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Gen-X Jim presents: Shut Up! My Song Is On…

April 15, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer How are ya, folks? Hopefully, life isn’t slapping at you like a Becky with a purse dog walking through a spider web. To anyone out there named Becky, don’t get upset. It’s [Read More…]

Military Band Visits UT Tyler

April 1, 2024 Barbara Martin Moro

By BARBARA MARTIN MORO/Staff Writer The Intrepid Winds, a woodwind quintet of one of the 20 regional bands of the U.S. Army, visited UT Tyler last Thursday to share their music expertise and talent. The [Read More…]

New UT Tyler Chamber Orchestra to Perform April 18

March 21, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By ABIGAIL SCHOOLCRAFT/Contributor In a rehearsal hall in the Fine Arts Center, adjunct instructor of violin and chamber music Anna Larson conducts a small group playing stringed instruments. A harmonious sound fills the room as [Read More…]

UT Tyler and ETSO to give musical composition world premiere performance March 23

March 21, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By SYDNEY WILLIAMSON/Contributor Associate Professor of Music Kyle Gullings is the first UT Tyler faculty member to work in collaboration with East Texas Symphony Orchestra (ETSO). On March 23, ETSO will give the world premiere [Read More…]

Everything We Know About Taylor Swift’s Next Album

February 26, 2024 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/Staff Writer Taylor Swift recently enchanted fans with the announcement of her next album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 4. Swift’s eleventh album is set to [Read More…]

The Grammys: Artistic Innovation or Industry Inflation?

February 8, 2024 Larry Bonilla

By LARRY BONILLA/Staff Writer Since 1959, the Recording Academy’s mission has been to recognize “excellence” in the recording arts by bestowing annual awards to artists. A core belief they have behind their decision making is to [Read More…]

The Tallies: The Talon Staff’s Favorite Music of 2023

December 7, 2023 Larry Bonilla

By TALON STAFF/ Organized by LARRY BONILLA Friends and Fellow Patriots, welcome to “the Tallies!” This is a special Talon Staff review to tally up the music that made us cry, had us enchanted, and shaped our [Read More…]

Solar Fest: Music Festival and Green Energy Conference

November 9, 2023 Nathan Witt

By NATHAN WITT/ Editor-in-Chief Hundreds of people are going to get together in a secluded pasture late at night to celebrate the sun. Would you like to go? As peculiar as it may sound, that’s [Read More…]

Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ Movie Leaves Swiftie Enchanted

November 7, 2023 Melanie Romero

By MELANIE ROMERO/Staff Writer Global superstar Taylor Swift premiered “The Eras Tour” Film in Los Angeles on Oct. 12. The film consisted of her Eras Tour performance in Los Angeles. The duration was 2 hours and [Read More…]

“The rest”: Boygenius Keeps it Short and Sad

October 30, 2023 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/ Social Media Editor Indie supergroup boygenius (which is stylized lowercase), coming off the high of a well-received first album and tour, released their latest EP, “the rest”, on Oct. 13. The four-track project [Read More…]