Tracy Chapman's 1988 signature hit "Fast Car", is trending because of a new cover done by Luke Combs. Both of these versions crossovered from their original genres, and hold special meanings. I discuss the influences, "Fast Car"'s acoustic arra
In this episode we discuss a few things potential postgrad students should think about before committing and touch on some translatable skills you pick up along the way.PS: make sure you're following us on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube so you
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 4th of July! Enjoy! Theme Song: "Dance Track
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 connections to frontman Dan Reynolds. Theme S
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 CatenaText Music Notes with Jess, Support the showMaren Morr
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 moving perceptions and adages this Fathers D
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, including Dua Lipa and Eminem. Don't disappear with
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 CatenaRadio Insight articleBill
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. Text Music Notes with Jess!Support the Show.The Beac
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
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 E
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 sh
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 Swifties a