Chances are you’ve heard, or at least heard of, “WAP,” the collaboration between Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B that broke first-week streaming records following its release this summer. Whether you like the song or not, its charting position showed that there’s a new class of female rappers ready to take over the game and…
Despite COVID-19 regulations, the URI marching band still found a way to make music. Photo by James Singer. With the start of a new semester during a pandemic, what does keeping the Rhody spirit alive look like? This fall, the University of Rhode Island’s marching band is persevering through the challenges of accommodating to the…
Quadio is a platform designed for college students so they can easily upload their music. Photo from Quadio.com Coming up on their second anniversary in October, Quadio, the music streaming and social media platform, has reached college campuses all over the United States, including the University of Rhode Island. The platform could be considered similar…
First off, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Ronan Himelrick and I am from Canton, Massachusetts. I am a freshman here at the University of Rhode Island and I’m really excited to be joining the Good Five Cent Cigar. With little on-campus entertainment, I’ve decided to review and recommend some music, movies and…
Whether we acknowledge the fact or not, summer has come and gone, and while many summer plans ceased to exist, the music scene’s production of bops did not. While in the heat of the summer, you may not be set on one specific song being the “song of the summer,” but as the season comes…
University Rhode Island and Adam Levin host fifth annual festival online Adam Levin and URI are hosting a virtual guitar festival which will feature musicians from around the world. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. After being cancelled in the spring, University of Rhode Island’s fifth annual Guitar is ready to take the stage virtually from Sept….
Frustrated with social distancing? Tired of quarantining and not leaving your house? Bored out of your mind? We get it. It’s important to stay in right now and to avoid being too close to other people, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. It gets old pretty quickly. To help stave off insanity and cabin fever,…
The band “Cavalier” (above) was one of three that performed during the Music Guild concert. Photo by James McIntosh. After the unexpected cancellation from the band The Obsessives just a few hours before their concert last Friday night, Musician’s Guild pulled a few strings and still hosted three bands for a crowd of over 60…
Grimes (above) released her most recent album, “Miss Anthropocene,” on Feb. 21. Photo from The Cornell Daily Sun. The 2010s were a decade in music defined by massive cultural shifts, the rise of online streaming and an influx of new and exciting artists willing to push genre boundaries in a never-before-seen way. While the 2020s…
Photos by James Singer. Photos are from the URI Symphony Orchestra’s Feb. 29 performance Last Saturday night the University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra and the South Kingstown High School Orchestra Personnel performed at URI’s Fine Arts Center. The URI Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Ann Danis and the South Kingstown High School Orchestra Personnel was conducted…