Over winter break, Tufts acquired the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), an official full adoption of the five-year combined degree program that awards students with two degrees — a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Arts or Science. Lesser known is the five-year dual degree program ...
Did Kendrick Lamar have anything left to prove? Fresh off a year that included the release of his widely acclaimed third album "To Pimp a Butterfly," a few virtuosic live performances that set the Twittersphere ablaze and his sweep at the Grammy’s, the answer seemed to be a resounding "no." With ...
Just three weeks following the release of its debut LP "Human Ceremony" and almost exactly a year since its last visit, Brooklyn’s Sunflower Bean returned to The Middle East Club Upstairs in Cambridge for a nearly sold-out show on Saturday, Feb. 27. "Human Ceremony" is the latest ...
I felt like Sean Connery upon entering Ryan’s hotel room last night. In true James Bond fashion, Ryan closed the blinds, immediately cut to the chase and opened one two jet black cases lying on the floor.But then, it all stopped being so “MI6,” for Ryan wasn’t an enemy, I wasn’t there to assassinate ...
If you visited any independent coffee shops or juice bars in 2014, you are undoubtedly acquainted with “Elevate,” the infectious synthpop hit from South African indie musician St. Lucia. “Elevate” exemplifies the unique sound on St. Lucia’s debut album “When the Night” (2013): 80s synth, ...
“What happened after New Orleans?” asks the voice of the late Anthony Barre, better known as Messy Mya, over the intro to Beyoncé’s new surprise single, “Formation” (2016). Barre, a black comedian, rapper and social media celebrity who was killed at the age of 22 in November 2010, isn’t ...
By now, most people know 40-year-old Sia Furler as the crazy-haired Australian pop star who refuses to show her face on television by wearing ridiculously big, blonde wigs. What most people do not know, however, is that she has written songs for some of the biggest pop stars of the modern era, including—just ...
Daughter is arguably one of the most successful indie acts of our generation. The band’s debut, “If You Leave” received significant praise when it was released in 2013, and produced three singles including the Spotify favorite "Youth." Daughter’s popularity is due in part to its ...
“Pendulum” (2015) , the Amalgamates’ latest album, will be well represented in the nominations for this year's Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA), with the album garnering a total of four nominations in the categories of best mixed collegiate album, best mixed collegiate arrangement, ...
The nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, highlighting the best and brightest talents in the music industry, were released Monday morning and, as always, caused a bit of controversy. Though the committee recognized many deserving artists, many more musicians were not recognized, and my job ...
Johnny D's, a local restaurant and music club, announced over the summer that it will be ending its 46-year-long history of celebrating and hosting musical performances in Davis Square in late January or early February. The local joint, which has hosted famous artists like Alison Krauss, Ben Harper, the Avett Brothers and the Dixie Chicks, has also provided a stage for several Tufts bands and musicians.
Something changed over the summer. The change was probably imperceptible to most people, but it is meant to fundamentally affect the music industry.For years -- since 1989 in fact -- new music in the United States had gone on sale on Tuesdays; in Canada and the U.K., Mondays; and in Australia and Germany, ...
If anyone at Tufts asks me what music I like, I immediately respond with “hip-hop,” usually getting a nod of approval in return. However, when I go back home, slip into my car and jet across the New Jersey Turnpike, the playlist blasting from my car speakers is exclusively country. I know what ...
Here are two of the most common reasons music listeners either refuse to listen to a cappella music or are quickly bored by it: 1) It's almost always covers of popular songs, and 2) It's difficult to keep arrangements of songs as interesting as music with actual instruments. In its self-titled ...
The past 10 months or so have been jam-packed with great music releases. From industry legends like Sufjan Stevens and Björk, to newer artists such as Julia Holter and Vince Staples, music-lovers have had a lot to be excited about. There has, of course, been a fair share of forgettable projects, ...
Gwen Stefani has become a household name in the last decade -- first because of her string of hits with the angsty pop band No Doubt and then for her acclaimed solo career, which won her numerous accolades. From "Don't Speak" (1996) to "Hollaback Girl" (2004) to "The ...
If you are Aubrey Drake Graham, it really is a great time to be alive. The Toronto rapper’s recently released surprise collaboration album with rapper Future, “What A Time To Be Alive," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart.It was Drake’s second No. 1 album in 2015, following the success ...
There are not many places you can go if you want to taste traditional German food at one table and New England cider doughnuts at the next, but this is what the Off-Hill Council’s Fall Fest provided this past Saturday, Sept. 26.Enclosed in a fence on the Residential Quad, the Fall Fest represented ...
Rather than collect tickets inside the building as they did last year, event staff processed attendees outside, which increased efficiency, according to Tello. Event staff also added portable bathrooms outside the venue, as well as more ventilation to keep the temperature down.
Fans of singer-songwriter Abel Tesfaye, known by the moniker The Weeknd since his debut mixtape "House of Balloons" (2011), have no need to fret. His second album, "Beauty Behind the Madness" -- released Aug. 28 -- stays truer to his R&B roots than did his June single "Can't ...
