The Havana Honeys sweeten Columbia music scene
Members of The Havana Honeys Josh Deal, Slater Biggers, David Myers, Bradley Hutchinson and Chris Fritschle play at the Eighth Street Sub Shop. These guys from Mexico, Mo. ...
View ArticleThe evolution of electronic music
Making any sort of genre list or timeline about electronic music is absolutely daunting. Wikipedia lists more than 200 electronic music genres. So any list short of a ...
View ArticleJen HA and Vinyl Bitchie spin gender stereotypes in the DJ world
Jen Rothchild, 32, goes by the stage name DJ Jen HA!. She spins mixed beats with DJ HippoScottamus ...
View ArticleSmall town Scrub releases new mixtape, Cornfed
Adam Estep goes by the stage name Scrub. The 32-year-old artist is known for his humorous lyrics about rural ...
View ArticleIt’s a beautiful day in The Neighbourhood
It’s not Sweater Weather yet, but The Neighbourhood’s arrival in Columbia will soften the blow of summer ending and school beginning once again. The Neighbourhood’s original song “Sweater Weather” ...
View ArticleJessica Hernandez and the Deltas coming to Summerfest
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas joke that they are a little family. As the only woman surrounded by six men, five who play in the band and one who ...
View ArticleThe Fitting Room provides a unique space for the punk and folk scenes
Located on the North side of town, The Fitting Room appears somewhat seedy in daylight. The sun illuminates the shed-like structure and beats down on the parking lot, which ...
View ArticleI Want Your Six: Marika Kyriakos
Opera singer Marika Kyriakos, a Columbia native who now teaches at Arkansas State University, opens up about music before her performance at Whitmore Hall on Sunday at 3 p.m. ...
View ArticleQuiet Corral and The Floozies duke it out
What do an electric funk band and a folk rock band have in common? Both are coming to Mojo’s this weekend, and both are from the town we love ...
View ArticleMoreau Lodge hosts first ever Lodgestock Music Festival
Live music devotees will soon come to congregate in a quiet stretch of woods outside of Jefferson City. Within the densely packed trees lies a venue with heart, history and ...
View ArticleInside Tracks with Kyle Cook
Grab your headphones. Vox has song suggestions from one of the city’s musical masterminds. When Kyle Cook isn’t running Hitt Records, he’s listening to these selections. Hitt Records opened ...
View ArticleStovetop Music produces hip-hop beats
Attention hip-hop fans. You’re going to want to remember this name — Stovetop Music. A multifaceted hip-hop and R&B production company, it records, produces, mixes and promotes up-and-coming...
View ArticleJohn Galbraith: The man of many bands
Families sit around picnic tables, young couples enjoy beers and waiters hustle through the crowded courtyard outside Mojo’s. John Galbraith and the Broken Promises are performing for a ...
View ArticleIn the Garage: Collegiate Shag Brass Band
Eleven members of the Collegiate Shag Brass Band shuffle and squeeze into drummer Taylor Thorne’s cramped basement. The musicians step over instruments and slide by music stands as they ...
View ArticleGeorge Watsky puts his slam poetry to a beat
Lisps. Cardboard castles. Drunken texts. These are a few of 27-year-old George Watsky’s favorite things, according to his spoken word poems and raps. Although Watsky’s public recognition evolved from ...
View ArticleInside Tracks: Chloie Piveral of Gotcha Costumes
We can only listen to“Monster Mash” and “Purple People Eater” so many times before we turn into actual zombies and start eating our own feet. Chloie Piveral, ...
View ArticleShawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter join forces for another tour
Playing to a crowd of 1,200 would be impressive on its own, but to entertain on stage with just an acoustic guitar is something only a music industry veteran could ...
View ArticleMid-Missouri native and country star Sara Evans returns to her roots
Her current hit single “Slow Me Down” might have described her life in 2005 but not anymore. After an almost six-year hiatus from producing new music and touring,
View ArticleEDM artist Eliot Lipp goes analog
Eliot Lipp’s expansive reference library and intricately layered, funky tracks expose posers with Beats headphones and fake Ray Bans for the amateurs they are. Lipp is part of EDM, ...
View ArticleSouls of Liberty puts rap songs to Malcom Gladwell's Outliers
Souls of Liberty has spent 10, 000 hours perfecting its craft of socially conscious hip-hop. Ryan Escobar and Tenelle Donta’s new album, 10,000 Hours, is based on Malcolm ...
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