Trevor’s SXSW Diary – Day 4
A week late, but here’s my fourth day of South By Southwest.
On the Friday of SXSW I started to really feel the weight of the days previous on me. I was slow to get out of bed, but that was okay because the ...
Trevor’s SXSW Diary – Day 3
Thursday was the day that I had the most on my schedule, and it was most definitely the most intense day. I walked downtown from the house I’m staying at again, which was pretty enjoyable, despite the fact tha...
Trevor’s SXSW Diary: Day 2
The second day of SXSW was marked with euphoric highs and one, catastrophic low. Thankfully, there were many more highs than that one low, causing my brain to drift back towards the goodness of the day befor...
Conversation with Noah Preminger
In the Groove hosted by Ken Laster, interviews jazz artist Noah Preminger prior to his gigs in Connecticut and New York City. We speak of expanding the jazz audience, various influences that shaped Noah’s pla...
Trevor’s SXSW Diary: Day 1
Welcome to Trevor’s SXSW Diaries, a day-by-day recollection of events that the WHUS Music Director attended.
The first day of SXSW has been basically what I expected in some aspects: it’s a giant festival, whic...
Studio A Adds – 3/4/14
It's Aislinn again, the Assistant Music Director here at WHUS. Nice to be back bringing some more interesting new releases. We've got Tacocat - NVM, a fun surfy garage rock band. Their song "Crimson Wave" is a ...
Album of the Week: Beck – Morning Phase
Morning Phase is Beck’s first album in six years and is a companion piece to Beck’s 2002 album, Sea Change. This record features the same musicians as Sea Change and many of the same musical qualities: gorgeou...
Studio A Adds – 2/25/14
Hey all! I'm Aislinn, the Assistant Music Director here at WHUS. This week, we have some great new Studio A Adds I think everyone should get pretty excited about. For me, the most exciting is the new Beck album...
Review of Newport Jazz Festival 2013
I have been covering the Newport Jazz Festival for WHUS FM for the last 5 years, and the 2013 festival is one of the best I've had the pleasure to attend.
Musically, the festival covered a wide range of jazz ...
Favorite Jazz releases of 2013
These are my favorite jazz releases of 2013. I hesitate to call this a Best Of list, as one can't possibly claim to have heard all of the jazz releases in this age of independently produced recordings. While se...