June is already here and The High Note has the list of all the new albums released today, Friday, June 3, 2022. This week I’m most excited about new albums by 070 Shake, Andrew Bird, […]
New Music Friday, May 27, 2022
It may be Memorial Day weekend but The High Note isn’t taking off for New Music Friday, so here are all the fresh tunes released May 27, 2022 to keep things hopping during your holiday. […]
Turning Sixty Has Never Sounded More Festive
After two years of virtual campfires, the Philadelphia Folk Festival will celebrate its 60th year in person Aug. 18-21 at its longstanding home, the Old Pool Farm, in Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania. Funky reggae rockers […]
New Music Friday, May 20, 2022
New Music Friday is here to help us ease into the warmer weather with some fresh new releases. This week, I’m stoked about new albums from Craig Finn, Delta Spirit, Mavis Staples and Levon Helm, […]
Mallrat Breaks New Ground On Debut Album “Butterfly Blue”
For the past five years, I have been hanging on to the releases by Australian singer-songwriter Mallrat as she has dripped them out in the form of short-form EPs. The Brisbane-born Grace Shaw has been […]
New Music Friday, May 13, 2021
There is nothing to be scared of on Friday the 13th because The High Note has New Music Friday here to keep you safe. Let’s uncover all the albums released Friday, May 13, 2022. At […]
Belle and Sebastian Stay True To Form On ‘A Bit Of Previous’
Call it a combination of the Covid-era, old age and the 90s holding steady in pop culture but I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. It doesn’t take much to send me down the rabbit hole of […]
New Music Friday, May 6, 2022
The High Note is rolling into May with a big bag of new albums released today, Friday, May 6, 2022. There are three albums from the Neil Young vault out today “Citizen Kane Jr. Blues […]
The Head And The Heart Explores An Ocean Of Sound On ‘Every Shade Of Blue’
For a long time, blue was my favorite color. I really loved the calming nature of the ocean and the sky and for a while there, it seemed like I was seeing blue everywhere I […]
New Music Friday, April 29, 2022
The last New Music Friday of the month of April contains a spring bounty of new albums all released on Friday, April 29, 2022. At the top of my list is multi-instrumentalist producer Toro y […]