Browsing: Music

Shane & Shane met while attending Texas A&M University, from there they began creating music and touring. When they reached out to Vertical in the spring, Murray said she saw this as a blessing since at the time they had not picked a new executive leader for Vertical, but she said she knew they would have this band scheduled for this week of their ministry.

“But, going on stage and taking the award out of this poor girl’s hands who didn’t choose to get selected for it either, was just not a good look. While I agree with basically everything he said, it’s just a matter of execution. You make yourself the villain, especially as a black man.”

Have you ever considered that you have been listening to the same 20 songs for the past month but don’t know where to find more music? Don’t worry. The A&L staff is here to assist with a specially curated playlist featuring various music genres. From classic ’80s rock to new indie-pop, this playlist will kickstart some new music discoveries.

Ever wondered if Waco has produced any cool bands? Here is a playlist of the popular bands rooted in Waco and where they performed.

“So after she passed I wanted to find a way to help fundraise for a cure and I thought that combining music with this, especially as a musician myself, would be a special way to honor specifically her memory but also help everyone else in the process,” Ruston, La. senior Carlie Toliver said.

This year’s event will be the first since 2019 to be fully back to normal after COVID-19 restrictions prevented it from being held in 2020, and pushed it online in 2021. Houston junior Katherine Boulais, event coordinator with the Baylor Activities Council, said Gospel Fest’s return to campus has been a special thing for everyone involved.

“Although this music is a symbol of the Hispanic culture, its songs are enjoyed all over the world because of their ability to integrate our deepest emotions with music,” Herrera said. “Mariachi is our happiness, sadness, pride and love, told through music that directly touches our hearts.”

The music certainly reflected the experience and talent of the group. During the second to last piece, “One More for the Count” by Mike Lewis, trombonist Chris Estridge was a featured soloist. However, it wasn’t his solo itself that commanded the audience’s attention, but rather how he played. Over the bell of his trombone, he placed the rubber part of a toilet plunger and would open and close it over the bell to muffle the sound that left the instrument.

Machine Gun Kelly was once known as a rapper who publicly beefed with Eminem and hopped on pop songs with Halsey and Camila Cabello as a rap feature. The sudden pivot to pop-punk coinciding with the popularity of TikTok-stars-turned-musicians seems to have a lot more to do with staying relevant than making actually good music.

Baylor’s Concerto Competition is an annual gathering of the best and brightest musicians Baylor has to offer. The winner of this year’s competition was Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy graduate Cezary Karwowski, 23, from Łódź, Poland. Karwowski’s winning concerto performance was Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor by Frederic Chopin.

Guest violinist and fiddler Mia Orosco-Kelso joined the Waco Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Camille Saint-Saens’ “Rondo Capriccioso,” a floating, playful tune dominated by the strings. Although the piece itself may sound light and fluffy, the work that goes into putting on a concert is not.