Fulshear senior McKenna Franco founded Star Shaped Girl, a first-of-its-kind girl band in the Waco alternative scene, last spring.
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As Baylor’s first concert of the fall approaches, seats are slowly but surely snatched up from the Foster Pavilion ticket map. But for some students, the price can be a deterrent.
Not all study music is created equally. Fortunately, through the years, I have developed a list of music to check out depending on what kind of assignment you are working on.
An unspoken mark in everyone’s transition from adolescence to adulthood is the first week of college. Drowning in surreal emotion and overwhelm, the first week of school brings on an odd combination of feelings.
While Foster Pavilion dominates the fall concert schedule, Jason Cook and his team are in talks to fill larger venues in the spring.
From the familiar frequencies of Foster Pavilion to the bumping beats of the new Baylor Backyard Live series, the fall semester is packed with concerts.
The La Fiera de Ojinaga and Los Pescadores del Río Conchos concert has been been rescheduled, but the new date may allow for an outdoor community event.
Friday night at Foster Pavilion marked the third arena show ever for country musician Tyce Delk. After releasing his first single, “Adaline,” in July, his career has skyrocketed, landing him a spot as an opener for Hudson Westbrook.
We’re keeping it moody and mellow for Tunesday this finals week. Just find your study zen, put on the headphones and hit play on these underground weekend releases from Charlotte Day Wilson, spilltab and Mother Soki. You got this.
The songs on this week’s Tunesday are a little bit farther off the beaten track than the usual pop hits featured in this column. Give these rising artists a chance, and you might just find your new favorite song to add to your playlist.
This isn’t just a rehash of what made them popular in their black-and-white Tumblr-era days; it’s a more introspective, textured work that leans into their strengths while pushing into new emotional and sonic territory.
Some exciting new songs released this weekend — let’s break down the lore behind them in the last Tunesday before Thanksgiving break!
The one-night-only performance blends live instrumentation, immersive sound design and curated lighting effects into what the pair calls an “audio-cinematic journey.”
Ahhh, the 2010s — the decade of the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, “Frozen” and the golden era of pop. Whether you’re a die-hard pop fan or just an occasional listener, the 2010s were marked by some of the most unique and diverse music of our time, with many records going completely unrecognized.
The women of the world are ruling the charts this weekend with drops from American R&B queen Kehlani, Belgian DJ GOAT Charlotte de Witte and Puerto Rico’s flaming hot rapper Young Miko. Check out this dynamic set of new songs, fresh from Spotify.
The production is a collaboration with the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, and tells the enthralling life story of 19th-century singer, pianist and composer Pauline Viardot, a forgotten musical genius once praised for her incomparable talent by Franz Liszt and now rediscovered through Ching’s modern lens.
Feel like you’re starting to check out? Listen up and lock in with these weird and wacky study beats by Tyler, The Creator, ROSALÍA and Oklou, released this weekend.
Baylor announced the news Friday morning in an Instagram post on the Foster Pavilion page, along with a teaser to a special guest which is yet to be revealed.
I present you with a healthy mix of hype anthems and heavy, emo tracks this Tunesday, courtesy of Halle, Daniel Caesar and — yes, I can’t believe it either — The Neighbourhood. Plug in and listen up to what you might have missed out on this weekend.
Foster Pavilion was filled with the sounds of whining guitars, feisty fiddles, cowboy boot stomping and raucous cheers for Tucker Wetmore’s first arena performance at Foster Pavilion Thursday.
The rising artist, who is a CMA New Artist of the Year nominee, has won the hearts of millions with his smooth vocals and his small-town storytelling and since earned millions of streams across music platforms. This concert will be Wetmore’s first time headlining for an arena.
We’re keeping it emo for this week’s Tunesday, with new hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, King Princess and Tame Impala. If you haven’t listened yet, and even if you have, tune in to learn more about the lore behind these weekend bangers.
Around 1:45 p.m. Sunday, guitarist Jack Montesinos, keyboardist Joe Roddy and drummer Nico Leophonte casually walked on, accruing a collection of cheers and claps from the crowd. Despite this performance being their first at Austin City Limits, they looked relaxed, as if they’d done this a thousand times before.
Latry’s visit to Waco is part of Baylor School of Music’s Showcase Series, where he will perform works by Guilmant and Bach before closing with a live improvisation on a surprise theme. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Jones Concert Hall, followed by a master class with Baylor students the next day. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public.
Under the heat of the Texas sun and into the cool of the hazy, dusty evening, weekend two of Austin City Limits music festival made for a monumental listening and viewing experience, thick with artists of varying sounds and genres, from Latin to country, and pop to experimental rock.
Punk rock sisters Kenzie and Laila Crowe, otherwise known as the band “Girl Tones,” sat with us for an exclusive interview after their exhilarating set at ACL. Here with this Kentucky-native duo, we discussed their unforgettable Friday afternoon set, rock music inspirations and what they’re up to post-tour. Let’s dig in.
What Pinewood heard last Thursday, the city is beginning to hear elsewhere. As the Baylor Jazz Ensemble opened their season with its first performance last Tuesday, and For Keeps Coffee prepares for another jazz night, they join into the same song, one of impulse, choice and collaboration.
In this week’s Tunesday, I dive into the best song on “The Life of a Showgirl” and highlight other musical gems hidden in the shadow of Swift’s Friday release. Read up to expand your playlist with some of this weekend’s hit tracks and singles.
After two months of waiting following the album announcement on Aug. 12, the much-anticipated release of Taylor Swift’s twelfth studio album is upon us. Last night, Swift reintroduced her love affair with spectacle and storytelling through twelve tracks of a dazzling pop refresh, all wrapped up in a glittering 41 minutes.
Taylor Swift’s twelfth album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” drops at midnight — here’s what we know about it now.