FORDHAM’S MULTIMEDIA MUSIC PUBLICATION
FORDHAM’S MULTIMEDIA MUSIC PUBLICATION
By Maribelle Gordon A married couple next to me at Post Malone’s recent Madison Square Garden performance stood hopefully at the barricade of the stage with a sign that read “Let me play Stay?” The husband Ben had recently perfected the pop ballad from the singer’s sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys on the guitar and …
By Ruby Fishman On September 19th, NYC’s own Music Hall of Williamsburg hosted French jazz-funk group Cortex. It was Cortex’s first time performing in the United States, made all possible by Jazz is Dead, a label started by Hip Hop producer Adrian Younge and a Tribe Called Quest DJ-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. While Jazz is …
By Francesca Sinisi Just when I thought I couldn’t love Beabadoobee anymore than I already do, I saw her perform at Brooklyn Steel and she’s everything I dreamt she’d be and more. I would describe this as the perfect Friday night and an even more perfect kickoff to Halloweekend. I’d never been to Brooklyn Steel …
By Maggie Peknic Located in the South Bronx, the Universal Hip Hop Museum’s mission is to “celebrate and preserve the history of local and global Hip Hop to inspire, empower, and promote understanding.” Currently on display is the [R]Evolution of Hip Hop: Golden Era 1986-1990. This is the museum’s third exhibit. The first one focused …
By Kate Caperan Diana Marino is an English PhD student at Fordham University. She is also a hip hop scholar who believes that hip hop culture and music should be incorporated into high school and college curriculum. In a sit down interview, Marino revealed her complex journey with hip hop, her experiences learning and teaching …
By Kate Caperan If you have a healthy appetite and great music taste, the movie Chef (2014) is for you. Directed and starred in by Jon Favreau, Chef tells the story of an uninspired professional chef who embarks on a cross-country food truck journey to reconnect with his passions for food and family. Chef’s soundtrack …
By Erin Feist Nashville-based indie-pop band COIN made a pitstop in Connecticut on September 24th as part of their Uncanny Valley tour. The tour, the namesake of their fifth album released in March, has been their biggest yet. In fact, their show just the night before at MGM Music Hall in Boston was their largest …
By Georgie Fleming The Bowery Ballroom has never been more alive on a Monday night. Pretty Sick appeared on their stage November 21st on the last leg of their worldwide tour, where opener Mitsubishi Suicide’s hardcore sound brought the show to a roaring start. Lead singer Sabrina Fuentes gushed over the honor of playing at …
By Justin Charles and Alan C. Ventura Welcome to On Wax, Off Wax, your one-stop shop at RELISH RADIO for all things hip-hop! Join RELISH section editors Justin Charles and Alan C. Ventura in this episodic series as they look to answer some of the most highly contested questions within the culture, sharing some of …
By Meghan Mahaffey and Molly Chamberlain As best friends, roommates, and the perfect concert-going pair, it is with pleasure that we can recount our experience at our fifth concert together, King Princess at Radio City Music Hall on October 3. King Princess, or Mikaela Straus, is an artist from Brooklyn, New York. In describing herself …
