Timeless Tuesday: Return of Mase
For this Timeless Tuesday, I want to take you guys back a few years to the mighty return of Mase to the rap game. In 2004, Mase dropped an album called Welcome Back. This was his first album release since his classic Double Up album in 1999. In between these albums, Mase decided to retire [...]
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. Purity Ring, Shrines – Take the recent dubstep craze, turn the volume down about ten pegs, add glitchy drums and some tinkling melodies, and layer [...]
Where Are They Now: Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke is an American R&B, Gospel, Soul singer and songwriter. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on January 22, 1931, he later added on the “e” to his last name for an unknown reason. His parents, Annie Mae and Reverend Charles Cook, had eight other children as well. His family moved to Chicago in 1933, and [...]
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 [...]
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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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