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New Music Friday - The High Note with Shaun Smith

New Music Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

This week’s New Music Friday for Feb. 9, 2024 brings an eclectic mix of sounds to warm up your playlist. At the top of my list are Brittany Howard’s “What Now” and  Helado Negro’s “Phasor.” […]

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New Music Friday on The High Note

New Music Friday, Jan. 12, 2024

Welcome back to the first New Music Friday of 2024! This week, hip-hop dominates the top of my list with 21 Savage dropping “American Dream,”  Boldy James and Nicholas Craven teaming up for “Penalty of […]

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The High Note Best Albums of 2023

Top 23 of ’23

It’s that time of year again when reflection is in the air and since there aren’t a lot of new albums being released, I go back through the year and pick my favorite albums of […]