Midnight Spotlight: City Slickers
Each week, 889@Night will recognize local unsigned talent and promote their music on air as well as on our website. We highlight the talented few who stand out amongst a crowd. This week starting today, August 13th, 2012, we are highlighting local rap group City Slickers and playing their music at midnight and 12:30 am [...]
Musicians Featured In Olympics Closing Ceremony
A while ago, I reported on the suspected opening ceremony playlist for the 2012 Olympics. While the opening ceremonies were more of an abstract fever dream rather then the pageantry and pure unbridled extravagance that was Beijing, they had their own quirky (34 million dollar) charm to it. The closing ceremony, on the other hand, [...]
Osheaga Music Festival
A lot of us have songs that we consider “ours.” They’re songs we listen to over and over again, through our headphones on the bus or turned up loud in our room. Songs carry very specific emotional attachments. Sometimes it’s like we convince ourselves that we’re the only person in the entire world who could [...]
Artist of the Week: Mumford & Sons
The WERS Artist of the Week is Mumford & Sons! The London-based folk rock group released their first album in late 2009 and ever since then their popularity has grown and grown. The group’s profile is sure to explode even more come this Fall as they are set to release their sophomore LP, Babel. Mumford [...]
“HITstory” by Hit-Boy
“Paris” by Watch the Throne was one of the biggest hits of 2011. “Cray” and “Ball So Hard” were regrettably some of the most overused phrases in pop culture within the past year. Nevertheless, the mastermind behind that beat was California native Hit-Boy. Since then, his career as a producer has taken off to say [...]
Chagigah Kitchen: Cheese Blintz Loaf
Happy end of summer, Chagigah listeners! Now that the school year is very nearly upon us, it’s time to get back into gear. What better way to get yourself and the whole family ready for the long day than a delicious, kosher breakfast? With that in mind, here is an amazing baked cheese blintz loaf [...]
All A Capprofile: AaronicStuff
Whether you define it as “vocal electronic music” or “a cappella dubstep”, the upcoming artist AaronicStuff is changing the way we understand a cappella music. With the combination of his viral YouTube videos and song selections, AaronicStuff is creating an entirely new genre of a cappella with his original arrangements of electronic music and dubstep that [...]
Revo Radar: The Showtek Brothers
You know the saying “two heads are better than one”? Well, they’re right! The Showtek brothers, Wouter and Sjoerd Janssen, have definitely put their heads together to make it far in the electro scene. Oh, and did I also mention they’re part of the “Top 100 DJs!”? The Showtek brothers have recently done some amazing collaboration work [...]
Thoughts on Theater: Film Adaptation
Yesterday I had the pleasure of going to see a free screening of Matthew McConhaghy’s new (or rather re-released) film Killer Joe. I won’t get too much into the details of the film itself, it’s rated NC-17 and after seeing it I would never look at KFC or Pumpkin Pie the same way again. I [...]
Real Estate Live In Studio
I was supposed to interview the band Real Estate when they came in for the live mix at our WERS studio, but due to time conflicts the band couldn’t stay. For a couple reasons, I felt a little freaked out inside when I realized this; Real Estate is one of my favorite bands, and I [...]
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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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