Lindy Reed Connector Staff UMass Lowell’s very own all-male a cappella group, Hawkapella, will be hosting their Fifth Annual Night of A Cappella concert this Sat. April 18 in Maloney Hall at University Crossing. The best part? This concert is free. Hawkapella hosted their last concert two weeks ago in University Suites. They performed a…
Third annual Chords for Cancer big success
Melanie Case Connector Staff On Sat. April 11, music performance major Jessica Hall hosted her third annual cancer benefit show, Chords for Cancer. All proceeds from the show are donated to the UMass Memorial Cancer Center of Excellence, located in Worcester, Mass. The show was hosted in Lowell in The Onyx Room at Western Avenue…
All Time Low returns to Tsongas Center April 15 for ‘Future Hearts Tour’
Jen Desrosiers Connector Editor This year has been a busy one for American pop-punk band All Time Low between the release of their newest single, “Something’s Gotta Give,” and the announcement of their sixth studio album, Future Hearts, set to be released on Tues. April 7 through Hopeless Records. In honor of the release of…
Hawkapella showcases talent during hour-long concert
With nicknames like Eric “Love Shack” Miller, Joe “Fresh Prince” Royal and Sam “Birdfeeder” Allen, how could you not love Hawkapella? Hawkapella recently hosted an hour-long concert that alternated between vocal performances of popular songs and informational slides from a PowerPoint presentation that briefly summarized the history of a certain type of music. An all-male…
UML student breaking into EDM world
Mariah Alix Connector Contributor At UMass Lowell, we often hear stories of students going off into the world as successful engineers. Little do we focus on those succeeding within the arts. Andrew Garcia, a sophomore at UML, is currently thriving within the music business. Garcia is a DJ dominantly in the Boston area. He works with…
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ tops charts
Andrew Haverty Connector Staff “King Kendrick” should be his title by now. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is at his level. I thought hip-hop and rap were revitalized through “good kid m.A.A.d city” (2012), but that was apparently just the warm up for what Kendrick was fully capable of. When Kendrick Lamar decided to look…
Live music venues in Downtown Lowell
Regina Alongi Connector Editor The Last Safe and Deposit Co. Now again a staple in Lowell’s music scene, The Last Safe and Deposit Co. is the go-to place for a drink and a night of good music. The space, back in the 1900s, was actually a safe and deposit company, storing money and valuables for…
