The Major Four-Teens, Hamilton’s very own barbershop quartet, has qualified for the 22nd annual Harmony Foundation Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest (CBQC). The group earned a spot in the international competition by winning the Seneca Land District regional competition in Geneva, N.Y. on April 11. More ...
Lucy Wainright Roche’s performance in the last CAB acoustic coffeehouse of the year had every reason to be boring; except, it wasn’t. More ...
Three weeks after bringing punk rockers Cloud Nothings to the Hill, the Independent Music Fund (IMF) (with WHCL) is sponsoring its second spring concert, Vic Mensa. More ...
The Downbeat Keys’ performance in the Sadove Basement on Friday, April 18, was an inspiring one. Their sound is best described as charged rock with a slight emphasis on dance-type beats. This unique mix of sound supports the upper register, smooth lead vocalist Kadahj Bennett ’12. More ...
Dark Play or Stories for Boys is the final main stage ever to be performed in Minor Theatre, so it is only fitting that is a product of this generation. More ...
Cloud Nothings frontman Dylan Baldi sings, “I’m learning how to be here and nowhere else,” on the hit single “I’m Not Part of Me,” a statement that he lived up to in energetic fashion on Friday, April 11. More ...
Merriam-Webster’s first definition of music is as follows: “the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity.” Its second explanation is simply “an agreeable sound.” More ...
Marvel Studios changed the modern superhero movie by introducing a shared universe for its characters—a strategy which culminated in 2012’s The Avengers. The studio has proven so successful with the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe that other studios are hastening to emulate their formula (Sony plans to release a series of Spider Man spin-offs, while DC intends to throw two of its franchises together in the untitled Batman-Superman team-up movie set for 2016). Marvel Studios is clearly at the head of the pack when it comes to well-built men fighting each other. More ...
On Friday, April. 4, CAB hosted rap artist Twista and pop star Jojo for their spring “Throwback Concert.” I arrived at the Annex at 9:30 p.m. and heard no more than a few minutes of live music until almost 11 p.m. That observation says a lot about how the concert went. More ...
April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). The festival was established in 2001 by John Edward Hasse, curator of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. JAM was created to bring America’s own musical heritage to the public spotlight. Last week, Hamilton celebrated JAM April 13 with performances by several well-known jazz artists. On Thursday, the Fillius Events Barn added piano extraordinaire Junior Mance to its long list of distinguished performers, and six-time Grammy Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon graced the Wellin stage with her dynamic presence. More ...