A month in music: January edition

The Cigar’s playlist of January 2021 must-listen music. Photo by Kayla Laguerre-Lewis. The new year opened with some super impressive music releases, so here are some of my favorites from the past month. The newly-acclaimed teenage artist Olivia Rodrigo stunned the globe with her single “drivers license,” reaching No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Rodrigo originally…

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‘POTUS’ concept album provides humor through history

New York singer and songwriter David W. Jacobson combines humor and history in his newest release, “POTUS”. Photo from sbstatesman.com. While this most recent presidential administration saw an abundance of great politically-inspired music, one musician drew his inspiration from presidents of the past. “POTUS,” the latest album by New York-based singer-songwriter David W. Jacobsen, is…

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