It’s 2024, a new year, which means new music from the artists you know and love. Last year was filled with unexpected musical surprises from Taylor Swift’s re-recordings, Beyoncé’s “Renaissance,” Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” and Paramore’s “This Is Why.” We were awarded some of the greatest albums in our lifetime in just […]
“Pretty Vicious” stands as the fourth studio album by British Rock band The Struts— comprised of Luke Spiller on lead vocals, Adam Slack on guitar, Jed Elliot on bass guitar, and Gethin Davies on drums—and it is the refreshing reincarnation of rock ‘n’ roll that we desperately need. “Too Good at Raising Hell” starts the […]
Attention Monmouth University music lovers: Blue Hawk Records has done it again! Blue Hawk Records released their album “Chapter XXIII” on Dec. 8 and it features six vastly different artists, all talented in their own right. Abby Garcia, the President of Blue Hawk Records, mentioned how the creative process of this album is truly something […]
On Nov. 10, singer-songwriter, Chris Stapleton, released his newest album titled “Higher,” marking the Kentucky native’s fifth studio album. It’s been three years since his previous album, “Starting Over,” but Stapleton has come back with his newest record as if he has never left. From being out on his tour “All-American Roadshow,” to performing the […]
“I hope you can play the Stone Pony one day like Bruce Springsteen did.” Early in the show, Peter McPoland quoted his mother as having said this while on the boardwalk together when his popularity started to rise. This premonition came true on Sunday, Nov. 19, when McPoland closed his “Piggy” tour at the famed […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music (BSACAM) will be hosting a conference in February to commemorate the year 1964 and its importance to the Beatles. While the Springsteen Archives are hosting this symposium, there will be an opportunity for MU students to display their efforts with their own conference held the day […]
Monmouth University is filled with incredibly talented individuals when it comes to music, and on-campus organizations like Blue Hawk Records and MU Players showcase these talented young people. Three Monmouth students in particular have been making their way into the music world for years now. Consisting of three different distinct genres and sounds, they all […]
The Center of the Arts hosted The Mind and Music of George Gershwin: A Live Concert Lecture by Dr. Richard Kogan on Nov. 4 at Pollak Theater. The audience consisted of the outside community, including those who had grown up with Gershwin’s music. All different generations gathered in Pollak Theatre, sharing a similar interest in […]
“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” is the fourth re-recording that Taylor Swift has completed in the last three years, in a series of regaining ownership of sound recordings bought without her knowledge in 2019. The original album, released in 2014 and titled with a nod to her birth year, featured a series of pop-synth beats that classified […]
Earlier this year, a rumor came about that an A.I. Beatles song was in the works, and fans quickly turned to social media to give their two cents about the inauthenticity of the project. Paul McCartney commented in “The Daily Telegraph,” “Even though it’s sort of mechanical trickery, it feels very real.” Now, the long-awaited […]