By: Henry Nickerson | Co Editor-in-Chief Soul-groove rapper Anderson .Paak has released a new single, “Tints” featuring Kendrick Lamar, and it is a downright jam. Featuring glimmering synth bass lines and gritty, driving guitar leads, “Tints” is a flash from a groovier past that finds an almost too obvious pairing of Anderson .Paak and Kendrick Lamar showing off their unavoidableRead More

By Isabelle Gillibrand | Contributing Editor/President of Seahawk Radio This summer’s Newport Folk Festival featured many rising artists, but in the midst of these new artists is one performer who has played this festival time and time again, yet he comes back each time with fresh material. To many this is an iconic, once-in-a-lifetime festival, but to Chris Smither it wasRead More

By Henry Nickerson | Co Editor-in-Chief The world’s best boyband is back. Rap collective Brockhampton has come out with a fourth studio LP, recorded at none other than Abbey Road. Brockhampton exploded into the hip-hop world last year with a trilogy of albums labelled the Saturation series. The first album of the trilogy, “Saturation”, introduced listeners to the consistently catchyRead More

Henry Nickerson | Co-Editor-in-Chief If you are a modern hip hop fan and you don’t know who Noname is, it is time to pay attention. Noname has come out with one of the most compelling rap records of the year, and it isn’t the first time she’s done so. Fatimah Warner’s , A.K.A Noname, debut album “Telefone” dropped in 2016Read More

By Kerry Hayes and Michelle Karparis | Staff Writers As we walked into the Newport Blues Cafe on Thursday night at 8:00 p.m., the first thing that we noticed was the floor; we had never realized that there were hardwood floors, or chandeliers on the ceiling, or tables and chairs, or a large fireplace in the corner of the room.Read More