The University of Rhode Island Musician’s Guild held a concert featuring bands Strip Mall, 8th Grade Slow Dance and RoboPumpkin on Friday in the Memorial Union. This was the second Guild-sponsored concert of the semester, bringing in local bands to play on campus. URI students were given discounted ticket prices, in this case half the…
The Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island hosted Emmett Goods and his band, Another Level, in a jazz concert on Thursday, April 11, featuring songs from his new record and covers of other songs by some of his favorite artists. Emmett Goods is an assistant professor of music and Africana studies and…
Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of acclaimed band Nirvana, died 30 years ago as of April 5, and fans today from around the globe are still remembering his music, life and legacy. The blond-haired, guitar-smashing grunge phenom had notably been recognized for his authentic ragged voice and abstract concerts during his short-lived career as lead…
Beyoncé’s “COWBOY CARTER” album was something different. Clocking in at an hour and 20 minutes and featuring some of music’s top players from across a spectrum of genres, the album was clearly meant to show the world that her heritage and musical talent transcend the limitations of genre and style. But while the album clearly…
193 Coffeehouse hosted a screamo punk night for students on Thursday, April 4 where audience members could be found dancing around the room in parallel to the surge of sounds the bands projected. Azure Bluet, Nithan Gohok and the University of Rhode Island student band Told Not To Worry all performed at the event. Screamo…
Olivia Rodrigo recently released more songs from her “GUTS” album on March 22 and put them into a new album called “GUTS (spilled).” “GUTS” followed Rodrigo’s first album, “Sour.” Her first album won a Grammy award in 2022 for Best Pop Vocal Album. “Sour” was such a success that many thought her next album would…
The Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island presented the Víquez/Wadley Trio on Thursday, March 28, which performed a number of musical pieces designed for clarinet, bass clarinet, tuba and percussion. The 89th event of the 2023/2024 URI Music Department season, which had free admission, was a faculty recital. The trio was composed…
South African artist Tyla released her self-titled debut album, “TYLA,” on March 26 and has grown in popularity after receiving a Grammy for best African music performance for her smash single, “Water.” At the age of 22, Tyla is now the youngest African musician to get a Grammy Award. Tyla has drawn attention from people…
This past Saturday, the College of Arts and Sciences hosted a ukulele jam at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, where students and faculty members of the University of Rhode Island along with members of the greater Kingston community joined together to create music. The event was organized by Audrey Cardany, an associate professor of…
University of Rhode Island band Marble House took home first place in the URI Musician’s Guild Big Nice Battle of the Bands on Saturday night in the Memorial Union’s Rainville Ballroom. The free show featured performances from eight URI bands: Cough Drop, Fermat, Marble House, Morning Shower, Moss Boy and the Critters, Orphans on Fire,…