Sound OnWBUR's ongoing series highlights rising local musicians.South Shore singer Lee Zangari is our local Tiny Desk favoriteThe artist won over our panel with a mesmerizing performance of "A Man Is A Man" played on the mountain dulcimer.PlayArts & Culture08:06Oct 27, 2022Dorchester musician Eph See channels teen angst into buoyant popTheir 2021 debut EP, "g*rlhood," captures the romance of adolescence from the perspective of someone (slightly) older and (regretfully) wiser.PlayArts & Culture07:08Aug 25, 2022Advertisement Bubblegrunge band Mint Green refreshes heartache anthemsThe Somerville band, named for the lead singer's favorite color, debuted their first full-length LP earlier this month. Their music brings a mix of emotions — light and airy, but...PlayArts & Culture09:25Jun 30, 2022Singer Miranda Rae is intent on emerging from her cocoonThe neo-soul artist is coming into her own. “I think sometimes I play it a little safe with my lyrics. But on my next project, I really just want to...PlayArts & Culture07:22Apr 28, 2022Raging at the patriarchy, Lady Pills forges a new musical pathAfter a breakup and the near-dissolution of her band, Ella Boissonnault decided to make Lady Pills' third album on her own terms.PlayArts & Culture08:08Feb 24, 2022Local Tiny Desk favorite HEESU takes her cues from K-pop and soulGrowing up in Seoul, HEESU (the stage name of Heesu Yu) loved to belt K-pop at the city’s nuraebangs (karaoke rooms). She brought that same infectious energy to her Tiny...PlayArts & Culture07:58Nov 18, 2021Future Teens Make Sadness Sound Like FunThe Boston-based emo band has its heart in pop music and wears its sadness on its sleeve.PlayLocal Coverage06:58Aug 26, 2021Brockton Rap Collective Van Buren Records Is Making A Name For Itself And Its CityVan Buren is charting new terrain for a city which must also adapt to the tides of development. They’re the rap game’s best kept secret, but like most good things,...PlayLocal Coverage08:05Jul 1, 2021Indie Jazz Band Really From Is Reframing Its Origin StoryReally From’s upcoming self-titled album doubles as a freshly focused declaration of the artistic direction the band has honed over the past seven years, unpacking the complexities of identity and...PlayLocal Coverage08:39Mar 11, 2021Hip-Hop Broke $ean Wire's Heart, And Healed ItThe Boston rapper is an artist at once tormented by and in love with the act of self-expression. “Music was always the medicine to what I was feeling," Wire says....PlayLocal Coverage06:39Feb 11, 2021With Pure Vocals And Brash Guitars, Squirrel Flower Writes Her Origin StoryThe music of Ella Williams, a.k.a. Squirrel Flower, is expansive and melancholy and preternaturally sensitive to the taut threads of power that run, invisible, through relationships.PlayLocal Coverage06:42Mar 5, 2020Ezra Furman Is Finally Making The Punk Music Of Her Teenage DreamsOut with a new soundtrack to the Netflix series "Sex Education," the singer-songwriter Ezra Furman is making Boston home.PlayLocal Coverage10:52Feb 14, 2020In Sad Songs With Happy Melodies, Frances Forever Captures The Uncertainty Of Young AdulthoodThe bedroom pop act has attracted tens of thousands of streams on Spotify with her odd, yet accessible, songs.PlayLocal Coverage07:06Aug 19, 2019Latrell James Was Ready To Drop An Album. Then He Decided To Start Over From ScratchThe Dorchester-born rapper adopted a different approach to crafting his songs. He stopped writing, started emoting. PlayLocal Coverage04:39Jun 28, 2019Aubrey Haddard Finds Power In The Subtleties Of Her VoiceThe Cambridge-based musician has the kind of voice that divas are made of, and is well-poised for national success.PlayLocal Coverage06:51Feb 6, 2019Cambridge Rock Outfit Billy Wylder Finds Its Roots In Resistance And Sound In ReverenceFrontman Avi Salloway's songs are urgent calls to action written over syncopated rhythms and mesmeric guitar riffs.PlayLocal Coverage07:06Nov 7, 2018Boston Singer-Songwriter Anjimile Mines Blissful Melodies From Melancholy ThoughtsThe musician explores transgender dysphoria and mental health in their latest release, "Colors."PlayLocal Coverage06:43Aug 2, 2018The Radical Ambition Of Billy Dean Thomas, The ‘Queer B.I.G.’"I’m more than just an emcee, I’m more than just whatever box people want to put me in," says the Boston-based artist. PlayLocal Coverage07:21Jun 14, 2018Sidney Gish, Boston’s Bandcamp PhenomThe music of the rising bedroom pop sensation is marked by an adventurous impulse -- an eagerness to try, and even fail at, new things. PlayLocal Coverage06:05Mar 28, 2018
South Shore singer Lee Zangari is our local Tiny Desk favoriteThe artist won over our panel with a mesmerizing performance of "A Man Is A Man" played on the mountain dulcimer.PlayArts & Culture08:06Oct 27, 2022
Dorchester musician Eph See channels teen angst into buoyant popTheir 2021 debut EP, "g*rlhood," captures the romance of adolescence from the perspective of someone (slightly) older and (regretfully) wiser.PlayArts & Culture07:08Aug 25, 2022
Bubblegrunge band Mint Green refreshes heartache anthemsThe Somerville band, named for the lead singer's favorite color, debuted their first full-length LP earlier this month. Their music brings a mix of emotions — light and airy, but...PlayArts & Culture09:25Jun 30, 2022
Singer Miranda Rae is intent on emerging from her cocoonThe neo-soul artist is coming into her own. “I think sometimes I play it a little safe with my lyrics. But on my next project, I really just want to...PlayArts & Culture07:22Apr 28, 2022
Raging at the patriarchy, Lady Pills forges a new musical pathAfter a breakup and the near-dissolution of her band, Ella Boissonnault decided to make Lady Pills' third album on her own terms.PlayArts & Culture08:08Feb 24, 2022
Local Tiny Desk favorite HEESU takes her cues from K-pop and soulGrowing up in Seoul, HEESU (the stage name of Heesu Yu) loved to belt K-pop at the city’s nuraebangs (karaoke rooms). She brought that same infectious energy to her Tiny...PlayArts & Culture07:58Nov 18, 2021
Future Teens Make Sadness Sound Like FunThe Boston-based emo band has its heart in pop music and wears its sadness on its sleeve.PlayLocal Coverage06:58Aug 26, 2021
Brockton Rap Collective Van Buren Records Is Making A Name For Itself And Its CityVan Buren is charting new terrain for a city which must also adapt to the tides of development. They’re the rap game’s best kept secret, but like most good things,...PlayLocal Coverage08:05Jul 1, 2021
Indie Jazz Band Really From Is Reframing Its Origin StoryReally From’s upcoming self-titled album doubles as a freshly focused declaration of the artistic direction the band has honed over the past seven years, unpacking the complexities of identity and...PlayLocal Coverage08:39Mar 11, 2021
Hip-Hop Broke $ean Wire's Heart, And Healed ItThe Boston rapper is an artist at once tormented by and in love with the act of self-expression. “Music was always the medicine to what I was feeling," Wire says....PlayLocal Coverage06:39Feb 11, 2021
With Pure Vocals And Brash Guitars, Squirrel Flower Writes Her Origin StoryThe music of Ella Williams, a.k.a. Squirrel Flower, is expansive and melancholy and preternaturally sensitive to the taut threads of power that run, invisible, through relationships.PlayLocal Coverage06:42Mar 5, 2020
Ezra Furman Is Finally Making The Punk Music Of Her Teenage DreamsOut with a new soundtrack to the Netflix series "Sex Education," the singer-songwriter Ezra Furman is making Boston home.PlayLocal Coverage10:52Feb 14, 2020
In Sad Songs With Happy Melodies, Frances Forever Captures The Uncertainty Of Young AdulthoodThe bedroom pop act has attracted tens of thousands of streams on Spotify with her odd, yet accessible, songs.PlayLocal Coverage07:06Aug 19, 2019
Latrell James Was Ready To Drop An Album. Then He Decided To Start Over From ScratchThe Dorchester-born rapper adopted a different approach to crafting his songs. He stopped writing, started emoting. PlayLocal Coverage04:39Jun 28, 2019
Aubrey Haddard Finds Power In The Subtleties Of Her VoiceThe Cambridge-based musician has the kind of voice that divas are made of, and is well-poised for national success.PlayLocal Coverage06:51Feb 6, 2019
Cambridge Rock Outfit Billy Wylder Finds Its Roots In Resistance And Sound In ReverenceFrontman Avi Salloway's songs are urgent calls to action written over syncopated rhythms and mesmeric guitar riffs.PlayLocal Coverage07:06Nov 7, 2018
Boston Singer-Songwriter Anjimile Mines Blissful Melodies From Melancholy ThoughtsThe musician explores transgender dysphoria and mental health in their latest release, "Colors."PlayLocal Coverage06:43Aug 2, 2018
The Radical Ambition Of Billy Dean Thomas, The ‘Queer B.I.G.’"I’m more than just an emcee, I’m more than just whatever box people want to put me in," says the Boston-based artist. PlayLocal Coverage07:21Jun 14, 2018
Sidney Gish, Boston’s Bandcamp PhenomThe music of the rising bedroom pop sensation is marked by an adventurous impulse -- an eagerness to try, and even fail at, new things. PlayLocal Coverage06:05Mar 28, 2018