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James Vincent McMorrow Slows Down To Savor ‘Grapefruit Season’

I’ve never really known of James Vincent McMorrow on his own. The Irish folk and pop singer-songwriter has been a featured artist on tracks with a couple of my favorite electronic artists – “I’m in […]

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New Music Friday, Oct. 8, 2021

This week’s New Music Friday for Oct. 8 is scattered across genres like fall leaves on the lawn. At the top of my list is one of my favorite hip-hop producers, The Alchemist, with the […]

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Billy Strings Plucks A Fresh Crop Of Tunes For ‘Renewal’

The pandemic has been a time of discovery for me. Besides relearning how to play “Greensleeves” on the guitar, I found Yoga with Adriane thanks to the “Make Me Smart” podcast and I also was […]

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New Music Friday, Oct. 1, 2021

Happy October music fans! Wow, it seems like one minute I had my feet in the sand listening to Phish and the next minute it’s October, what happened to September? I can’t be living in […]

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Orla Gartland Takes Her Own Advice With ‘Woman On The Internet’

I have always loved a good dark comedy. It could be a result of being a child of the 90s or maybe it’s any shred of Irish heritage that I have in me. Besides being […]

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New Music Friday, Sept. 24, 2021

It’s officially autumn and The High Note has gathered up a big bundle of new albums released Friday, Sept. 24 like the leaves that will inevitably turn and fall. Alt-rock is alive and well this […]

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Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson Spins A Cowboy Tale With ‘The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita”

It’s fitting that the first time that I saw or heard Sturgill Simpson was at the Philadelphia Folk Festival because the singer-songwriter’s latest album has me longing for the sights and sounds of the hill […]

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New Music Friday, Sept. 17, 2021

I distinctly remember the first time I heard Candlebox on the radio. I was at my cousin Mike’s house and I remember saying something like, “Is this a new Pearl Jam song?” Mike eviscerated me, […]

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Ty Segall Delivers Hot Licks On ‘Harmonizer’

I’ve been dancing around Ty Segall for years now and he hasn’t even known it. How I haven’t latched on to the west-coast multi-instrumentalist sooner is beyond me, but the last conversation I had about […]

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New Music Friday, Sept. 10, 2021

School is back in session and there is a bus-full of new music released today, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, to keep us students of rock happy all weekend. I’m stoked about new releases from Amyl […]

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