On The Verge: Blondfire
At 4:15 PM each Tuesday, WERS brings you our On the Verge segment which highlights an artist we think is up-and-coming. This weeks’ artist On The Verge is brother-sister duo, Blondfire. Erica and Bruce formed the band in 2004, and are now really starting to make some waves. Funny enough, the song that is doing [...]
Dan & The Wildfire
Dan & the Wildfire came into the studio to perform a live set for WERS’ Live Music Week. The lively folk/rock group played three songs off of their second album Smoke Signals, which the group self-released in October of 2012. Dan & the Wildfire is composed of five members: the titular Dan himself, who is [...]
Lissie Live In Studio
It’s been a few years since Illinois-native Elisabeth Maurus, better-known in the music world as Lissie, has released a new record. Catching A Tiger, 2010’s full-length release, was a well-received, original blend of folk, rock, and Lissie’s raw, powerful vocals; 2011’s Covered Up With Flowers was another popular release, a six track album made up [...]
Max Gomez on Coffeehouse
We live in a society where we have forsaken the virtues of simple living; we consume too much, we like spend too many hours in front of screens, and it seems that, collectively, we have accepted technology as a sort of higher power. This attitude has seeped into every nook and cranny of our culture, [...]
On the Verge: Skinny Bones
At 4:15 PM each Tuesday, WERS brings you our On the Verge segment which highlights an artist we think is up-and-coming. This weeks’ artist On the Verge is Boston’s own duo, Skinny Bones! The group is composed of singer and guitarist Jacob Rosati and drummer Chris Stoppiello. The two started playing together last November after [...]
Glasshouse Productions Live In Studio
Tonight was a pretty great night, I must say. The Glasshouse Productions team came through to bless the live mix studio on 889@night. Glasshouse has been on the show a number of times, but never performing live in our studio. Glasshouse Productions consists of a team of emcees, producers, and singers. They are a tight [...]
On the Verge: Savior Adore
At 4:15 PM each Tuesday, WERS brings you our On The Verge segment which highlights an artist we think is up-and-coming. This week, our On The Verge artist is pop-rock duo Savoir Adore! The band from Brooklyn, New York is composed of Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro. Since their start in 2007, they’ve referred to their [...]
On the Verge: Villagers
At 4:15 PM each Tuesday, WERS brings you our On The Verge segment which highlights an artist we think is up-and-coming. This weeks’ artist On The Verge is Villagers! They made their way to the WERS studios all the way from Dublin, Ireland. Villagers have had an incredible amount of success in their home country. [...]
On the Verge: Marie Miller
At 4:15 PM each Tuesday, WERS brings you our On The Verge segment which highlights an artist we think is up-and-coming. This weeks’ artist On The Verge is folk singer-songwriter Marie Miller, who hails from the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Miller comes from a large and musical family; she’s the third of ten children. As she grew [...]
On the Verge: Wintersleep
At 4:15 PM each Tuesday, WERS brings you our On The Verge segment which highlights an artist we think is up-and-coming. This week’s artist On The Verge, the indie Wintersleep, have come a long way from Canada to make it into the WERS studio. The band from Halifax, Nova Scotia comes from humble beginnings. The [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
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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June 21
Fleetwood Mac
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June 23
B-52s + Go-Go’s
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July 9
Paul McCartney
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July 10
She & Him
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July 20
Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket
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