
Here at WERS we already have On The Verge Tuesdays and Throwback Thursdays. And now we are proud to announce a brand new weekly segment… Hub Day Wednesdays! Boston is popularly known as the “Hub of the Universe” and WERS is keeping tabs on native and local Boston musicians. Every Wednesday afternoon at 1:15pm tune [...]

Producer, musician, and synth-pop extraordinaire Calvin Harris has just released his music video with the unstoppable British vocalist, Ellie Goulding for their smash hit, “I Need Your Love”. With the song taking a spot on both artists albums, 18 Months and Halcyon, the video to go along side this electro-dance track is nothing less of a match made in [...]

Surf-rock swinging The Blank Tapes opened the show for Matt Costa at the Brighton Music Hall. “Would it be alright if we had a beach party?” percussionist Pearl Charles asked the audience before the band’s lead guitarist and singer Matt Adams and bassist DA Humphrey embarked on their set. With vintage charm and a wonderfully overwhelming danceability, the certainly [...]

Coachella is in full swing of its first weekend and there are tons of amazing acts from every genre of music like Of Monsters and Men, Tame Impala , The Postal Service, 2 Chainz, Earl Sweatshirt and many, many more. One of the few acts that was not on the Coachella line up was legendary [...]

If you would take one thing away from last night’s Muse concert, it would be this: Muse loves lights. They put them on everything from their guitars and grand pianos to their massive, pyramid shaped light show that expands and contracts and engulfs the entire band at certain points throughout the show. It is fitting [...]

New York-based rockers, SKATERS, have been one of the most talked about new acts so far this year, particularly after their dynamic performances at South By Southwest in Austin last month. After their headlining show at the Brighton Music Hall on Friday, April 12th, it’s no surprise why. The band consists of Michael Ian Cummings [...]

Members from the cast of Emerson’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona swung by the WERS studios to perform a few songs for Standing Room Only. Anna Harissis, Lanea Ritrovato, and Jake Novak will star in the musical next weekend, among an enormous cast, with performances on April 18th, 19th, and 20th. The musical, originally [...]

One of the biggest successes to come out of the Brooklyn indie scene, The National, are releasing a new album titled, Trouble Will Find Me and is due out May 21st. The first song to surface was “Demons”, which is a melancholic art-rock tune about letting your demons get the best of you and allowing [...]

“Live From the Artists Den” – a PBS program currently in its fifth season – is known for producing select quality recordings of eminent musicians in historic locations across the United States. Previous artists and locations that have been featured by this musical project range from Rufus Wainwright, in The Church of the Ascension, to [...]

Thom Yorke is a busy man, there’s no doubt about that. Along with being the creative force behind Radiohead, Yorke formed the band Atoms For Peace with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck & R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, and Brazilian born Mauro Refosco. Atoms For Peace released their debut album [...]
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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