Music

Taylor Swift breaks Pitchfork scale with cripplingly bad album

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017August 15, 2019

November 29, 2017August 15, 2019

AMBER MATTICE Managing Editor Taylor Swift is out to change her reputation through her new album, “Reputation,” which was released on Nov. 10. Through a different, way-worse sound and standardly whiny lyrics, she has given herself a new image, but not exactly in the way that she had planned.......

Life & Arts

Sam Smith thrills us all once again: Smith’s second album tops the charts

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017August 15, 2019

November 15, 2017August 15, 2019

TEISHA MCELFRESH Special to the Leader Sam Smith is possibly one of the youngest old souls that we have in pop music today. According to Biography.com, he is a four-time Grammy winner and has also won an Academy Award. Between his romantically desperate crooning ballads and his impossibly high......

Life & Arts

Dynamic Intonation set to perform Fall show

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017August 15, 2019

November 15, 2017August 15, 2019

BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer On Nov. 15, Fredonia’s newest and only jazz a capella group, Dynamic Intonation, will be having their Fall show in Mason Hall. The group is accepting of all genders and was started in 2012. According to Nicole Moy, a senior applied music major with a......

Life & Arts

Alison Pipitone: Buffalo Music Hall of Fame’s newest inductee

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

November 3, 2017August 15, 2019

BAILEY KUZMA Special to The Leader On Oct. 5, Alison Pipitone, an adjunct instructor for the Music Industry program here at Fredonia, was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. “I’ve always liked music my whole life because my parents always had music on in my living room.......

Life & Arts

Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

November 3, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=10306] ELYSE GRIECO Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club (MIC) rocked the Multi-Purpose Room this past Thursday night with their annual Battle of the New Bands. This competition showcases some of Fredonia’s most talented students. It was created to give students an inside look on what......

Life & Arts

Homecoming royalty crowned after Fredonia’s Got Talent

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 15, 2019

October 25, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=10167] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Friday night, students gathered in Steele Hall to watch a showcase of talented SUNY Fredonia students in a spectacle that was part pep-rally and part dance show, all of which culminated in the crowning of this year’s homecoming royalty. Although the event......

News

Gerald Gray: A legacy of fighting mediocrity

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 15, 2019

October 25, 2017August 15, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor On Oct. 15, Fredonia lost a great mentor, a loving husband and brilliant musician. Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at Fredonia’s College of Music, died after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer at the age of 51. An email from Melvin Unger, the......

News

Fredonia loses mentor, husband, friend, Sunday evening

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017August 15, 2019

October 19, 2017August 15, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at the Fredonia College of Music since 2002, died Sunday night. An email from Director Melvin Unger went out to the students and faculty of the college Monday morning, informing them of the news of his passing. A Tennessee native,......

Life & Arts

Creating community through music: Why BJ’s is the perfect place to do so

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

October 11, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=9986] BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer There was no better way to kick off the first night of Fall break than with a show at BJ’s. Last week’s show brought in The Slums: a rock band from Buffalo, No Prevail: a melodic punk rock band from Fredonia and Cooler:......

Life & Arts

The legality of hosting a house show: How should one go about furthering Fredonia’s culture, without getting in trouble?

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

October 11, 2017August 15, 2019

ANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader If you have been attending SUNY Fredonia for any period of time, you will have undoubtedly heard about a house show near you. A “house show” is basically having a musical act of some sort play in your home for other people. This format......

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