Music
Music
An emotional album: ‘The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg’
“The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg,” the first proper album from South African pop group Beatenberg, is an album that furthers this idea. Released in 2014, the album is a compilation of stories—of youth, of bittersweet happiness, of nostalgia—and is one of the most innovative pop albums released in recent memory.
A Cappella
After Hours flattened at ICCA
As expected for the group that won their quarterfinals just one year ago, they set the bar incredibly high.
Eastman
Banjo star entertains and inspires in equal measure
All I can tell you for sure is that Béla Fleck is bae and his banjo skills are dope.
Grammys
No Jackets Required takes on the Grammys
A lot of these songs, having been produced in the past five years, have synths and multiple keyboard parts, and NJR did justice to that.
YouTube
“theneedledrop” is more than a review
Look, “theneedledrop,” a.k.a Anthony Fantano, is literally one of the greatest music reviewers of all time.
Music
The Teddy Rycroft Quintet stuns at Starbucks
Although it was their first time appearing together in Starbucks, Rycroft and Palace are no strangers to the Starbucks stage—they’ve been performing together since last year, and have done Friday Night Live shows before.
Eastman
Opera singers light up Eastman voice competition
The Friends of Eastman Opera hosted the fifteenth-annual Voice Competition on Feb. 12 in Kilbourn Hall.
Kanye
With ‘Pablo,’ Kanye West grows up—sort of
“The Life of Pablo” is not as good as “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” nor does it have the consistency of “Yeezus.”
A Cappella
Rochester looks to become pitch perfect at ICCAs
UR will host one of the ICCA Central quarterfinal rounds of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) on Saturday, Feb. 27.
NFL
At halftime, Beyonce delivers much needed message
Bruno Mars and Beyoncé certainly rejuvenated my confidence that this show wasn’t going to be a complete letdown.