Music
Pink Martini
Eclectic and electric: Pink Martini at Eastman
I was one of about five people my age at the Pink Martini concert at Eastman on Friday, so it was cool. I didn’t know anyone, so I was on a date with myself. I must have looked pretty sad, because the people at the box office let me in for free. (I’ll take it.) […]
student musicians
For senior Facciolo, debut album is 8 years in the making
Senior Siena Facciolo was 14 when she wrote her first song about a “little fling” she had at piano camp. That song, “Morning,” is featured on singer-songwriter Facciolo’s debut album, “Dear House,” out Sept. 29. Facciolo, now 22, has been actively putting the album — recorded in Rettner — together since January. She first arrived […]
Friday Night Live
At The Lightest thrives on atmosphere
Student band At The Latest performed for an hour at Starbucks on Friday night, Aug. 31. It was one of the few concerts that I’ve attended, and one of the few that I’ve enjoyed. But it wasn’t the music or the quality of the performance that made it enjoyable — it was the casual and […]
Ella Mai
Ella Mai dazzles the student and local community
I have never, in my time on this campus, seen so many people from the Rochester community congregated in one place for an artist that seemed so incredibly loved. This year’s Yellowjacket Weekend performance in Douglass Ballroom featured Ella Mai and her opening act, Ishmael Raps. Though perhaps it was not as crowded as last […]
Album Review
Ryan Beatty’s ‘Boy in Jeans,’ reviewed
When I listen to Ryan Beatty's recent album "Boy in Jeans," I feel like back I'm in high school — sexually repressed, spending summer in suburgatory with my undiagnosed mental illness and maybe one or two friends in their backyard pool. "Boy in Jeans" is Beatty’s queer, pop, R&B dream, completely different from the sugary […]
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2018 Campus Times summer playlist
The Campus Times staff recommends their picks for their favorite song from the summer. The songs range from contemporary to 19th-century impressionist. Read More
music
Student music duo ‘Candy Isle’ makes its own scene
If you were searching for a female acoustic indie-folk-pop duo based right here at UR, you’d be happy to find Candy Isle, comprised of seniors Kat Bakrania and Lydia Dake. Read More
fm
Down to their last slice, ‘Pizza Prty’ looks back
On the evening of May 1, two weeks before the final broadcast of their weekly music show “Pizza Prty” on WRUR, seniors Carrie Taschman and Toby Kashket are dealing with a more present issue: Kashket cannot stop giggling on air. Read More
D-Day
Tinashe and Princess Nokia radiate strength
"Dandelion Day" and "empowering" are two phrases you might not normally use in the same sentence, but with Tinashe’s and Princess Nokia’s D-Day performances, things changed. Although different in musical style and content, Tinashe and Nokia offered performances steeped in a shared feminine power. As her lone drummer boomed along with the speakers’ bass and […]
Strong Auditorium
UR Symphony Orchestra showcases soloist
The UR Symphony Orchestra concert in Strong this past Saturday started out soft, mysterious, and a little sneaky, with the energetic sound of the violins setting off the performance with Johannes Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture,” later revealed to the audience to be a collection of drinking songs of the time. Rachel Waddell, the group’s music […]
