Emma Weidmann

Music

  • Brothers, boots and blues: Dylan Wheeler performs in iconic Texas music venue

    Brothers, boots and blues: Dylan Wheeler performs in iconic Texas music venue

    First Place winner in Critical Review at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention, 2024 The buzz of neon lights, the rumble of a nearby train passing through, the smack of cues on billiards — it’s all drowned out by the anticipatory tremors of Dylan Wheeler’s dedicated country crowd. On Thursday night, fans stood shin-to-stage, shoulder-to-shoulder in San… Read more

  • Music ex machina: How artificial intelligence is shaping what and how we listen

    Music ex machina: How artificial intelligence is shaping what and how we listen

    In 1961, the machine sang its first words. Surrounded by engineers and programmers, the IBM 7094 became the first computer to carry a tune. Now, as artificial intelligence sings covers of songs and creates them from nothing more than a prompt, we have come a long way since the earliest babbling of machine-generated music. A MORAL… Read more

  • ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’: Waco’s underground punk scene stays put post-pandemic

    ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’: Waco’s underground punk scene stays put post-pandemic

    You won’t find them playing at the Silos or on campus, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there. In Waco’s garages, bars and backyards is an underground community of punk musicians who play some dark, macabre and gritty music. Donning lots of leather and pierced by steel, they may look undead, but the scene is… Read more

  • How rock music freed the Czech Republic: Lecture demonstrates musical resistance to oppression

    How rock music freed the Czech Republic: Lecture demonstrates musical resistance to oppression

    When Jewish composer Gideon Klein was moved from Nazi-occupied Prague to the Terezín ghetto, it didn’t stop him from writing and performing his music. He and other musicians continued to provide music as a symbol of hope, performing in secret before it was eventually permitted in the camp. “He utilized his talents, this pianist and composer, even… Read more

  • Colony House talks upcoming Baylor concert, tour life, 4th album

    Colony House talks upcoming Baylor concert, tour life, 4th album

    As children, brothers Will and Caleb Chapman rode the Wabash Cannonball ride at the now-closed Opryland theme park in Nashville, Tenn. It was named after an old folk song that told the tale of the Wabash Cannonball — a train that took passengers to the afterlife. Over 20 years down the tracks, neon strip lights illuminate the… Read more