70th Birthday Party Recap
Photography by Cole Matheson and Sophia Cloonan By Lily Doolin On Saturday, November 2nd, the staff at 88.9 WERS and all of our incredible guests gathered together to celebrate 70 years of listener-supported public radio…
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WERS Essentials: Sweater Weather Songs
By WERS Staff This Veterans’ Day Weekend, we’re keeping things nice and cozy here at 88.9 with our special Sweater Weather Weekend. From Friday the 8th through Monday the 11th, we’re playing all the music…
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Interview: Dermot Kennedy Talks Debut Album Before Sold Out House of Blues Show
Photography by Cole Matheson By Megan Doherty Check out Megan’s Dermot Kennedy Show Review Irish Singer/songwriter Dermot Kennedy performed at the House of Blues on Sunday, October 20. Before taking the stage, he sat down…
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Album Review: Lana Del Rey’s “Norman F—–g Rockwell!” is a Masterpiece
By Kenneth Cox Artist: Lana Del Rey Album: Norman F——g Rockwell! Favorites: “The Greatest,” “California,” “Mariners Apartment Complex,” “Venice B—h” For Fans Of: Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple, Leonard Cohen Is it really that shocking that Lana Del Rey…
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Interview: Cowboy Junkies in Conversation
By Phil Jones Host Phil Jones spoke with Michael Timmins, longtime songwriter for the Canadian group, on their 30+ years as a band, the new album All That Reckoning, and what it means to be…
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Artist Profile: BANKS
By Minah Thomas Jillian Banks, or BANKS, has returned to the charts for a third time with the release of her newest album, III. Five years have passed since the release of her first album,…
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Artist Profile: Adia Victoria
By Lily Doolin The Blues emerged during a time in America’s history that was wrought with slavery, racism, and oppression. From its beginnings, the genre was a powerful medium for black artists to share their…
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Artist Profile: Nick Lowe
By Kenneth Cox The UK is home to countless artists that have changed the world of music. From The Beatles to Adele, the region has produced musicians that found listeners across the world. However, not…
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Garage Rock is not Dead
By Lily Doolin There’s something beautiful that happens when a new subgenre of music comes onto the scene. Suddenly, there are whole scores of music lovers united under a whole new community, all bonding over…
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Ultimate ’70s Sing-Along Playlist
By Lily Doolin While my childhood was mostly founded on the rock of the ’80s and ’90s, I was introduced to quite a lot of ’70s music in my early days. On the dancefloor of…
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Kevin Parker: Getting to know Tame Impala
By Minah Thomas-Proust After four years of near-silence, Tame Impala, or the one-man band of Kevin Parker, has returned to the sphere of alternative/psychedelic rock with two memorable singles. “Patience” and “Borderline” were released back…
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Writers’ Beat — Favorite Music Moments
Introducing a new segment on our blog: the writing staff beat! Here we have our contributors discuss a prompt every week. This time around, we are talking about our favorite music moments. What is a…
