Digging Through the Crates #4
Johnny Foreigner is an English indie rock group and a self-proclaimed “country band with pretensions” and are still relatively new coming to the scene, first forming in 2006. After releasing their first full-length CD in 2008, the critically praised Waited Up ‘til It Was Light, the band continued their slow but steady ascent with a second recorded album and touring [...]
Chagigah Kitchen: A Traditional Healthy Snack
Hello, Chagigah fans! Now that you’ve recovered from your Shavu’ot festivities, it’s time for your weekly dose of delicious Jewish food.These days, it’s become a priority to keep our food and bodies healthy in a culture that seems to eternally battle the junk food, and nothing quite fills you up and keeps you healthy like [...]
A Cappella News: Save “The Sing-Off”!
It is safe to say that one of the most disappointing events that can occur is when your favorite television series is in danger of being cancelled. NBC’s live vocal competition The Sing-Off is being canceled after only three seasons. Although there are many efforts to save the program, we really need to step up [...]
Revo Radar: Mr. Oizo
Mr. Oizo is going mainstream… or maybe not. Mr. Oizo, a French DJ on the Ed Banger label with Justice and SebastiAn, has always been the oddball of the group. His music has been called ‘schizophrenic’, ‘unlistenable’, and ‘absurdist’. Real name Quentin Dupieux, he’s recently gained a reputation as a cult filmmaker and last week [...]
Thoughts on Theater: Three Months in the West End
Since I grew up in suburban Massachusetts, attending professional theatrical productions was a rare treat. I have always been jealous of kids who grew up in or around New York City – the ones who talked constantly of all the Broadway productions to which their parents had taken them. For me, a professional production would [...]
Fun At The Playground: Arlington
Have you ever thought of visiting the birth place of Uncle Sam or a town that was founded over 350 years ago? Well now you can. Take your mom and dad (and siblings too!) to a small town in the greater Boston area. Arlington, Mass. is a town neighboring Cambridge and Belmont that is easily accessible by [...]
Digging Through the Crates #3
Check out Dntel’s “Anywhere Anyone” off of Life Is Full of Possibilities here. By Brendan Mattox
Chagigah Kitchen: Zucchini Crowned Quiche
Hello, Chagigah fans! Last week, we discussed the holiday of Shavu’ot—a holiday, not so coincidentally, that is going on right now. The agricultural festival’s origins commemorate when fruits were first harvested and brought to the Temple, as well as the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The time between Passover and Shavu’ot is supposed [...]
Rocky Votolato on Coffeehouse
Rocky Votolato recently released his seventh solo album, his first self-produced, and it’s awesome to see how he has grown as an artist since he came into the scene. In the mid 1990s, he was involved in two separate punk bands. Today, his music is distinctly folk – the kind of music you’d like to [...]
All A Capprofile: Mountain Man
Mountain Man is a threesome consisting of Molly Sarle, Amelia Meath, and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig. The group sings remarkable a cappella songs, as well as a selection of vocal heavy songs that contain minor guitar accompaniment. The three girls came together in 2009 when they met at Bennington College in Vermont and since then have been [...]
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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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