As part of the University Artist Series, the University of Rhode Island honored composers who died at a young age with their concert “Careers Cut Short: Rare Gems for Violin and Piano” The concert featured URI teacher of violin and viola Alexey Shabalin and professor of music Manabu Takasawa on piano. The program included works…
Lauren Drapeau – Editor-in-Chief: I’m reverting back to my roots for this one. “Understand” by Greer has been stuck in my head lately and despite seeing them perform live back in 2022, my sentimentality toward the lead singer continues to thrive. The strong electric guitar paired with his smooth voice and the emotion with each…
A University of Rhode Island multicultural brotherhood united students through terror on the dance floor on Friday during an annual Halloween dance and costume party in the Memorial Union ballroom. Hosted by Brothers On A New Direction, the “Nightmare on B.O.N.D. street” party ended off the organization’s “B.O.N.D. week,” which is held every fall semester…
Those familiar with the experimental jazz/rock scene may have heard about the early October release, “The New Sound” by Geordie Greep. Greep, most known for his time in the group Black Midi, has since split off and begun a solo career. The result so far has been interesting to say the least. The album throws…
With frightful scenes and spooky songs, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a classic movie that embodies the spirit of Halloween. Before you argue with me that “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a Christmas movie, it’s set in Halloween Town. Christmas Land is only an added place Jack Skellington travels to during the movie. The characters…
The University of Rhode Island Sojourn Collegiate Ministry kicked off the “spooky-season” by hosting a pumpkin painting night in the Memorial Union Atrium on Oct. 16 with a goal of bringing students together. Each table offered paint brushes, pallets of paint, water and a pumpkin for each student to individually design. The group started with…
On Friday night, the University of Rhode Island’s improv club, Rhody Ridiculousness, had their first performance of the semester. “It was the biggest troupes and biggest crowd we had, people had to pull up chairs tonight which is the first time that ever happened,” the club’s vice president Ella McNally said. During the show the…
Darren Criss has been charming audiences through song, screen and stage for over a decade and has amassed over 371,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Criss’ music has all the catchiness of hit Broadway tunes and the lyricality of today’s best songwriters. Additionally, his ability to charm audiences through song is what has brought him to…
On Oct. 21, 1957, Elvis Presley’s song “Jailhouse Rock” hit number one in the United States on the Billboard Charts, according to Music History Events. It stayed there for seven weeks and was used for the film “Elvis,” released on June 24, 2022. In 1964, the film version of the musical “My Fair Lady” premiered…
Indie-folk band Bon Iver released his first music in five years last Friday in a sentimental, poetic 12-minute, four-song extended play titled “SABLE,.” Bon Iver is the alias of Justin Vernon and was initially formed as a solo-project following the breakup with both his band “DeYarmond Edison” and his girlfriend, according to NY Times ….