Back in 2021, Odie Leigh, a singer-songwriter from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, posted a song she wrote on TikTok, and it went viral. It’s a common story that usually spells one of two fates for budding stars: a one-hit-wonder rise and fall, or a quick skyrocket to stardom. For Leigh, the answer was somewhere in between.
What began as a lighthearted comedy about a boy’s journey to fulfillment quickly evolved into a thought-provoking narrative that explored the illusion of perfection and the interplay of fate and free will.
BU On Broadway, Boston University’s premier musical theater group, performed “Pippin” at the Tsai Performance Center from Nov. 7 to 9.
What started out as a light-hearted teen drama slowly took a dark turn as the intersection of religion, shame and blame echoed throughout the choruses of “Carrie: The Musical.”
Members of Stage Troupe, Boston University’s oldest extracurricular performing arts group, brought this haunting tale to life at the Student Theater at Agganis Arena from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.
Little Big Town fans traded costumes for cowboy boots and hats as they filled TD Garden on Halloween for the country band’s “Take Me Home” tour in celebration of the band’s 25th anniversary.
The Sweat Tour — Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s joint tour — made its way to TD Garden on Sept. 28 to an insatiable and electric crowd that could not get enough. As a long-time fan of both artists, I was thrilled to finally see them live. From the moment I walked into the arena, the fans’ excitement was palpable.
The crowd was torn between conflicting aesthetics — imagine a blend of “Alice in Wonderland” and Y2K futurism — creating a sense of having traveled back to the 2000s, ready to log into Myspace and receive a movie from Netflix in the mail.
During Cakeswagg’s first freestyle gigs aboard the Roxbury school bus, she never pictured herself pursuing rap music as a career. So, being billed at the Boston Calling Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend was a “bucket list” experience for the up-and-coming hip-hop artist.
Fans of all ages flocked to Boston Calling from May 24-26 as the four-stage festival overtook the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge and featured some of the most sought-after acts in pop music today. Here’s a look at who met, succeeded and failed to reach my expectations.
