New Thornton students show their musical talents at Ground Zero
The special showcase on Wednesday served as the music students’ midterms.
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Music’s new over-Lordes and innovators
In 2013, the world’s biggest artists created an unexpected amount of innovative, provocative music, often forsaking tried and true formulas. It seems this innovation race is being propelled from the bottom, largely by an extremely talented new crop of female singers. This group has been able to take hold at a time when the most […]
Popular musicians draw inspiration from personal lives
The 2012 Grammys have come and gone, but an interest in the honorees’ artistic inspiration remains. For many of the hottest artists, their personal lives make for songwriting gold — and sometimes the messier their lives are, the more brilliant an artist’s work becomes. Adele took home a whopping six Grammys, including record of the […]
Rebecca Black similar to most of today’s hits
By now you’ve probably heard about Rebecca Black, the new teen pop singer who’s been terrorizing the Internet with her auto-tuned, android-like voice on the relentlessly mocked viral video for her song “Friday.” I’ve been doing my best to refrain from chiming in with my own opinion on the singer, mainly, since my opinion greatly […]
Tesla Boy sets its sight on the West
The band talks about its evolution and its plans for expanding to the United States.
Music school makes a ‘popular’ transition
Thornton’s new popular music program introduces a fresh wave of sound to campus.