Photo by Anna Meassick | Vocalist for Vibrations of America, Mallory Leonard, serenades the audience with beautiful ballads. The University of Rhode Island’s music department held a concert last Tuesday in the Fine Arts Center featuring Jazz Combos performed by students. The concert involved three small groups: Vibrations From America, The Blu’ Notes and Standards…
Photo by Jake Kraus | Brett Eldredge performed to a rowdy crowd on Oct. 11. When purchasing a ticket for Brett Eldredge’s The Long Way tour, fans were likely expecting a fun night out full of country music. What they probably weren’t expecting was for Eldredge to bring out his dog, Edgar, and see numerous…
Photo by Kayla Michaud | Rich the Kid was adorned in Rhody gear but fell short of student’s expectations. Rich the Kid, an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer, came to the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center this past Saturday, Sept. 29. The concert officially began at 8 p.m., but ticket holders were…
The band, The Wild!, will be performing in Providence on Sept. 29, bringing a fun rock-filled night to Rhode Island. It is evident that the band could not be more passionate about rock music and are looking forward to introducing an audience to a good time this Saturday night. “We are four guys from Western…
The Ryan Center and University of Rhode Island Student Entertainment Committee are bringing Grammy-winning, hip-hop artist Lil Wayne to Rhode Island as part of his 2017 college tour this Sunday, April 9. Having sold millions of albums worldwide, Lil Wayne has earned himself a total of four Grammy awards. He released his first album when…
Over the summer, I had an amazing opportunity through The University of Rhode Island to help out at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival. With this opportunity, I was able to go to the festival and evaluate sets at the Storyville stage. This was my first experience going to not only the jazz festival but to…
The indietronica band from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Passion Pit, energized fans and brought a new, electric sound to the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center last night. The show was presented by URI’s Student Entertainment Committee, who brought Passion Pit in hopes to bring in a different crowd than shows in the past. To start, Firekid,…
Zedd, the Russian-German music producer and DJ, performed at the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center this past Tuesday as a part of his True Colors tour. “The minute Zedd came on I could feel the positive energy in my body from everyone in the Ryan Center,†said Steven Leone, a sophomore at URI….