Hip-hop artist Cam Meekins rolled through the WTBU studios last Sunday and chopped it up The College Blueprint hosts Joe Weil, Alex Siber, and Jordan Pories. The Newton native talked about his upcoming tour, his move back from Atlanta Records to forming his own label Lamp City Records and his new album. Lamp City Records artist Bucketz came through the studio as well and talked about joining Cam’s label. During a segment of the show Cam allowed his fans to ask him questions. To cap off an eventful night, Cam performed a live version of a new song off his… click headline to Read More
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Producers SoNick, Blaze P, and EvilDewer stopped by the WTBU Studios to discuss the upcoming Battle of the Beats Video Game competition at The Middle East on September 30th. Boston legend Slaine also called into the College Blueprint to discuss his latest album, The King of Everything Else, as well as his latest acting role. In Part II of the College Blueprint’s producer series Jon Glass and D-Man came through WTBU to talk about their involvement in the Battle of the Beats Video Game competition at The Middle East on September 30th. Check out the interviews below: Slaine Interview: Producers… click headline to Read More
Miss USA, Nia Sanchez, joined WTBU News and talked about her recent visit to Boston to raise awareness for breast and ovarian cancer. Snachez is working with New Balance and their “Lace up for the Cure” campaign. To find more about New Balance’s fight against cancer visit newbalance.com and make sure to follow Nia Sanchez on twitter @realmissnvusa You can catch the interview below:
Sanjaya Malakar joined Cat Therapy this past week to talk about his experience on American Idol and his music career. Sanjaya is most famously known for his appearance on the sixth season of American Idol were he advanced to 7th place despite Simon Cowell’s harsh judgement. Make sure to follow Sanjaya on twitter @Sanjaya You can catch the interview below:
Last semester we had JPRiZM, a local hip hop artist and producer, on air talking about his album Mindwalker. JPRiZM is back at it again with his newest music video Vigil N Tea (Vigilante). It’s an homage to the superhero movie genre, intended to be fun and entertaining escapism from all the serious stuff going on in the world these days. Make sure to check it out and find more about JPRiZM on his site at jprizm.com
KNOWER, an electronic funk-pop duo from LA called in to WTBU to speak about playing music festivals, their viral music videos, and their upcoming tour. You can catch them at the Middle East Upstairs on July 28th, and you can listen to the interview here. Be sure to check out their viral videos on YouTube as well.
New York Times national baseball writer Tyler Kepner joined Joe Weil and Andre Khatchaturian to talk about the parity in baseball, the increase in no-hitters, the AL East, and the rise in first pitch strikes. Kepner also relayed an unforgettable story about the late Tony Gwynn and how the San Diego star helped pave the way for him to get a job at the Times.
Xtiana and Nicole (and Clara!) of Red Velvet Techno on WTBU (wtburadio.org) interview Twenty One Pilots at House of Blues in Boston! Hear what they have to say about touring, performing at the MTV Movie Awards, and get to know them on a fun/silly level with a Flash Questions segment.
Paul Coppola (CAS ’14) joined Monday’s Left of the Dial this past Monday to talk about the Boston Music scene, how to brew your own beer, and his influences as a musician! Along with an awesome interview Paul played us several songs live in studio! Take a listen and make sure to check out Paul’s facebook and bandcamp here: https://www.facebook.com/PaulCoppolaMusic and http://paulcoppola.bandcamp.com/
WTBU recently took the award for best hard news feature in the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press awards with the piece titled Massachusetts in Motion. The story follows a milk delivery company, takes a look at the new transportation app Lyft, and focuses on the new invention for bikes, the Copenhagen wheel. Created by Amelia Pak-Harvey, Sony Salzman, and Nick Koop. Take a listen to the award winning feature below!