Can you feel that? It’s the sound of ocean waves, a local atmosphere, and three stages full of artists across genres and decades. Sea.Hear.Now music festival is coming back to the beaches of Asbury Park on Sept. 19 and 20 with some massive and talented names who are (hopefully) more than ready to knock our […]
On Mar. 11, Blue Hawk Records (BHR) and Monmouth’s Women In Music (WIM) collegiate chapter hosted the fourth annual Women In Music Industry Panel event at Woods Theatre. Hosted by adjunct professor Rashida Scott-Cruz and WIM collegiate chapter president Joleen Amer, the night was full of career stories and passion for music and storytelling. The […]
It’s the tragic love story that broke many hearts of the late 90s, with two classic American figures vanishing leaving unfinished lives of potential. Their story is now resurfacing amidst the FX television show, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.” In terms of adaptations, fiction is most certainly not fact, but this […]
Didn’t you hear? Reading is cool again and I’ve been carrying books around with me from a young age. Therefore, I know books that will be glued to your hand till the epilogue. So if you’re looking to get out of your reading slump or get into reading in general, here’s a list of my […]
“Cloud 9” by Megan Moroney This song is no doubt an adorable and heartfelt song for this Valentine’s season. This song can only be described as content blissfulness. Moroney is finding her sound again and hopefully this song is one you happy couples can relate to. “IloveitIloveitIloveit” by Bella Kay While it’s not the traditional […]
For this month’s Top 10, “The Outlook” talked to Professor David Tripold from the Music and Theatre Arts Department.Tripold has been nourishing the musical minds of Monmouth students for 29 years, and fulltime since 1999. He directs the University’s chamber and concert choirs which perform every winter and spring semester. He tackles the challenge that […]
After an almost two year bone dry musical drought, New England singer-songwriter Noah Kahan has returned to us with the title track to his fourth studio album “The Great Divide.” The track was released on Friday, Jan. 30 after days of Kahan telling fans on social media to buckle up for the wild ride for […]
Anyone in the mood for an early Christmas gift? Blue Hawk Records (BHR) is set to release their 26th compilation album on Dec. 5 featuring five talented student artists, including their first ever band. Monmouth’s very own Record Label Strategies class along with help from Professor Joe Rapolla and Lakehouse Recording Studios curate a collective […]
“That lady, lady she’s the man/I think she’s got a master plan,” is proving to be true when it comes to singer-songwriter Olivia Dean. The 26-year-old Best New Artist Grammy nominee has skyrocketed to stardom in what feels like overnight. People can’t seem to get enough of her album “The Art of Loving” which was […]
“No one is alone, truly/No one is alone,” is one of the heartfelt life lessons “Into the Woods” has to offer among the difficult moments. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” is certainly no easy task in the theatre world. It’s full of complex overlapping storylines about the characters and archetypes we all […]