What to Wear to a Concert in the Winter
By Lily Doolin Just a few weeks ago, I was getting ready for the Dermot Kennedy concert at the Royale (check out my concert review here, and my exclusive interview with Dermot here). After giving…
Ten Albums that Came out Ten Years Ago
By Lily Doolin With the end of 2018 on the horizon, you music lovers out there are probably already looking to see what the new year will bring to the industry. What new artists will…
New Wave of Diversity Takes 2018 Music by Storm
By Lily Doolin As of late, it seems as though gender diversity is improving in the music industry. Big-name female artists dominated the stage at the 2018 Grammys back in January. Many female artists have…
Iceland Airwaves 2018 Recap, Photos, and Playlist
Photography by Erin Jean Hussey By Erin Jean Hussey Couldn’t make it to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves 2018? Don’t worry! WERS traveled to Iceland in partnership with Iceland Naturally and put together a roundup of…
A Playlist a Day: Creating the Soundtrack of My Week
By Lily Doolin Every morning, to get myself in the right headspace, I throw in my headphones and open up a playlist. I scroll through the same five playlists I do every day. It’s times…
Jade Bird Flies to New Music Heights Across The Globe
Jade Bird with WERS’ Kennedy and Mica By Mica Kendall With only one EP out, and a handful of singles ranging from 2017 to current day, the up and coming British 21 year old singer…
Chris Vos on How The Record Company’s ‘All of This Life’ Came to Be, and More.
The Record Company photo courtesy of Jen Rosenstein By Mica Kendall Surging in musical charts and press in a mere two-year time span for their debut album Give It Back To You and their latest…
Portugal. The Man Ends Their Tour With A Dance Party At Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Photography by Lizzie Heintz By Mica Kendall From releasing 8 albums in the past 12 years to recently acquiring more than 531 million streams on their Grammy Award winning single off their latest album, Woodstock,…
Where Are They Now: Gotye
By Andrea Williams As many people know, Gotye was behind the hit single “Somebody That I Used to Know.” With many hit singles and a Grammy, one would think he would continue to make new…
Wicked Good Festival Map
VENDOR TENTS 1 – WERS 88.9FM 2 – Emerson College 3 – Coffee-Mate natural bliss 4 – Boston Celtics 5 – EF International Language Campuses 6 – Bleachers Merch 7 – Buffalo Tom Merch 8…
Allegiance by Speakeasy Stage: WERS Musical Review
– By Sam Fidler – Speakeasy Stage, more than any other production company of its caliber in Boston, chooses its seasons with a laser-sharp focus on contemporary works. Especially in the realm of musicals–in a…
First Aid Kit Brings Soul into the Hearts at House of Blues
Photography by Jacob Cutler – By Mica Kendall – From acoustic to electric guitar switches to head banging hair flips accompanied by synchronized, guitar dancing, the Soderberg sisters of First Aid Kit know how to…
