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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Tortured poets or tortured critics? | On the Record

Addison Schmidt April 24, 2024
When criticism is forced into being praise, we lose both those guiding voices and the determination to do better, be better and find music that fits our sound.  
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Settling the debate — Apple Music or Spotify?

Aaron Halford March 3, 2023
What is the difference between Apple Music and Spotify?
Clare Mcmillan | Graphic Artist

The one where TikTok wrecks the music industry | EDITORIAL

Editors October 21, 2022
TikTok music isn’t art, it’s content
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift

Editors November 15, 2021
The release of Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” reminds of the complicated, often circular conversations that surround the mega-star.
Yvonne Tang/DFP Staff

Canceled: New spring, new me

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 28, 2021
The performance of self-reinvention may destroy more of the self than it reinvents.
babam musician plays a tuba at an aclu march

Boston remains soundtracked by protest

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 8, 2021
The Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians draw inspiration from New Orleans street bands.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: TikTok perpetuates nepotism in the music industry

Editors April 8, 2021
We should use our collective power to actively seek out smaller artists instead of TikTok stars.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Philosophical Soup: Like the art, hate the artist

Max Ferrandino April 8, 2021
Problematic artists like Kanye West can be valued and criticized at the same time.
dancing with the devil...and the art of starting over album by demi lovato on spotify

REVIEW: Demi Lovato’s ‘Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over’ tackles vulnerability, redemption

Divya Sood April 4, 2021
Demi Lovato's newest album is deeply personal, striking a rare level of openness in the industry.

Song Spotlight: ‘In Your Atmosphere’ by John Mayer

Katrina Liu February 10, 2021
It’s been more than three years since I first listened to “In Your Atmosphere” by John Mayer, and it’s still as beautiful as it was the first time I heard it.
“Selena: The Series,” a Netflix-original that follows the life of late Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla, debuted on Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Selena’ aims for sincerity, ends up overdone and cliché

David Simon December 7, 2020

“Selena: The Series” focuses on the life of the late Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla — played by Christian Serratos — and her rise to fame. Tinged with late-’80s and early-’90s aesthetics,...

Boston University alumna Rob Shore is the business manager for LCD Soundsystem, Ed Sheeran and Radiohead. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROB SHORE

Mobiles skwerking, mobiles chirping, manager Shore takes money and runs bands’ finances

Becca DeGregorio April 23, 2015

For Boston University alum Rob Shore, music means business, and business means finance. As the founder and CEO of Rob Shore & Associates Inc., Shore manages artists from hard-edged Slipknot to...

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