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. 168 - Top 40 Songs of 2022 (Part 1)
Research shows that consumers preferred streaming retro more than current in 2022. No matter how hard artists worked releasing new music, the popular songs were either from the past 2 years, or throw…
00:37:55 |
Sat 31 Dec 2022
Ep. 167 - 2 "All I Want for Christmas Is You"'s
Did you know there's 2 Christmas carols titled "All I Want for Christmas Is You"? The infamous one is 1994's by Mariah Carey, but there's another one overlooked from 1989. Andy Stone sued infringemen…
00:14:00 |
Sat 24 Dec 2022
Ep. 166 - 'Wednesday' & "Goo Goo Muck"
Netflix's new Addams Family spinoff 'Wednesday', is their second most viewed English series! A particular scene featuring the lead character's dance solo, has surged a 1981 indie punk song appear on …
00:12:35 |
Sat 17 Dec 2022
Ep. 165 - Christine McVie Top 10
Fleetwood Mac's keyboardist Christine McVie, died 11/30 in a hospital from a brief illness, at age 79. Involved with the band over 50 years, I created a top 10 of her music contributions. Listen "eve…
00:23:55 |
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Ep. 164 - Irene Cara's Top 3 Hits
Award winning songstress Irene Cara, was found dead at her home 11/25/22. Her cause of death is still unknown. Looking back at her career, I spotlight her 3 soundtrack hits: "Fame", "Out Here On My O…
00:15:16 |
Sat 03 Dec 2022
Ep. 163 - Monarch (TV Show)
FOX has been successful airing music shows for 2 decades. Monarch's a new drama that premiered this fall, increasing their primetime non-reality viewership in 3 years! Up for renewal, I recap Monarch…
00:12:22 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Ep. 162 - AMAs 2022 Predictions
Before the 50th American Music Awards aired 11/20 8pm on ABC, I made 32 predictions of what could've won some of its popular categories. The show can be streamed on Hulu, and ABC On Demand. My predic…
00:25:13 |
Sat 19 Nov 2022
Ep. 161 - Weird Al Top 10 Parodies
"Weird Al" Yankovic is notorious for rewriting popular songs' lyrics. Getting closer to his debut album's 40th anniversary, a satirical biopic got released on Roku: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, star…
00:36:07 |
Sat 12 Nov 2022
Ep. 160 - CMA Awards 2022 Predictions
Before the 56th CMA Awards air, I shared my predictions who may win their 11 music categories. It aired 11/8 8pm on ABC, and live simulcasts on selected country radio stations. Available to stream da…
00:20:12 |
Sat 05 Nov 2022
Ep. 159 - Thriller: Then & Now
Happy Halloween! Michael Jackson's 6th album 'Thriller' is approaching its 40th anniversary! A box set and documentary will be unveiled soon. Looking back at the world's biggest album then and now, I…
00:16:08 |
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Ep. 158 - Queen's "Face It Alone"
Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor, recently presented an archived 1988 recording. It's a song titled "Face It Alone", with late frontman Freddie Mercury singing lead! The track was intentionally rec…
00:13:21 |
Sat 22 Oct 2022
Ep. 157 - Bruno Mars' 6 Diamond Songs
Pop/R&B's Bruno Mars is a talented songwriter, vocalist, collaborator, leader of his band The Hooligans, and created award winning duo Silk Sonic with Anderson.Paak. He just became the first musician…
00:17:15 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
Ep. 156 - Steve Lacy's "Bad Habit"
Working his way up as a young musician and producer, Steve Lacy got his break in funk group The Internet, and now has a #1 crossover hit! "Bad Habit" just made Billboard history topping 3 genre chart…
00:11:32 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
Ep. 155 - Kelsea Ballerini Top 10
Within a year, Kelsea Ballerini is the 3rd female singer to release a divorce themed concept album: 'SUBJECT TO CHANGE'. (In 2021, Kacey Musgraves did 'Star-Crossed', and ADELE reflected in '30'. ) I…
00:28:29 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
Ep. 154 - Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation"
Janet Jackson's 4th album Rhythm Nation 1814 is 33! Its title track is infamous across pop culture, but trended unexpectedly again due to its literal music notes. The bass line caused laptops to cras…
00:14:24 |
Sat 24 Sep 2022
Ep. 153 - Camila Cabello Top 10
Kelly Clarkson has quit The Voice in the U.S. For Season 22, former Fifth Harmony member and Latin pop singer Camila Cabello will replace her vocal coach chair. Simon Cowell saw Camila's potential in…
00:29:34 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
Ep. 152 - Harry Styles' "As It Was"
Harry Styles' 2022 single "As It Was" has been trending globally almost 6 months straight! BIllboard just declared it this year's Song of the Summer, also achieving historic charting. Assumed to be a…
00:12:27 |
Sat 10 Sep 2022
Ep. 151 - End of Summer Playlist
For Labor Day weekend and the next few weeks, I curated a playlist of 9 songs about missing summer.
Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlis…
Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann Catena
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlis…
00:27:27 |
Sat 03 Sep 2022
Ep. 150 - VMAs 2022 Predictions
Before MTV's 38th Video Music Awards aired, I "announced" 10 categories from this year's ballot, predicting whom fans may have voted to win.
VMA Ballot Results:
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VMA Ballot Results:
https://www.facebook.com/musicnoteswit…
00:23:15 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
Ep. 149 - Taylor Swift's "August"
My favorite 'folklore' track from Taylor's Swift's 8th album, has been a popular stream all month: "August". It has yet to be a music single, and trending most likely because there aren't any August …
00:12:31 |
Sat 20 Aug 2022
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