by Joe Clancy ’18 A&E Staff “I wanna free fall out into nothing/ gonna leave this world for a while,/ and I’m free falling.” The world of rock and roll lost another rock legend, Tom Petty, on Monday, October 2 after he suffered a heart attack. He was 66 years young. Petty started playing […]
by Joe Clancy ’18 A&E Staff Providence College finds its own rock star in Adam Hanna ’18. Down-to-earth and easy to talk to, Hanna has seen a massive amount of well-deserved success in his music career. This past week I sat down with Hanna to discuss his new music video, “Friday 5,” which was released […]
by Blaine Payer ’18 A&E Staff The Foo Fighters have managed, unlike many of their rock and roll counterparts, to not only stay relevant through a career lasting over 20 years, but also to get better and better with age. With its innovative production styles, poetic lyrics, slew of guest stars, and all of the […]
by Joe Clancy ’18 A&E Staff Though perhaps one of rock and roll’s most unrecognized superstars, Bob Seger kicked off his Runaway Train Tour across the United States last month. This past Thursday, Seger rocked the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. The Garden, which fits nearly 20,000 people, was filled to the brim to see […]
by Ryan Cox ’18 A&E Staff Local musicians and music fans alike experienced a series of changes this summer that rocked the local music scene. Most notably, the recent sale of alt-rock station WBRU to K-Love, a California-based Christian rock station that took over 95.5 FM at the beginning of August. WBRU, which is […]
by Madeline Weaver-Nolting ’19 A&E Staff Is the “old” Taylor Swift really gone for good or is this a publicity stunt for her new album? So far the two singles off her upcoming sixth studio album have a noticeably different sound than what fans are used to. Her country-turned-pop music career has once again transformed […]
by Ryan Cox ’18 A&E Staff In less than a year, Luke Combs has not just carved out a niche for himself in Nashville, he’s blown one out of the side of the mountain that is country music. The 27-year-old from Asheville, North Carolina brings a sound to country music that is well-known. Following the October […]
By Michael Welch ’17 A&E Staff
by Blaine Payer ’18 A&E Staff After six years of silence following their 2011 Grammy-nominated album, Helplessness Blues, the indie-folk band Fleet Foxes has ended their hiatus. The group is expected to begin touring in May, coinciding with the release of their highly anticipated third album, Crack-Up. With a new single released in early March […]
by Patrick Lovett ’17 A&E Co-Editor Crowds applaud for a variety of reasons: to commend a performance, show agreement, give thanks—after the 10:30 p.m. mass at St. Dominic Chapel, the congregation applauded for all of the above. The clapping is directed towards the St. Dominic Ensemble, Providence College’s own praise and worship band, which uses […]