Uproar Concert Promotions, an organization that is branching off of student-run record company Uproar Records, is launching its first show this week.
The Rocket Summer, a one-man band started by Bryce Avary, will perform in Waco Hall this Thursday, with both David Dulcie and Layne Lynch opening. Lynch shares an interesting connection with Avary.
Contestants of the 12th annual Miss Phi Iota Alpha scholarship pageant will showcase brains and beauty at 7 p.m. this Saturday in Waco Hall.
Pageant vice president David Luna says that they try to make every year better than the last, with more contestants and more money.
Located on a street once ravaged by prostitutes and drugs in a low-income, low-education area, Mission Waco’s Jubilee Theater and World Cup Café offer a ray of hope to a neighborhood that most people often avoid.
Country singer Sammy Kershaw is thankful to be alive after his tour bus was struck by another vehicle.
It happened Friday in Nocona, Texas. The impact caused major damage to the bus, and the car was totaled.
Sure, Carrie Underwood might have lost out to brassy spitfire Miranda Lambert at the 46th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville last week. But the host – who pulled off the duty for a fifth time with fellow country star Brad Paisley – is reveling in all the attention the genre is currently getting.
The Waco Symphony Orchestra’s “A Salute to Sgt. Pepper!” concert on Thursday night is sure to be nostalgic for some and perhaps novel for others.
The concert will commemorate the 45th anniversary of The Beatles’ eighth studio album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” which was released on June 1, 1967.
Rolling Stone magazine ranks the album No. 1 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list, saying, “‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ is the most important rock and roll album ever made…by the greatest rock and roll group of all time.”
Rock band No Doubt quickly found itself in hot water after releasing a new video last week for the song “Looking Hot,” which featured an Old West theme and singer Gwen Stefani in Native American-style clothing and taking part in native rituals.
At 5 p.m. today the bells in the belfry of Pat Neff Hall will knell as part of the homecoming festivities.
Lynnette Geary, resident carillonneur (pronounced CARE-uh-lahn-oo-er), and one of her students, junior from Spring, Texas, Jonathan Castillo, will perform the annual homecoming carillon recital.
Geary said she’s lost track of how many years she’s been performing this recital now, but she’d guess at least 16.
Pianist Helge Antoni, an Exclusive Steinway Artist from Malmö, Sweden, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10 in Roxy Grove Auditorium.
The recital, Inspiración Latina, will feature the music of composers Scarlatti, Albeniz, Turina, de Falla, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera and Piazzolla.
The student-organized ensemble Renew Music Group will offer audience members a different experience not typically heard in the School of Music at its upcoming concert.
“This sort of thing hasn’t really happened at Baylor in a long time,” said Mark Utley, Fredricksberg senior and percussionist in the group.
The concert will take place at 10 p.m. Nov. 6 in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.
If you’re like the rest of the world, music is part of your daily routine.
You crank it at the gym. You blare it in the car. You hum along to it while boiling pasta for dinner.
You can’t imagine life without music. But are you hearing it?
Coming from a place of pain and brokenness may be enough to cripple the average person, but Christian singer and songwriter Kyle Sherman has responded to difficult times in life by calling out to God through his music.
Sherman’s debut studio album, “Hear Me,” was released Oct. 7.
The full-band stylings of Lomelda echoed through the auditorium of University Baptist Church on Friday, with front-woman Hannah Read delivering a solid performance, according to those in attendance.
Lomelda, which started as a solo project by Read, has expanded to a huge local following over the past five years. Their music, which could be called a mellow, harmonic sound, had the audience in awe at the CD release show.
“I thought it was a really cool experience to have such an intimate show with all the instruments put together,” said Corpus Christi freshman Jeaneva Alvarez, who attended the show.
Wednesday’s annual Halloween organ concert will be a different way to spend the holiday and is likely to change some people’s perceptions of the instrument.
“When people think of organ they think of two things: They think of church music and they think of scary spooky,” said Isabelle Demers, assistant professor of organ at Baylor.
Demers, who has only taught at Baylor since the beginning of the year, said she thinks the spooky organ sounds people are used to hearing, such as in film scores, are often synthesized and usually don’t do the real thing justice. She said the organ should be experienced in a hall.
Taylor Swift’s fourth studio effort, “Red,” makes a statement as bold as its namesake color: As Swift matures into a woman, her talent is here to stay.
With an eclectic mix of radio-ready pop songs, twangy country tunes and heartbreaking ballads, Swift proves her range both lyrically and musically.
Although she teamed up with several co-writers for this album, the lyrics are still signature Swift.
The Derivatives, chosen for representation by Uproar Records this year, will blow up the stage with their unique full band atmosphere.
Composed of Spring junior Tyler Reno on rhythm guitar and vocals, Plano senior Reece Beall on drums, Missouri City senior Jake Barr on saxophone, Fair Oaks Ranch senior Trey Hampton on keys, Waco freshman David Rosenbaum on bass, and managed by Edina, Minn., junior Nash Peterson, delivers a unique sound that distinguishes them from other Uproar artists.
The up-and-coming rock group “Mutemath” will be performing at Common Grounds at 7 p.m. today.
Today’s Baylor Jazz Ensemble concert will have a little bit of everything.
“I like to have an eclectic program,” said Alex Parker, director of jazz studies at Baylor.
When you mix an atmospheric sound, origami and a dynamic duo, you get Dreamboat.
Composed of Boerne junior Tessa Gaston and Castle Kirk, also of Boerne, Dreamboat is one of the musical acts chosen by Uproar Records for representation in the 2012-2013 year. However, they are determined to make sure that they stand out among the crowd.
Baylor’s annual variety show, After Dark, will be held tonight in Waco Hall. Artistic talents that have been practiced for weeks will be displayed for all to see.
Out of more than 70 talents who auditioned, there were 13 acts chosen to participate, a difficult decision according to Cheryl Mathis, the assistant director of campus programs.
Austin’s famous Zilker Park will soon be filled with thousands as the largest music festival in Texas, the 11th annual Austin City Limits, prepares to kick off this weekend.
The sold-out festival will be held Friday through Sunday, with music from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day.
Headliners are The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and the Crazy Horse, The Black Keys, Jack White, Florence and the Machine and the Avett Brothers, among others.
We’re all excited to see Florence + the Machine and The Black Keys, and nobody is going to skip fan favorites Weezer or the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but what about the hidden gems of this year’s action-packed Austin City Limits?
Nominations for the 40th American Music Awards were announced Tuesday morning. Nicki Minaj and Rihanna dominate with four nods apiece, while Drake, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, One Direction and Usher follow with three.
Wednesday’s Baylor Percussion Group concert will pay tribute to the life and work of American composer John Cage.
Todd Meehan, assistant professor of percussion at Baylor, said he’s looking forward to the concert.
Television star John Stamos will join The Beach Boys on Friday at the Heart O’ Texas Fair.
Stamos has appeared on a variety of televsion shows such as “General Hospital” and the popular ABC series “Full House” and has displayed his musical talents on stage touring with The Beach Boys over the past 20 years.
He has been making appearances with The Beach Boys since 1985 and appeared in the group’s video for chart-topper “Kokomo.”
The best female-driven comedy movie to hit theaters since “Bridesmaids” has now arrived.
After a heavy social marketing regime, “Pitch Perfect” hit theaters a week early in some cities, living up to its expectation as one of the funniest films of the fall.
Beca, played by Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”), is a rebellious aspiring DJ forced into college by her English teacher father, whose job offers her free tuition.
After a month of solitude and interning at the student radio station, her father confronts her about finding a job and making friends by the end of the year, and if she can’t, he’ll help her move out to L.A. to live her DJ-ing dreams.
Meet Luke Gibson, one of the chosen few who will be represented by Baylor’s student-run record label, Uproar Records, this school year.
Gibson, an Abilene freshman, is the only freshman artist selected, which he finds a huge honor.
I’ve seen a lot of Baylor musicals.
I haven’t enjoyed any as much as I enjoyed “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” tells the story of Lawrence Jameson, a suave, continental con-man on the French Riviera.
Pianist Joel McCray began his classical training at age 5, but that did not stop him from exploring the keys of his family piano at age 2.
McCray’s musical journey came naturally to the Waco native, who believed his hearing overpowered his ability to read music. For McCray, music was simply natural.
Few places embody punk rock ideals less than Las Vegas, the setting for Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong’s onstage tantrum on Friday night. And few Green Day albums embody the punk ideal less than “¡Uno!,” the band’s eighth studio album. Both highlight the challenges of turning rebellion into money.
