![Ryan Adams (left) and Abby Metzke sit in a booth. The two discuss what music theyve been listening to and what other students should listen to. (Joseph Howerton | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Huskie-Music.png)
What are you listening to this week?
By Joseph Howerton and Ria Pathak
| February 22, 2024
![A microphone and a set of headphones hang among recording equipment in the Northern Star’s recording studio. Opinion Columnist Kahlil Kambui believes shorter albums are more meaningful. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_9007-1200x800.jpg)
Long albums ruin music
By Kahlil Kambui, Senior News Reporter
| November 20, 2023
![Sufjan Stevens performs at Eaux Claires music festival in red sunglasses. Stevens recently released his album Javelin, dedicating it to his partner who passed away in April. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sufjanalbum-1200x849.jpg)
Sufjan Stevens dedicates moving album to late partner
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| October 11, 2023
![Songwriter Victoria Monét poses in a black dress at the GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards in April. Monét has been a huge figure in the music industry, albeit no one knows her name due to her not being credited for her songwriting for larger artists such as Ariana Grande and Chris Brown. (Kevin Wolf/Invision/AP)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/VictoriaMonet-1200x798.jpg)
Victoria Monét is manifesting her way to the charts
By Tamya Burch, Social Media Coordinator
| October 4, 2023
![The DeKalb Public Library sits under a cloudy sky located in downtown DeKalb. Jazz In Progress will visit the library on Oct. 14. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Nyla-Owens_DeKalb-Public-Library-900x600.jpg)
Join Jazz In Progress for late night jazz.
By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Writer
| October 4, 2023
![The band Earth, Wind & Fire accepts their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010. The band has rose to fame in the 70s and is still making music and performing around the world. (AP Photo/David Goldman)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EWF-1200x835.jpg)
The ever-lasting beauty of Earth, Wind & Fire
By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Writer
| October 2, 2023
![Sufjan Stevens performs his song Mystery of Love in a striped pink and black suit sequined with dragons. Stevens releases a new album toward the end of this year along with several other artists. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SufjanStevens-1200x825.jpg)
Anticipated albums set to release for rest of 2023
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| September 27, 2023
![Sufjan Stevens performs at a music festival in 2016 in San Francisco. Stevens goes back to his roots in his new single Will Anybody Ever Love Me? (Amy Harris/Invision/AP File)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sufjan-1200x800.jpg)
Sufjan Stevens quietly returns to his roots
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| September 19, 2023
![Various vinyl records stacked upright at a Barnes & Noble. Albums from Hail the Sun, PJ Harvey and Hot Mulligan released over the summer. (Sarah Rose | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/music-898x1200.png)
Whimsical, punk albums missed over the summer
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| September 4, 2023
![Spotify logo on a computer with a blurry background.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/P1134337-900x601.jpg)
Last weekly Spotify includes rap, alternative pop
By Northern Star Staff
| May 7, 2023
![Gordon Lightfoot performs during the evening ceremonies of Canadas 150th anniversary of Confederation. Lightfoot died on Monday at age 84. (Sean Kilpatrick | AP Newsroom)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AP23122080719172-900x569.jpg)
Looking back on Gordon Lightfoot’s legendary songs
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| May 3, 2023
![The National performs live on Stage AE in 2017 as green spotlights illuminate the band members. The Nationals new album First Two Pages of Frankenstein is out now on all music streaming platforms.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-national.jpeg)
‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ is predictable, repetitive
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| May 3, 2023
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