On The Verge: Laura Rizzotto
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 the Brazilian-born Laura Rizzotto who is just eighteen years old. A student at Berklee College of Music, Rizzotto has recently released her debut album Made in Rio [...]
Sera Cahoone on Coffeehouse
With plenty of flannels and full beards, it was not hard to tell that Sera Cahoone and her band are from Seattle after immediately looking at them. With her, she brought not only her Seattle sensibilities, but also her unique and captivating music. Cahoone has played drums for a number of years in bands such [...]
On the Verge: Jabe Beyer
Jabe Beyer is an award-winning songwriter who got his start in our very own Boston. Although he relocated to Nashville in 2007, he has a loyal following here; he has been recognized by the Boston Phoenix and has won multiple Boston Music Awards. If the hometown praise isn’t enough, you might recognize Jabe Beyer’s music [...]
On The Verge: River City Extension
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 the Indie Rock band from Tom’s River, New Jersey, River City Extension. The eight member band is fronted by Joe Michelini, a successful New Jersey solo act in his own right. He formed the band [...]
On The Verge: Cory Chisel
During Cory Chisel’s WERS in-studio performance he says, “Some songs are about moving your body and what clothes you have on, and others are about storytelling.” Cory Chisel and the assortment of artists who perform with him, the Wandering Sons, belong to the latter category. Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons’ released their second album [...]
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 [...]
On The Verge: Jukebox The Ghost
Every college freshman secretly hopes to find their niche right out the gate—whether you make it in a sorority, a theater group, or a band, everyone’s looking for something lasting. One of the few success stories of this endeavor is Jukebox the Ghost, a threesome that first met in the dorms at George Washington University [...]
On the Verge: Jeff Beam
Who sells their new album on cassette? Jeff Beam sells his new album on cassette. The statement alone is enough to sum up the throwback, kicked-back persona of On the Verge artist from the woods of Maine, and he’s got the sound to back it up. Coming into the WERS studios with a flannel shirt, [...]
On The Verge: Ben Sollee
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 the cellist, singer-songwriter, and composer Ben Sollee. Ben Sollee was born and raised in Kentucky, where he studied classical music on cello from a young age. He played alongside Casey Driessen, Abigail [...]
On The Verge: Audra Mae
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 Oklahoma City native Audra Mae, who also happens to be the great-grand-niece of Judy Garland. She has toured with Frank Turner, Good Old War, Stephen Kellogg, and Lucero among others and is the founding [...]
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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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Boston Calling
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The XX / Grizzly Bear
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The Postal Service
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