With four songs that went “Unheard” until last week, Hozier released a new EP that does not disappoint.
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If you’ve been to a wedding at any point in the last decade, you’ve probably also developed an allergy to Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran. Even though those top-40 pop hits are sure to get your aunt and uncle on the dance floor, nobody wants to see them try (and fail) to do dances that haven’t been popular since you were in middle school. Here’s what to play instead, slow songs included.
For classically trained musicians in the Baylor Jazz String Quartet, “embracing the weird” has become second nature. Although the four members grew up learning to perfect their craft, jazz has become for them what rock ‘n’ roll was for Elton John during his youth.
Creativity and inspiration are two things that are familiar to Houston junior Ayinda Marshall, who goes by the artist name danO powers. With one album out and another on the way, he is capitalizing on his time in college by taking the time to craft himself as an artist.
With just a few days until Easter break, here are some new tunes for your road trip home and your long weekend of relaxation from classes.
Justin Timberlake is sounding old. Although his looks have held up, his somewhat original thought has not. Every song on his new album, “Everything I Thought I Was,” seems a rip-off of his younger competitors.
This week, there’s new music from country queens and indie icons.
The Texas Music Cafe has been bringing live music to Waco for over 27 years. In addition to highlighting artists in the community, the Texas Music Cafe has an impressive catalogue of performances — including Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett — that has earned it a wall of recognition from the Music Association of Central Texas.
Baylor’s School of Music presented a concert featuring both Bella Voce and the Chamber Singers on Thursday night at Armstrong Browning Library.
Ahead of twice Grammy-nominated country band Midland’s headlining performance at Landlock Festival in Waco, guitarist and vocalist Jess Carson took some time to talk about the festival and life on the road.
Aside from the tension between fact and fiction, chaos and harmony, “eternal sunshine” is a sonically cohesive album — and yet, it is without any songs that sound the same at all, beating out some contemporaries who can’t make the distinction between cohesion and carbon copying.
In case you weren’t paying attention, pop music is having a moment right now. This is a big two months for the genre, as pop princess Ariana Grande released her seventh album, and other massive names like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are set to release new music this spring. For now, let’s take a look at the best new releases of the past week.
Here’s your spring break playlist for that long car ride to the beach or your nap on an airplane.
Some claim “2093” is Yeat’s breakthrough album, comparing it to Kanye’s “Yeezus” or Uzi’s “Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World.” However, others think it’s the worst album of the year. So, is it an Astroworld or an Astroflop?
Spotify Premium is $10.99 per month after the free trial. There are 226 million premium subscribers and 348 million others who suffer through minuteslong ads in order to use the free version of the platform. With that in mind, what reason is there for the platform to scrimp and save its coins like it’s Mr. Krabs or a greedy 19th-century oil tycoon?
Vail, Colo., junior Langley Cerovich is the Music Industry Club’s newest signed artist, but he has been surrounded by music his whole life.
This is the week of pop and indie releases, so put on your Dr. Martens and embrace the comeback of the Tumblr era of music.
Since the 1950s, students have choreographed dances, chosen popular songs, changed lyrics to fit a theme and then put it together into a cohesive Sing act. Looking back on the many years of Sing, here is a playlist of some of the best songs used.
When they’re not in the classroom, Baylor professors from diverse academic backgrounds are pursuing their shared passion for jazz music by performing in quartets.
Houston junior and student musician Tryston Obevoen, also known as Sinoda, is set to release new music within the next few months. He began making music before he was in middle school, and now, more than halfway through his college career, he has a manager and almost 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
Unlike Declan McKenna’s first album, which highlighted world and personal problems, “What Happened to the Beach?” brings a new era of happiness to the alternative world in the third album from the British alt-pop star.
British indie-rock band The Last Dinner Party released its first full-length album, “Prelude to Ecstasy,” on Feb. 2. The album is filled with 12 raw and rock-forward songs that have tucked-away hints of baroque-era classical music and lyrics that touch on a multitude of topics, including girlhood, sexuality and the male gaze.
Despite a lineup of Usher, Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Ludacris and Lil Jon, opinions on the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show seem to be mixed among students.
There’s a shocking amount of new music this week. From surprise Super Bowl drops to long-awaited albums, let’s get into the notable of the week.
In fall 2022, the Music Industry Club became the only organization on campus to cater to students who want to work in the music industry after college.
In 1961, the machine sang its first words. Surrounded by engineers and programmers, the IBM 7094 became the first computer to carry a tune. Now, as artificial intelligence sings covers of songs and creates them from nothing more than a prompt, we have come a long way since the earliest babbling of machine-generated music.
In 1933, Florence Price became the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. Almost a century later, Dr. Michael Clark, a lecturer of piano at Baylor, is preparing to release his rendition entitled “Waltzes & Character Pieces of Florence Price.”
After the 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday, the music world is reeling from the annual snubs and historic wins. Here’s some of the best music that has come out this week, with some familiar names and some new faces to keep an eye out for.
From album announcements to audience call-outs, the highly anticipated 66th Grammy Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah, is sparking attention on social media for controversial awards choices and unique celebrity outfits.
In honor of Black History Month, the band is partnering with local public elementary schools, inviting around 1,700 students in order to educate them about jazz musicians and their backgrounds.
