Reality TV: This song needs to end, America
I am a sucker for reality television. I hardly ever miss episodes of my favorite reality shows or singing competitions, that is, until recently.
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I am a sucker for reality television. I hardly ever miss episodes of my favorite reality shows or singing competitions, that is, until recently.
Those walking down Grand River Avenue early Sunday afternoon might have witnessed two individuals conjoined by yarn, a dress made entirely out of spoons, and a man dressed in wedding attire, heels and all.
Like many other college students, I have spent weeks anticipating this year’s lineup release for Lollapalooza with the tenacity of a small child on Christmas Eve. Many of my friends are veterans of the festival and already had planned to take the trip out to Chicago, regardless of the performers. But having never been to Lollapalooza — or any large music festival, for that matter — every musician counted.
Marc Kanitz is a singer and drummer in the band Audio Monarch. Comprised of himself, MSU students Austin Spencer and Hannah Pilarski and Grand Valley State University student Alex Rushlow, the band has a laid-back, acoustic sound. Because of this, Kanitz said performing for the Noontime Concert Series suits the band well.
The idea began with music, MSU football and charity.
As a Spartan, former basketball player Maurice Ager was known for his high-flying dunks and formidable backcourt with then-teammate and current Phoenix Suns player Shannon Brown.
After months of anticipation, Common Ground Music Festival finally has announced part of its lineup.
With only standing room available and the accompany of applause, Joshua Davis stepped into the yellow light flooding the stage Friday night.
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6:30 p.m. — Like many other MSU students, I ventured into the cold night on Tuesday with two people in mind: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
Ladies and gentleman, Justin Timberlake is finally back with a new album.
Dustyn Frolka doesn’t have a TV in his room. What he does have is music production program FL Studio 10, a sound card to convert his microphone recordings into a digital format, and recording software Mixcraft 5. He’s an aspiring rapper known as “D-Fro,” already has performed five shows across Michigan this month.
Since its founding in 1958, producers of the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, Calif., have striven to transform the event into a mirror in the face of the contemporary jazz world.
Music means a lot to me. I have known how to play piano for about as long as I’ve known how to read, and I have no plans to stop. I listen to an absurd variety of music: classical to jazz, rock to hip-hop — a little pop when I’m in the mood. My iTunes library is a little unwieldy, clocking in at around 10,000 tracks. So yes, for me, music matters.
For Bob Hoffman, the public relations manager for Wharton Center, seeing a satisfied audience never gets old.
Before its transformation into a music venue, Mac’s Bar was a post-football game gathering place.
Since the age of 8, making music has been earth science senior Jeremy Cronk’s top priority.
World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming will perform today at Wharton Center. Known by Billboard as “the world’s greatest living soprano,” Fleming will be a welcomed performer to MSU’s campus.
Rock n’ roll n’ pink.
Graduate student Zhu Haobing, who has been away from her home in China for about five years, still tries to bridge the cultural gap between the U.S. and China through music because she said it is an universal language.