Think back to the moment of your first kiss. If it happened before you were 16, you have more experience than Kate, the romantically inexperienced character of the independent-flick 16 to Life, who finds...

Andreas Kapsalis knows no boundaries on his guitar. Slapping and hitting the wood of the acoustic, he treats it like a percussive instrument. He uses his “10-finger-tapping” technique to hit every...

Coldplay Have you ever listened to a song that perfectly described how you were feeling at that given moment? For me, the song was “Fix You,” by Coldplay. I had spent years playing volleyball, and...

Sharing a musical experience with Naomi Wilder is to enter an Age of Aquarius. She dedicates her old-school funk to sore souls in need of an escape into peace and harmony. “I pray that the people who...

Think back to the Outback Bowl in Tampa Bay, Fla.: You’re sipping a Bud Light on the beach surrounded by the Hawkeye fans and taking pictures with your besties in front of the game display created in...

I’m not going to pretend that I was the only person that had my September ruined by the cancellation of VH1’s “Megan Wants a Millionaire.” As a corollary, I’m not going to pretend to be the only...

As KRUI gears up for the new semester, several changes have been made that the station hopes will increase coverage and expand its capabilities, as well as provide better training for aspiring DJs. The...

Silverware scraping, glasses clinging, people chatting — the typical restaurant scene. Now, throw it on the sidewalk, add some music, a dash of salt and pepper, a few freshmen, and voilà — the Taste...

Cooking in college sucks. You make the same cheap food over and over — mac and cheese, pizza, popcorn, and of course, ramen noodles. The college-student diet gets old faster than a mail-order Russian...

A leader in the ’80s blues revival, shows with Diana Ross and Tina Turner, 18 albums to his name, and numerous awards — Robert Cray is a legend. The Robert Cray Band will wield guitar and soul at...

** out of ***** Imogen Heap first graced my ears my freshman year of college, when I heard “Hide and Seek” for the first time. Unsurprisingly, it was like nothing I’d ever heard before, and I loved...

Ha Ha Tonka’s new album, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South, opens with lead singer Brian Roberts’ distinctly trilling voice paired with gentle guitar picking on the dramatically titled “Close Every...