Music festivals dominate summer concert landscape
The sun shines through your tent, waking you up right at the crack of dawn. You stretch and wake up your best friend, who groans because like you, they only got three hours of sleep. There’s commotion...
View ArticleFreshman Justin Goldman went to Rikers to get parental permission for a client
Not many people are willing to go through 15 different security checkpoints just to talk to someone’s father. But 18-year-old freshman Justin Goldman, a member of the Bandier Program, did just that...
View ArticleMeet Badfish, the Sublime cover band that melted Westcott Theater last weekend
For Syracuse fans of the ska-punk band Sublime, the Academy Awards were not the biggest event that occurred on Sunday night. Instead, they all gathered at The Westcott Theater to watch the Sublime...
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This church holds the only open mic night in Syracuse that are on Mondays
Walk into The ROAD on West Seneca Turnpike in Syracuse, and you immediately feel welcomed into the community. Wholely Grounds café welcomes visitors with “nourishing mind, body, and soul” written on...
View ArticleSenior folk singer began street performing as a teenager
Growing up, Julia Newman watched as her grandma and older sister played piano. Early on she began taking piano and voice lessons herself, eventually getting involved with musical theater. It was in her...
View ArticleThis high schooler’s first words were ‘Get me a little guitar’
The year is 2005 and roughly 40 people are gathered around the stage of the Orange County Fair in California with lighters and matches in the air, begging the performer to play one more song. Onstage...
View ArticleAaron Cook$ just toured with Busta Rhymes, but now he’s making a name for...
Aaron Cooks never took lessons or learned from anybody how to count bars or create a hook. Instead, Cooks said it was all God-given. Once he started writing, he knew that he wanted to create music for...
View Article‘The Nudes’ band has minimalistic vibe, escape from daily life
UPDATED: April 14, 2017 at 9:30 p.m. A few years ago, Mim Readling moved to Syracuse from Ithaca and didn’t know anyone. Eager to start playing music again, she logged onto Craigslist Musicians and...
View ArticleYeezy taught me: Meet Syracuse’s Kanye cover band
With just a week’s notice, Josh Daghir was asked to perform at the first ever house show at the marching band house. He panicked. Daghir, a senior advertising and information management technology...
View ArticleThis band is named after Michelle Obama… or frog legs
Orange Music Group held its annual Battle of the Bands in Schine Underground on April 6. Most of the contestants were bands well established in the Syracuse University music scene. But with a fresh...
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