Album Review: Ed Sheeran: No.6 Collaborations Project

After years of writing delicate pop tunes, Ed Sheeran just wants to have fun. Gone are the days of making mathematical symbols as album titles (although maybe not; he still hasn’t made a project with the subtraction sign as the…

Concert Review: Day 3 of BottleRock Napa Valley 2018

This past Sunday was the final day of BottleRock Napa Valley 2018. However, can we just all agree to call it Bruno Mars day? Or, Bruno Mars-Rock Napa Valley 2018 (name pending)? I think we can all agree that he…

BottleRock 2018: What we’re looking forward to seeing this year

And here we are with another festival. This time, we’re kicking off Memorial Day weekend with BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival right in (you guessed it) Napa, California. The three-day festival is what everyone in the Bay Area looks to…

Interview: The Stereotypes

Don’t lie. We know you’re one of the few thousands of people in their car belting out pretty much all the lyrics to Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like” or dancing your butt off to “Finesse.” Or maybe you’re a…

This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions

  The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National. Like many music and…

TYF Music Podcast: Episode 5 – The 2017 Grammys

The Young Folks Music Podcast is back! We’ve taken off the past 10 months for a variety of reasons, but we’re back with a vengeance with our 2017 Grammys roundup. In this episode, TYF music editor Ryan Gibbs and music…

Concert Review: Bruno Mars – Washington D.C. 12/27/2016

“I mean, who doesn’t love Bruno Mars?” This rhetorical question—a quotation from a woman I had just met in the restroom of the National Harbor’s MGM Resort and Casino—echoed throughout my mind as I entered the building’s spacious theater on December…