Category: Music

A smiling man with tousled dark hair, wearing a patterned shirt and layered necklaces, sits against a bright pink background. He looks down with a relaxed and cheerful expression, reminiscent of Christian French at Purdue.

SCC Brings Christian French to Purdue

Purdue’s Student Concert Committee (SCC) is bringing rising pop singer, Christian French, to Loeb Playhouse on Oct. 20.

A jazz band performs on stage under blue lighting at Loeb Playhouse, featuring the Emmet Cohen Trio with a pianist, upright bassist, vocalist, saxophonist, drummer, and one additional standing musician surrounded by microphones and instruments.

Live from Loeb Playhouse: Emmet Cohen Trio and the Live From Emmet’s Place All-Stars

Live From Emmet’s Place All-Stars joined the Emmet Cohen Trio for an incredible night of jazz.

Choir! Choir! Choir! lead audiences in epic sing-alongs

Music group Choir! Choir! Choir! to lead Purdue Homecoming audiences in epic sing-alongs

Purdue Convocations presents Toronto-based singing group Choir! Choir! Choir! to lead three unique Homecoming Week sing-alongs at Slayter Center for the Performing Arts.

Three men from Third Coast Percussion stand before a colorful geometric background, two looking up as one holds a triangle instrument. On the right, creativity shines as a fourth, partially visible person holds a triangle and beater.

13 Third Coast Percussion Songs to Fuel Your Creativity [Playlist]

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern Third Coast Percussion is a Grammy award-winning ensemble that has traveled the globe, released a wide variety of records, and has been performing together since 2005. The supergroup group is currently made up of...

Two young men with beards, known as The Brother Brothers, stand side by side in front of a brick wall, looking directly at the camera. The black-and-white image has a candid feel, as if captured during an interview or while answering questions.

10 Questions with The Brother Brothers

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern Making up the two halves of The Brother Brothers are fiddle player Adam Moss and cellist David Moss. Their harmonious folk sound has traveled across the world on street corners, music festival stages, and...

Four men from Third Coast Percussion stand and sit at a table with colorful handbells arranged on it. One member of the percussion ensemble, in a blue suit, sits on the table, ringing a yellow bell as the others watch and clap against pastel color blocks.

Eight Hands Make Light Work for Third Coast Percussion

Compared to, say, string quartets, percussion ensembles are a relatively young phenomenon—they became established in the mid-20th century through works by the likes of John Cage and Iannis Xenakis, and Reich's output in the 1970s helped cement their place. As...

Two men with beards and curly hair, resembling the Brother Brothers folk music duo, stand side by side against a black background. The black-and-white photo uses dramatic lighting as they look directly at the camera.

6 Folksy Facts About The Brother Brothers

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern Who said you can't mix work and family? For brothers Adam and David Moss, their musical partnership has resulted in the folk ensemble, The Brother Brothers. Their unique and harmonious stripped folk sound is...

A woman with short brown hair in a white dress holds a cello while standing in a sunflower field, evoking fearless facts from Neyla Pekarek's biography. Sunflowers surround her, some facing down and some upright as she gazes to her left.

5 Fearless Facts About Neyla Pekarek

By Kristen Day The old American southwest is filled with stories of heroism, bravery, and suspense. But how many of those stories do you know about women? Cellist and vocalist, Neyla Pekarek sought to settle the score in her latest...

A women-empowering scene: a person in a patterned dress stands outdoors between two red curtains, greenery and trees in the background. Yellow flowers bloom on the left, evoking the spirit of Neyla Pekarek from The Lumineers.

Neyla Pekarek on Leaving the Lumineers and Her ‘Women-Empowering’ Solo Debut

“I feel really liberated to be releasing my own record and my own music,” says cellist and singer Neyla Pekarek, who, in October, announced her departure from folk band the Lumineers. Now signed to S-Curve Records as a solo artist, her debut album...

Culture of the Week 11.4.19

“You Ain’t The Problem” by Michael Kiwanuka This song is featured from Michael Kiwanuka’s new album titled KIWANUKA. The album is his third since 2012. You can hear his musical influences loud and clear through his blues-folk sound; those influences include everyone...

Culture of the Week 10.14.19

There has been so much great music released in the last couple weeks. All-around amazing artist, Sturgill Simpson’s newest album Sound and Fury was released, along with an accompanying Netflix short film. This is worth at least two complete two...

Culture of the Week (9.30.19)

Here at Purdue Convocations, we think it is important to stay updated with the latest music, lectures, and honor legends from the past. Take a look at our picks this week! Twin Peaks’ new album, Lookout Low, was released last...