Streaming got stuck. The same songs, the same playlists, the algorithm feeding you more of what you already know.
Liner Notes started as a personal fix. I'm James Fitzsimmons, and I got tired of my own music library gathering dust while an algorithm decided what came next. So I started pulling albums off the shelf again—one at a time—and writing about what made them worth revisiting.
Every article is an invitation to spend an hour with a record. Not a review. Not a rating. Just the stories behind the music, the people who made it, and the details that make you want to press play.
Maybe you'll rediscover an old favorite. Maybe you'll find something you've never heard before. Either way, I hope you leave with one more album to listen to.