Fiona Apple Cancels Tour Dates
Fiona Apple released an open letter explaining that she is cancelling her upcoming tour dates due to her dog Janet’s downhill condition. Throughout the letter , that was both handwritten and typed out, she explains Janet to be a motivator in her life, sitting under the piano while she crafted her songs. Apple showed a [...]
Concert Watch: November 21st-November 26th
Let’s be serious, concert-lovers—we all say we’re thankful for friends, family, and the American way for Thanksgiving, but what we’re really thankful is for: Duncan Sheik—Tonight, November 21st, The Sinclair When it comes to musical versatility, it doesn’t get much better than Duncan Sheik. A writer and composer of his own material since the early ‘90’s, he’s also responsible [...]
Of Monsters and Men at the Orpheum
“We kind of feel far away from home tonight,” admitted Of Monsters and Men front-man, Ragnar Þórhallsson, to the sold-out audience at the Orpheum Theatre in between songs Monday night. It’s easy to understand why the seven-piece indie-rock sensation feels a little misplaced on their recently embarked-upon tour across North America. Originally from Iceland, the [...]
“Election Special” by Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder takes no prisoners. In his latest album, Election Special, Cooder is in excellent form and is ready to rip the Republican party. You only need to take a quick glimpse at the song titled to know where Cooder’s mind was when he was writing this album: “Mutt Romney Blues”, “The Wall Street Part [...]
AC/DC Now On iTunes
Australian rockers AC/DC released music through iTunes for the first time on Monday, November 19th. AC/DC had remained one of the now few major groups to withhold from selling through iTunes music store. The band released their entire discography for purchase, which includes sixteen studio, four live, and three compilation albums. AC/DC had previously refused [...]
New Florence + the Machine Music Video
Florence and the Machine never fails to provide fans and viewers with remarkable music videos, and that is no different in the release of her current music video for single, “Lover to Lover”. “Lover to Lover” is the next single off her sophomore album entitled, Ceremonials. Florence Welch pursues her long-time interest in acting within [...]
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. PHILLIP PHILLIPS: WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON Phillip Phillips, the winner of the eleventh season of American Idol who is already [...]
On The Verge: Kate Miller-Heidke
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 from a singer-songwriter all the way from Australia, Kate Miller-Heidke. She is classically trained with degrees from Queensland Conservatorium of Music and Queensland University of Technology in [...]
Artist Of The Week: Atlas Genius
The WERS Artist of the Week is the South Australian indie rock band, Atlas Genius. Consisting of Keith Jeffrey on vocals and guitars, Steven Jeffrey on bass, Michael Jeffrey on drums and Darren Sell on keyboards, the band has made a big splash this year with their song, “Trojans”, which is off of their debut [...]
New Movie Track From TV on the Radio Singer
What do Elton John, Daft Punk, and Adele all have in common? They have all participated in the long tradition of collaborating with the film industry. TV on the Radio’s lead singer, Tunde Adebimpe, has added himself to this long list of artists by singing a track titled “Queen of Midnight”. The track was written [...]
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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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