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Music

Drake has three top ten hits in this weeks Billboard Hot 100.  Via Wikimedia

An Analysis of the Top Ten Songs in America

By Josh Petersen April 17, 2018

With streaming services and digital platforms taking over traditional radio play and records sales are measures of popularity, what it means to have a “hit song” is radically changing. Using the top...

Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves Is a One Woman Country Music Revolution

By Josh Petersen April 8, 2018

When Kacey Musgraves released her major-label debut “Same Trailer, Different Park” in 2013, she immediately established herself as a renegade and a revivalist, capable of pushing country music in a...

Artists Break Silence on Mental Health

Artists Break Silence on Mental Health

By Jaycen Eggleston February 27, 2018

There is a dramatic photo of a forest dripping with sunlight that’s put next to a photo of a bottle of medication or a handful of pills with text reading, “This is an antidepressant, this is a lifetime...

Events Calendar Feb. 20

By Madge Slack February 20, 2018

A Taste of Storytelling This one-hour informational session runs through Feb. 22 and will be led by The Bee, a local storytelling show. The show consists of 10 storytellers who tell true stories when...

Hamildrops Continues the Hit Musicals Legacy

“Hamildrops” Continues the Hit Musical’s Legacy

By Josh Petersen February 2, 2018

Attention “Hamilton” fans: in 2018, show creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will be releasing more material associated with the smash-hit musical. Once a month Miranda will share new content, adding to the...

Cingara Adds Emotion to Music

Cingara Adds Emotion to Music

By Madge Slack January 29, 2018

Jelena Cingara fell in love with music through a friend. Her parents tell her that she used to listen with rapt attention at the age of five while her friend put on music shows consisting of ballet and...

BORNS performing in Boston in 2016.

BØRNS Latest Album “Blue Madonna”

By Alina Hansen January 25, 2018

BØRNS album “Blue Madonna” was released the second week of this month featuring the hit single “God Save Our Young Blood” with guest vocals by Lana Del Rey. BØRNS is comprised of musician Garrett...

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Petersen: Top 5 Songs of 2017

By Josh Petersen December 4, 2017

There was a lot of great music this year from a variety of sources: pop stars and indie acts, rappers and singer-songwriters, old favorites and new talents. As the music industry remains ever in flux,...

Chamber Music Series: A Relaxing Celebration of Renaissance Music

By Jaycen Eggleston December 4, 2017

Getting lost in acrylic trees and the soft, warm tones of oil paintings is a fun way to pass the time on cold winter days, especially when walking outside is enough to melt even the sturdiest of souls....

Photo by Sachyn Mital. Annie Clark aka St. Vincent performed at Terminal 5 in New York on 26 February 2014

St. Vincent’s “Masseduction”: Art and Life

By Alina Hansen November 27, 2017

St. Vincent, a.k.a. Annie Clark, has gradually risen to fame as a talented indie pop artist over the last few years. Her second album “Actor” (2009) lead to her exposure and popularity. She has been...