Today, July 1, is Canada Day, in the country celebrates the enactment of the Constitution Act of 1867. The act united the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into a single Canada, and is an important milestone in…
Melody on Music: Breaking Streaming Records
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
Album Review: Drake – “More Life”
“I get a blank page when I try to draw a comparison/I’m getting straight to the point with it,” rapped Drake on the title track of last year’s blockbuster VIEWS. Sadly, his much-hyped fourth studio album was too-often exactly the…
2017 Grammy Award Winners: Full List
Last night’s 59th annual Grammy Awards featured its share of memorable moments and performances, but only a few award presentations scattered throughout. As in previous years, the majority of the awards were handed out in the “Premiere Ceremony” before the…
TYF Rates the Hot 100: Week of July 26, 2016
Since 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 has been the definitive chart gauging the biggest singles in the United States, with particular attention paid to the top 40 positions. Top 40 is so ingrained in music culture that an entire radio…
Album Review: DJ Khaled – “Major Key”
Alright kids, time for the million dollar question: Who is DJ Khaled: Rapper? Producer? Hype man? Motivational speaker? Untouched presidential candidate (Kanye/Khaled 2020, anyone)? After years of deep analysis and think-tank discussions with top scientists, the world has given up…
2016 Midyear Review: Best in Music
We’re already halfway through 2016, and in the first sixth months of year, we’ve the release of several albums that are shaping up to be remembered for years to come. We at the Young Folks asked some of our writers…