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By Vincent Paz Rising contemporary musicians and bands often promote their music through social media and tour announcements. Some dream of headlining major music festivals and performing in sold-out arenas,…

When a musician disappears off the face of the Earth and  leaves behind an album titled “U.F.O.,”  some may speculate if aliens had anything to do with it. Such is…

Before becoming one of the undisputed kings of the Atlanta rap scene, Gucci Mane first had to claim the throne. Throughout the 2000s, the rapper released an astronomical 20 or…

Liberal arts schools, like Emerson, engage in a culture of music that largely revolves around songs from the alternative genre. To define it loosely, alternative/indie music refers to music that…

When Irish-born legend Hozier’s second album, Wasteland, Baby! dropped in March of 2019, you couldn’t just hear the influences that jazz legends held over his incredibly tall head (the folk-rocker…

Picture this: the sun’s shafting rays stream through your supposedly light-blocking blinds as you struggle to put an end to the “Party in the U.S.A.” blaring through your alarm clock’s…

If you’re anything like me, finding yourself at concerts quite often, you have that one music venue that you consider to be “the best.” Maybe it’s a venue where you…