#Music

Mar 27, 20222 min read

Sounds From Underground rock fest showcases Belmont bands

Music City isn’t just for country fans, and Belmont students will be out to prove it at Sounds From Underground rock festival come Sunday...

'The bigger the better' for Jake Wesley Rogers: the man, the myth, the moment

Anna Jackson

Dec 10, 20218 min read

'The bigger the better' for Jake Wesley Rogers: the man, the myth, the moment

There’s thunder in his lungs and lightning in his limbs. When he pinwheels to center stage, bell sleeves flying, to sit at his little...

Belmont’s Kaylee Franzen, the voice behind Aster, on her ‘Alter Ego’ TV journey

Corinne Robinson

Nov 1, 20214 min read

Belmont’s Kaylee Franzen, the voice behind Aster, on her ‘Alter Ego’ TV journey

Decked out from head to toe in a motion capture suit, Kaylee Franzen opened her mouth to make her TV singing debut, and her vocals soared...

Aug 25, 20162 min read

Boulevard Record Store replaces BLVD Music

Standing among crates of vinyl records and soon-to-be-filled shelves, Jacee Badeaux, manager of the Boulevard Record Shop, prepares for...

Nov 4, 20153 min read

Sophomores team up for unique collaboration tracks

A Belmont sophomore is stepping outside the boundaries of traditional music and is producing inspiration-driven beats and collaborations...

Oct 26, 20152 min read

Songwriting majors collaborate with Brooklyn publishing company

In partnership with Communion Music Publishing, the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business sent five students to Brooklyn, New...

Oct 7, 20153 min read

Senior singer-songwriter Jackson Wells builds international fan base

Jackson Wells has hit the music scene, emerging as a rock star on a local and international scale in the unlikeliest of places. Garnering...

Sep 29, 20153 min read

Belmont student bands open up about balancing musical projects, schoolwork

Belmont boasts a top-notch music program–maybe you have seen the billboard that says, “Our grads are on your playlist.” People come from...

Sep 15, 20153 min read

Spaced out: New visitor parking lot causes campus controversy

Senior leadership decided this summer to convert the Hitch and Massey Performing Arts Center parking lot on 17th Avenue into a...

Sep 10, 20152 min read

Belmont band Better Eyes sets personal records at Vans Warped Tour

Belmont-based band Better Eyes was chosen to play at the Nashville stop on the Vans Warped Tour this summer. “We were all just kind of...

Mar 20, 20151 min read

Concert for a cause: bands to help end hunger with upcoming show

Belmont bands and music management companies are uniting on Saturday to not only fill the crowd’s ears with music but to also fill local...

Jan 15, 20153 min read

Dropping the beat to drop cancer

As part of Belmont’s Up ‘Til Dawn child cancer awareness week, the Beaman Tuesday night felt less like a student center and more like a...

Jan 12, 20152 min read

Warm up with winter Shakespeare

Escape the freezing winds of winter by losing yourself in the romance of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, “Twelfth Night.” The...

Nov 12, 20143 min read

Student entrepreneurs run successful online startup What’s Hubbin’

Belmont students Channing Moreland, Makenzie Stokel and Seth Clarke have undertaken the task of starting up the company What’s Hubbin’...

Nov 5, 20144 min read

Building character: a musical theatre journey

Since the first day of classes, Belmont musical theater students have been “character building” as they rehearse for their fall...

Oct 23, 20144 min read

Us and Them takes raw rock to the next level

In April of 2014, Ian Kendall, Mike Crecca, Grayson Schweers and Michael Rasile solidified a bond over a love for the raw sounds of Led...

Oct 21, 20143 min read

OK Go puts on more than an OK show

OK Go may be a four-piece group, but in their performance Friday night at Mercy Lounge, a sold-out crowd of 500 people might as well have...

Oct 16, 20143 min read

Student owns successful alternative music promotion website, Big City Thoughts

“I think I Googled ‘website to start a website,’” said Belmont sophomore Acacia Evans when recalling her journey to creating her...

Oct 15, 20143 min read

Belmont alumni return for Nashville Rep. production of Sweeney Todd

Two Belmont University alumni, Nathan and Whitney Meyer, well- established in the musical theater scene of New York City are returning to...

Oct 6, 20142 min read

Urban Pop Showcase pleases crowd with high-energy performances

Students and visitors alike crowded in the Curb Event Center Saturday night for the 2014 Urban Pop Showcase, a concert characterized by...