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By Grace Koennecke, Editor-in-Chief After entering the music scene in Austin, Texas, alongside her sisters, She Burns is an artist whose evolution is worth noting as she begins her solo career. Growing up in Austin, Carolyn Burns, the singer behind the stage name, says she began playing music in middle school and high school with her sisters as an alternative rock group. She recalls her first show being at her younger sister’s eighth-grade talent show, and her love for creat

By Grace Koennecke, Editor-in-Chief Just hours before “The Hayley Williams Show” at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and after wading through an extreme downpour, my shoes were soaked, my blown-out hair was a frizzy mess, and my carefully crafted makeup look inspired by the singer was practically non-existent before the concert even began. However, the love and adoration I’ve always had for Williams remained, as I anxiously awaited her first solo performance in the

By Grace Koennecke, Editor-in-Chief It’s been 27 years since we last witnessed a festival centered around women like Lilith Fair. The music festival, co-founded by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, was the first of its kind to feature only female artists or women-led bands. It lasted from 1997 to 1999, featuring artists such as Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, and Indigo Girls. According to History, Lilith Fair earned a total of $52 million by the end of its

By Grace Koennecke, Editor-in-Chief Photos courtesy of Dj Baedizzle What started as an online persona in middle school would eventually become the stage name for DJ Baedizzle, an EDM artist making strides in the electronic music scene in the small town of Huntington, West Virginia. The DJ jokes that her name came from sleepovers with friends, where they played around on Omegle, a free online chat website created in the early 2000s that randomly pairs users for one-on-one tex

By Grace Koennecke, Editor in Chief Photograph by Nathan Watson It’s hard enough to be a musician full-time, but it’s even harder when one is trying to balance a music career with their standard 9-to-5. However, for Alabama-based band SUPERFUND, they make it look easy. The band’s origin story is quite unique, with its start dating back to when drummer Cameron Sullivan connected with some of his future bandmates on Instagram. Through the platform, Sullivan was introduced to gu

By Grace Koennecke, Editor in Chief As I sat down to write this, it took me several tries even to start the first sentence. I’ll admit, this summer I’ve been experiencing the weirdest writer’s block I’ve had in a while. Maybe I can blame it on working full-time and not having the energy or inspiration to sit down and click-clack away after hours of doing the same at my job. Maybe I can blame it on feeling endlessly tired and burnt out from not just work but trying to keep up