Vocalist tips to improve your singing game
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen columnist
July 3, 2020
Any car ride I take, whether it’s down the street or across the state, is always accompanied by a sweet playlist I can sing my heart out to. After a couple years of voice lessons, I can now sing to my heart’s content when I drive to the west side without my throat hurting or jaw locking. Here ar...
BLM playlist to keep your spirit alive
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen mint editor
June 26, 2020
There’s a tweet by writer Quinta Brunson that I think about a lot: “Being black [sic] is having a good day and then seeing another black person was killed for no reason," she wrote, “then you have to think about/talk about that all day. or don't and numb yourself.” This tweet pretty much e...
Albums to get you into jazz
ADAM HUREAU, Evergreen columnist
June 26, 2020
It is said that jazz is the United States' only original art form. It is a music born from struggle and full of complexity, nuance and expression. However, it can be hard to start listening, as there are thousands of artists and albums out there and many are not necessarily super accessible. So, fo...
‘Run The Jewels 4’ is an album for our times
JACOB HERSH, Evergreen opinion editor
June 12, 2020
The fourth album from rap duo Run The Jewels kicks off with the verbal equivalent of a punch in the mouth. “Scammer bliss when you puttin’ villains in charge of sh*t / All of us targeted, all we doin’ is arguin’ / Part of them isn’t workin’ til every pockets been picked and sold and h...
Music camps move online to reach students
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen mint editor
May 22, 2020
For the past three years, the WSU School of Music’s horn and oboe camps have provided middle and high school students with an environment to meet other students and practice their craft. However, with COVID-19, that environment is moving online. The horn and oboe camps are a week-long excursion for students f...
Funky sunshine playlist
MAGGIE QUINLAN, Evergreen columnist
March 12, 2020
Spring break is coming up and I know everybody is super excited to go back to the west side to catch coronavirus and redistribute it in Pullman. Whenever I’m simultaneously excited and in panic about a potential pandemic, there’s one genre I can count on to pick me up. We need the funk. Go...
Folk artist to ‘lumber rock’ Moscow
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
March 12, 2020
Norman Baker and the Backroads, a Seattle-based folk band, will bring their original music to Moscow on Friday night at John’s Alley. Norman Baker, a singer and songwriter, is no stranger to Moscow. He said he has played several shows at John’s Alley Tavern, but it has been a few years since...
Playlist: Music for Women’s Month
Taylor Gonzales, Evergreen columnist
March 5, 2020
March, the month dedicated to the celebration of women, has finally arrived and what better way to celebrate than through the power of music. This playlist is compiled of artists ranging from Lizzo to Amy Winehouse, designed to fit every mood of women’s month. Hitting every genre for every type ...
University of Idaho hosts weekend of jazz
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
February 27, 2020
The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho begins today and continues through Saturday. This is the 53rd year of the festival, said Joshua Skinner, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival manager and instructor in UI’s School of Music. “I think it’s a great opportunity for building mu...
Playlist: Women in country music
MAGGIE QUINLAN, Evergreen columnist
February 20, 2020
Last month, Country Music Television announced half their programming would be women’s music videos from here on out. Why is this a big deal? It’s simple. Country music has a problem with women artists and the events of 2019 made it painfully obvious. In April 2019, a study by researchers at th...
Concert IV
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
February 6, 2020
On Feb. 8 and 9 the Washington-Idaho Symphony Orchestra will perform Explorations: Celebrating Women & Minority Composers. As the subtitle suggests, the orchestra will be performing pieces from women and minority composers. The composers featured include Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich an...
Playlist: Women with stories to tell
MAGGIE QUINLAN, Evergreen columnist
February 6, 2020
February is Black History Month, and it’s important to dig into the past and learn the stories that have been repeatedly hidden and overlooked for generations. But don’t stop in the past. As Jamila Woods sings in her song, “Blk Girl Soldier,” “Look at what they did to my sisters — last century, las...
International students will not be able to stay in the country if they do not take at least one in-person course in fall 2020, according to a statement...
