Riddims Watch: Controversy Riddim
On the new Controversy Riddim from Cash Global Records, you can find nineteen artists in fifteen minutes, all with their own distinctive style and flow. This riddim features a high energy, club friendly, dancehall groove with a particularly full production to create a powerful mix of sound. The groove is held together by a synth [...]
Schoolboy Q’s “There He Go” Music Video
Schoolboy Q is one of my favorite rappers and I always look forward to his music videos because each one is so visually different from the rest. Continuing to promote his latest album, Habits and Contradictions, Q released a music video for the track “There He Go” on July 27, 2012. This music video highlights more [...]
“God Forgives, I Don’t” by Rick Ross
On Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Rick Ross will continue the onslaught of MMG records in the marketplace with the release of his fifth album, God Forgives, I Don’t. Rick Ross has kept himself very busy this past year with the recent release of the MMG compilation album Self Made Vol. 2, signing new acts Rockie [...]
Sara Watkins Live In Studio
Grammy award winning singer, songwriter, and fiddler Sara Watkins stopped by the WERS studios for an exclusive live mix on her “day off” from a rigorous national tour and fresh off of her main stage appearance at the Newport Folk Festival this past weekend. Watkins first came on to the American music scene in 1989 [...]
Timeless Tuesday: Free Mason
Every Tuesday, 889@Night takes time to honor a snapshot in Hip-Hop history. This week we will be honoring Rick Ross aka Ricky Rozay! Let’s call this edition of Timeless Tuesday the BOSS edition. The picture above shows Rick Ross and Jay-Z in the studio while creating their song “Free Mason” off of the Teflon Don [...]
Riddims Watch: Tuff Head Riddim
The Tuff Head Riddim is a piercing riddim. It has a hard beat in the background created by drums which makes it a perfect song to dance to. This riddim features a wide range of artists. It was produced by Truckback Records and was released this past May 2012. Konshens continues to do his thing [...]
David Byrne & St. Vincent Release Second Song
David Byrne and St. Vincent have shared the second song to their collaborative album, Love This Giant. The song is titled “Weekend In The Dust” and will be one of twelve tracks. When the two broke the news of their dream collaboration, they granted fans with “Who” which was immediately overwhelmed with all of the [...]
Patty Griffin Announces 2012 Tour
Patty Griffin is a legend in her own right, and has certainly been busy in the past few years. Between her Grammy-winning solo album Downtown Church and extensive side endeavors (most significantly her “Band of Joy” project with Robert Plant), Griffin was excited and relieved to announce that she would be bringing things “back to [...]
New Releases Tuesday
Welcome to New Releases Tuesday on WERS. Every Tuesday we’ll take a look around the music scene and bring you updates on, you guessed it, the new albums coming out this week. Joss Stone, The Soul Sessions Vol 2 – English soul singer Joss Stone is back with her sixth solo record. The album is [...]
On the Verge: Jim Hanft
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 is Emerson Alum Jim Hanft, a former comedy student who prides himself on his ability to write lyrics “that you’ve thought, but are afraid to say.” He released [...]
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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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