Music Notes with Jess
Learn what's trending each week in music by listening and taking music notes with Jess.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 309
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ep. 248 - Katy Perry's Diamond Songs & "WOMAN'S WORLD"
Katy Perry's having quite the summer! She quit her American Idol judging position, announced new music, and recently certified 4 Diamond singles selling over 15 million copies! I discuss which songs …
00:19:46 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
Ep. 247 - NOT 4th of July
Happy NOT 4th of July? These particular 7 songs are popular to hear on this holiday, but lyrically aren't appropriate. I analyze each one and soundtrack the fireworks show I saw the night before this…
00:22:33 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Ep. 246 - Imagine Dragons' Biography
Imagine Dragons are one of the best selling rock bands of all time! Crossing over in pop and globally, their 6th album Loom is out now. I give my review, tell the biography of the band, and personal …
00:10:35 |
Sat 29 Jun 2024
Ep. 245 - Maren Morris Top 10
Maren Morris' featured in Billboard's Pride Month issue. Learn why and new music she's releasing, as I countdown 10 of her top hits.
Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena
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00:29:37 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
Ep. 244 - Luke Combs "Dad" Songs
Luke Combs is embracing fatherhood as a father of 2 young sons, thinking about memories he's spent with his own father and grandfathers as a young boy. His 5th album Fathers and Sons, documents those…
00:14:01 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
Ep. 243 - "Houdini" Songs
Call it "magic" or a coincidence that there's 2 songs out now called "Houdini", like the legend magician. I discuss Harry Houdini's bio, songs that tribute using his name and vanishing tricks, includ…
00:16:40 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
Ep. 242 - 2024 Summer Song?
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.
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Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed b…
00:17:57 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Ep. 241 - The Beach Boys Rare 10
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.
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00:30:01 |
Sat 25 May 2024
Ep. 240 - Miranda Lambert's "Wranglers"
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 …
00:11:54 |
Sat 18 May 2024
Ep. 239 - ACM Awards 2024 Predictions
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 …
00:24:42 |
Sat 11 May 2024
Ep. 238 - Dua Lipa Top 10
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. …
00:29:42 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Ep. 237 - The Tortured Poets Department - Review
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 fin…
00:18:39 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
Ep. 236 - Teddy Swims and Benson Boone
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 po…
00:13:13 |
Sat 20 Apr 2024
Ep. 235 - Eclipse Playlist
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 create…
00:35:46 |
Sat 13 Apr 2024
Ep. 234 - COWBOY CARTER & Evolution
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 ch…
00:13:46 |
Sat 06 Apr 2024
Ep. 233 - Mariah Carey Top 10
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, a…
00:31:46 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Ep. 232 - Gabby Barrett and Chayce Beckham
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 i…
00:16:03 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
Ep. 231 - Eric Carmen Tribute Playlist
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…
00:18:42 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
Ep. 230 - Kacey Musgraves' "Deeper Well"
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 t…
00:15:00 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
Ep. 229 - Justin Timberlake's New Album
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 intervi…
00:16:12 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
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