Artist of the Week: Charles Bradley
This week, WERS is featuring the Screaming Eagle of Soul himself, Charles Bradley, as our Artist of the Week. Charles Bradley is a revivalist in every sense of the word. Not only is he a throwback to the soul (and showmanship) of the 60′s and 70′s, he also has a backstory that feels more like [...]
Artist of the Week: Shout Out Louds
This week, WERS is featuring Shout Out Louds as our artist of the Week! Stockholm’s own Shout Out Louds was formed in the early 2000′s by childhood friends Adam Olenius, Ted Malmros, and Carl von Arbin. In 2001 drummer Eric Edman and keyboardist Bebban Stenborg were added to the lineup and the band got to [...]
Artist of the Week: Frank Turner
This week WERS is featuring English folk-punker Frank Turner as our Artist of the Week! Frank Turner was not always solo. He first rose to prominence in the early 00′s with the post-hardcore band Million Dead. After that band’s split, however, Turner went in a different direction. Influenced by Johnny Cash’s excellent American series (with [...]
Artist of the Week: Air Traffic Controller
This week WERS is featuring one of our favorite Boston bands, Air Traffic Controller, as our Artist of the Week! There is perhaps no more aptly-titled band than Air Traffic Controller – lead vocalist and guitar player Dave Munro was himself an air traffic controller in the US Navy. During his deployment Munro recorded some [...]
Artist of the Week: The Adam Ezra Group
This week WERS is featuring The Adam Ezra Group as our Artist of the Week! We’ve been big fans of Adam Ezra here at WERS for a long time and are so thrilled to have them perform this Saturday at WERS Presents: Reykjavik Calling at the Paradise Rock Club. Adam Ezra and his band are [...]
Artist of the Week: The Postal Service
This week WERS is featuring The Postal Service as our Artist of the Week. The band was formed when Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) lent some vocals to Jimmy Tamborello’s (AKA Dntel) album Life Is Full of Possibilities. This led to them making an EP of remixes which in turn led them to the decision [...]
Artist of the Week: EELS
This week WERS is featuring the American band EELS as our Artist of the Week. The band formed when singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett (better known as E) and drummer Jonathan “Butch” Norton met bassist Tommy Walter. The collaboration was originally intended to play E’s songs live but formed into an individual entity in its own [...]
Artist of the Week: Depeche Mode
This week WERS is featuring the legendary Depeche Mode as our Artist of the Week. The English band, now primarily a trio, formed in 1980. Since then, they’ve experienced what is likely the most successful career ever for an electronic band. With nearly 50 songs to chart in the U.K., 12 albums to hit the top [...]
Artist of the Week: fun.
This week WERS is featuring New York City natives fun. as our honorary Artist of the Week. This American indie rock band comprised of members of The Format, Anathallo, and Steel Train blew up in 2012. The trio – Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff release a debut album together as fun. in 2009 [...]
Artist of the Week: Tegan and Sara
Canadian indie rock duo Tegan and Sara are this week’s Artist of the Week here at WERS. Hailing from Calgary, the duo is comprised of identical twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin. Both sisters play guitar, keyboards, sing, and write the music together. Tegan and Sara began writing music together at age 15 when they [...]
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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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