Text Music Notes with Jess! Halfway of 2024, the music's been incredibly diverse, unpredictable, and defensive. What could be this year's summer song? I look into these 6 that have a shot. Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena Radio Insight article Billboard's Song of the Summer chart 2024 Summer Song? playlist “I Had Some Help”…

Text Music Notes with Jess! The Beach Boys have been an actively legendary group over 60 years! With a new documentary and updated memoir, I wanted to show their talent by counting down 10 rare songs from their catalog. The Beach Boys Rare 10 playlist 10. “Forever” (1970, 1971) 2000 biopic clip Full House wedding "Forever" (1992) - John Stamos & Th…

Text Music Notes with Jess! A year after Miranda Lambert broke a 20-year recording contract, she's now signed under a different label and has a new song out! "Wranglers" returns the role of her character plotting revenge, like how she sang in earlier songs. Working on so many other projects, when can we expect this track to be on a 10th album in Mi…

Text Music Notes with Jess! The 59th ACM Awards will air an Amazon Prime Video livestream on 5/16 8pm/e. Reba McEntire will host a 17th time! Before the show airs, I "announce" my predictions who could win the ACMs' 10 popular categories: Visual Media of the Year, Music Event of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the Year, Duo of the Year, Vocal…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Dua Lipa has released her 3rd album, Radical Optimism. She's worked hard the past decade to pursue pop/dance music, and likes passing along relationship lessons learned along the way in her lyrics. I made a top 10 countdown of her hits, and share my album critique. Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Caten…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Taylor Swift released her 11th album on 4/19/24: The Tortured Poets Department, and an expanded double album 2 hours later: The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology! Even with 31 songs at our fingertips, reviews are mixed between Swifites and the media. This caused a 3rd Amazon Music version doing track by track comm…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Power vocalists Teddy Swims and Benson Boone, followed similar paths in music. They both found their voice in high school, sang cover songs online, got signed to Warner Records, and are now global pop singers with a #1 hit! I discuss the events leading up to Teddy Swims' "Lose Control" and Benson Boone's "Beautiful Thing…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Americans were in awe of the solar eclipse on 4/8/24. Seen from Mexico, midwest U.S., and upper northeast, one of the totality spots was near the Rock and Roll of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio! They created a thematic playlist, and so did many others! I talk about some of those popular streams, and add in my picks. Theme Song:…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Two trailblazing women put out new albums 3/29: Beyoncé and Sheryl Crow. Both are singing life lessons they’ve learned through their families, society, and themselves. Beyoncé enforced last minute changes on her current record, and Sheryl Crow got reminded how her efforts won’t go unnoticed. In this episode, I’ll review …

Text Music Notes with Jess! Mariah Carey just turned 55, will have a Vegas residency soon, and nominated to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Honoring her incredible career, I made a top 10 of popular hits fans recognize, and shared my personal favorites in a separate playlist. Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena My Top 10…

Text Music Notes with Jess! CMT has nominated 2 recent American Idol contestants for 4/7's CMT Music Awards! Gabby Barrett and Chayce Beckham competed separately during ABC's revived seasons. Gabby achieved crossover success in 2020, and Chayce's current single helped him win the show in 2021! In this episode, I review American Idol's alumni who pu…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Pop/Rock artist Eric Carmen, suddenly passed away weekend of 3/9-3/10. He was lucky to write, produce, play musical instruments, and sing like the music he admired. Making it as Raspberries' frontman and his own solo career, I tribute his life in 5 of these popular hits he was involved in. Theme Song: "Dance Track", comp…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Kacey Musgraves took a personal hiatus and setting it to new music. Her 6th album Deeper Well, will be out 3/15, scheduled an upcoming world tour, philisophically singing acoustic folk. Viewing how this could compare to Kacey's previous work, I recap her discography, read into promo singles "Deeper Well", "Too Good to Be…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Justin Timberlake's 6th album Everything I Thought It Was, is coming out 3/15. He released promo singles "Selfish", "Drown", performed "Sanctified" exclusively on Saturday Night Live, and done interviews. When "Selfish"'s single was released, Britney Spears' fans spited to stream her 2011 song "Selfish". This triggered a…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Hinting some clues during the Grammys, a Verizon Super Bowl ad, Beyoncé released 2 new singles under country's genre! "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" are on upcoming album Act II, coming out 3/29. It's debatable how country sounding these songs are compared to modern or retro country. I recap where Beyoncé left off…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Usher just performed a fantastic Halftime Show at the Super Bowl, has a new album, tour, and wife! Covering all this, I countdown 10 of his then and now hits I recommend. Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena Apple Music loop - Euro Hero Synth 2 Usher Top 10 playlist 10. “Think of You” (1994-1995) 9. …

Text Music Notes with Jess! I'm posting this episode on 2/9/64 - the 60th anniversary when The Beatles made their US debut, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show! Influencing classic rock, teen demographics, British Invasion artists, and media promotion, The Beatles’ music success lives on. Celebrate “all my loving” of their songs, I made a playlistof…

Text Music Notes with Jess! For the 66th Grammy Awards, I've chosen to analyze 5 of its popular categories: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. More entries have been added to diversify genres, and artists' chances of winning in the general field. Before the show, I'm "announcing" my p…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Miami Vice actor Philip Michael Thomas, coined the term EGOT: someone who'd be lucky to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscars, and Tony. The latest celebrity joining this high honor, is Elton John! Representing the music he's won these awards, listen and take music notes of this special playlist. Theme Song: "Dance Track", compose…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Both released on 1/12 as comeback singles, Ariana Grande and Jennifer Lopez defend their recent significant other changes. Analyzing the same theme and genre, take music notes of Ariana Grande's "yes and?", and Jennifer Lopez's "Can't Get Enough". Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena Page Six article…

Text Music Notes with Jess! South African singer Tyla, gained international attention posting a back to camera dance on her TikTok account. Performing her song "Water" at live performances, users reposted videos of themselves dancing the choreography. This became known as a "#waterdancechallenge", and caught the Recording Academy's attention to giv…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Here are the last 20 to complete our Top 40 Songs of 2023's year-end list! Enjoy! Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena Full playlist 20. “Rescued” - Foo Fighters 19. “Lost” - Linkin Park 18. “Rich Men North of Richmond” - Oliver Anthony Music 17. “Madman’s Eyes” - Dave Matthews Band 16. “If He Wanted…

Text Music Notes with Jess! Happy New Year! Highlighting 2023's amazing music year, I'm sharing 40 of my favorites in this 2-part episode! Here's what I discuss for songs 40-21: 40. “GOATED” - Armani White feat. Denzel Curry 39. “If I Die Young Pt. 2” - Kimberly Perry 38. “TRUSTFALL” - P!nk 37. “Standing Room Only” - Tim McGraw 36. “Dummy” - Portug…

Text Music Notes with Jess! If you love listening and learning about music, this is the podcast for you! I've always loved music as a hobby, and was involved in radio for a decade. I'll provide weekly music updates what's happening in throwbacks, modern hits, and media. Let's research facts about the topics trending in the headlines, taking "music …