday for July 11 is bursting with new albums released today. Clipse drops “Let God Sort Em Out,” his first full album in over a decade, […]