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Category Archives: Music
Someone Great is a band to watch from Central York High School
Check out Someone Great, a teen band from Central York High School.
Posted in Bands, Groups to watch, Music
Tagged bands, central york band, high school band, Music, someone great, someone great band
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Beyoncétastic
There’s this awesome music artist. You may have heard of her. Beyoncé. She’s kind of taken over my life. That is, she has kind of taken over my iPod. So today, I want to share with you my top 5 Beyoncé songs. … Continue reading
Posted in Monday's 5, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged bey, beybey, beyonce, countdown, crazy in love, dive, halo, run the world (girls)
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Free LEGAL Music Site
“Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.” This is the goal of Bandcamp.com, which allows you to do just that for free or next to nothing. Bandcamp duals as a website for artists and music fans … Continue reading
Kate Miller-Heidke
A few years ago I had the pleasure of seeing Ben Folds in concert. The concert was great. However, what was really amazing about the concert was the opening act, Kate Miller-Heidke. Miller-Heidke joined Ben Folds in his tour around … Continue reading
Posted in CD reviews, Groups to watch, Music
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Blown Away Tour
This past Tuesday night my friends and I had the privilege of attending Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away Tour at the Giant Center. The show was absolutely incredible, in addition to Carrie’s unbelievable talent. Not only did she sing some of … Continue reading
Five secular artists that use religion in their music
With Mumford & Sons’ “Babel” out on the market since September of last year, fans have had time to process the lyrics and once again ask, “Are you sure Mumford & Sons isn’t a Christian band?” The band denies it. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged 'Til Kingdom Come, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Babel, Bible, Cemeteries Of London, Christianity, Coldplay, Counting Blue Cars, Cry for Judas, Dishwalla, Genesis 30:3, God, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Guster, John Darnielle, Keep It Together, Mississippi Squirrel Revival, Mumford & Sons, Music, Pet Your Friends, Ray Stevens, Religion, The Life of the World to Come, The Mountain Goats, Transcendental Youth, Two at a Time, Viva La Vida, X&Y
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Music swap: What does a playlist say about a person?
Two teens swap playlists and say what that music says about the other person.
Posted in CD reviews, Music, music swap
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Quiet Company more than name in ‘We Are All Where We Belong’
A review of the Quiet Company album “We Are All Where We Belong.”
Posted in CD reviews, Music
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The GRAMMY aftermath
First off, I would like to say that it is clear I will not have a future as a prognosticator. Out of my 11 GRAMMY predictions, I got three correct. The lucky selections were Album of the Year, which went … Continue reading
Posted in Hot things, Music
Tagged Adele, carrie underwood, dress, grammy award, musicians, Rihanna, taylor swift
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GRAMMY Predictions
We are within a half hour of one of my favorite shows of the year: The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show. In honor of my countdown until the show, I decided to make predictions of the winners of some of … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Alabama Shakes, carly rae jepsen, Flo Rida, fun, grammy award, Hunter Hayes, maroon 5, Miranda Lambert, Mumford & Sons, taylor swift
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