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Weekly News: The Texting-Suicide Case and DACA

This episode of You Are Here explores potential repercussions of the highly publicized Carter v. Commonwealth case and visits a Boston DACA protest to get perspective from those... Read More

Listener Photo and Story Submissions

How do you celebrate independent music? WERS wants to feature you in an upcoming listener photo and story campaign, where we celebrate independent music and the... Read More

Blondes Really Do Have More Fun: Blondie’s Triumph Over Irrelevancy, Forty Years in the Making

By Erin Christie The 1970s: A decade filled to the brim and overflowing with 7" records of the punk to prog to ambient to disco-... Read More

Arum Rae at WERS

Singer-songwriter Arum Rae stopped by our studio and sat down with 88.9's Alex Waters to talk about her new record, the parallels between songs and... Read More

Goodbye WBRU

  By Ross A. Ketschke, who grew up in Westport, MA. I was nine years old, riding in the car with my mom after just... Read More

Rounding off Summer with these Music Discoveries

"Describing her music like her own diary, she has covered everything from failed relationships to a brief fascination with serial killers." This week on the... Read More

Brett Dennen | WERS Interview & Performance

Recently, Brett Dennen dropped by the WERS studio to play a few songs live. While he was there, 88.9's Alex Waters talked with him about... Read More

Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats Interview

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats sat down with WERS' Geoff Morrissey at Boston Calling this summer to talk about gym routines, cocktails, and finding... Read More

Bully, Future Islands, and More Music Discoveries

"Her milky, yet strong voice conveys the story of letting go to receive the good of the future." This week on the WERS 7 o'clock... Read More

In the Studio with Daphne Willis

Daphne Willis stopped by the WERS studio while she was in Boston for her tour to play some music and talk with DJ Zuzana about... Read More

Mattiel, The Dig, and More Music Discoveries

"The harmonious vocals... beautifully combine to create a sound that is not only melancholy, but also light. " This week on the WERS 7 o'clock news... Read More

Curtis Harding, Japanese Breakfast, and More Music Discoveries

"It's music to soundtrack a dream or that state right before dreaming and it's a rare song that could be as affecting any time of... Read More