Music - The Temple News

Popular culture lacks artistic value

09 December 2011 Zachary Scott

Following the release of Rebecca Black’s new single, “Person of Interest,” Zachary Scott argues that consumers need to demand more from entertainers if we ever want to bring talent back into the entertainment industry.

Pop music labeled guilty pleasures

05 September 2011 Kevin Stairiker

Columnist Kevin Stairiker says so-called ‘guilty pleasures’ are critical to any music collection. This semester I’ll be writing about music of all creeds, and maybe even all of the music of Creed. But here’s a

Festies flock to festival farm

29 August 2011 Kara Savidge

This year’s four-day Philadelphia Folk Festival marked its 50th anniversary. If you ask a festival-goer at the Philadelphia Folk Festival what brings them to, or initially drew them to the festival, there’s a good chance

Pop Star Passport

25 October 2010 Julia Achilles

Temple alumna and former American Idol contestant Claire Fuller explains the differences of performing in Rome, London and the U.S.

Street Sounds: Tyler James

27 September 2010 Lucas Ballasy

If Nashville had a stereotypical soundtrack, it would be a record full of country twang. But for Tyler James, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, country is far from reality on his first full-length record, “It Took the

Street Sounds: Hezekiah Jones

20 September 2010 Priscilla Ward

The journey of Philadelphia folk band Hezekiah Jones began with one man’s joke. Raphael Cutrufello started posting videos of himself playing the guitar on the Internet under the name Hezekiah Jones. The Philadelphia funk-sway music

We’re not all passé, pop columnist says

03 May 2010

Expand your horizons this week, and check out some of these upcoming events in Philadelphia.

Street Sounds: East Hundred

26 April 2010

With East Hundred, songwriting is a careful, meticulous process, and the band has been doing a lot of that lately, preparing a ton of new material for upcoming performances and future recording projects.

The wandering musicians

19 April 2010 Caitlin Weigel

It was 4 p.m. on the corner of Broad and Chestnut streets. The streets were alive with people – constant streams hurrying past in all directions. Above the cars’ honking and crosswalk beeps, a steady pulse could be heard. A few people noticed its source. Others subconsciously walked in time with it, but most ignored it, allowing the music to fade into the soundtrack of the city.

Street Sounds: Kite Party

13 April 2010 Sheila Stanton

Despite hundreds of known musical genres, Kite Party shies away from the classifications and, instead, creates an entrancing tone that is fresh and innovative.