Henry Nickerson | Co-Editor-in-Chief Hip-hop and R&B artist Anderson .Paak is back with soulful, genre-bending bangers on his third studio album, Oxnard. Releasing an album after signing to a major record label for the first time is often a defining moment for emerging artists. Some acts find the sonic accessibility and pressure to deliver overwhelming, while some take the opportunityRead More

By: Henry Nickerson | Co Editor-in-Chief Soul-groove rapper Anderson .Paak has released a new single, “Tints” featuring Kendrick Lamar, and it is a downright jam. Featuring glimmering synth bass lines and gritty, driving guitar leads, “Tints” is a flash from a groovier past that finds an almost too obvious pairing of Anderson .Paak and Kendrick Lamar showing off their unavoidableRead More

By Isabelle Gillibrand | Contributing Editor/President of Seahawk Radio This summer’s Newport Folk Festival featured many rising artists, but in the midst of these new artists is one performer who has played this festival time and time again, yet he comes back each time with fresh material. To many this is an iconic, once-in-a-lifetime festival, but to Chris Smither it wasRead More

Henry Nickerson | Co-Editor-in-Chief If you are a modern hip hop fan and you don’t know who Noname is, it is time to pay attention. Noname has come out with one of the most compelling rap records of the year, and it isn’t the first time she’s done so. Fatimah Warner’s , A.K.A Noname, debut album “Telefone” dropped in 2016Read More

By Claire Latsko, Kitty Williams, and Henry Nickerson | Co-Editors-In-Chief, Associate Editor As the Newport fog rolled into campus on September 26th, so did the Boston Celtics’ team buses. Salve students crowded around Rodgers Recreation Center with hopes of getting a glimpse of their favorite players and taking a selfie with them. Everyone on campus buzzed with excitement that theirRead More