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When you tune your radio to 88.9 FM, you might hear hip-hop, or reggae, or folk, or show tunes, maybe even some Raffi. WERS is not a typical college radio station. Live, in-station performances, professional-quality breaks and a far-reaching signal make Emerson College radio stand out among college stations around the country and even among commercial stations in Boston. Student-run but professionally managed, WERS is known by listeners in Boston as the place to hear new sounds and music that won’t be played anywhere else...
...brilliant art scholar as well as a skillful dealer, Wildenstein was also devoted to horse racing, owning prominent stables and was named six times as France's leading owner. DIED. HOWARD FINSTER, 84, a fiery Baptist preacher and prominent American self-taught artist; in Rome, Georgia. Finster used his folk art, which ranged from paintings that hung in the Library of Congress to album covers for rock bands like R.E.M. and Talking Heads, to spread his evangelical Christian message. DIED. JOHN PLUMB, 90, natty British historian of the 18th century and best-selling author; in Cambridge. A former master...
Acosta says noise complaints about large bands by solo folk singers are the source of most conflict between the performers...
Hard-core Quincy folk eschewed the provided plastic in favor of more spirited House steins, while students, tutors and recently appointed House Master Robert R. Kirshner mingled and made merry with cups of Bass...
...addition, Rockwell Church’s melodies are complex and incredibly diverse, making it difficult to pigeon-hole them as pure acoustic folk-rock: “Steady, Ready, Strong” could be Ben Folds Five tune, while a bridge of “I See Alice” is reminiscent of the Beatles...