Kelsey Lynch sits down in one of the practice rooms and holds her cello like the instrument is an extension of her body. She places her fingers on the instrument and plays a piece silently in her head. “The...

Though the Hayes School of Music has a variety of ensembles, one that takes a different approach to a typical sit-down ensemble is Video Game Ensemble. The Video Game Ensemble’s repertoire is a bit...

Every Thursday night, musicians of all ages travel to the Jones House Community Center on King Street to play music together. The Jones House provides a space for anyone to come observe and join in on...

What began as a small project between senior industrial design major Luke Giduz and his friend Jeel Storelli is now Boone’s own DIY, five-piece hardcore, doom metal-influenced band, Trudge. Trudge...

Halle Keighton Photo Editor “Divide” by Ed Sheeran  The lyrics of every song on this album are beautiful. When I listen to this album, one minute I am dancing and the next minute I am crying. “Worn...

In October 2016, coed a capella group Enharmonix submitted an online audition video to the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella and were invited to compete in two more rounds. Enharmonix...

Appalachian State’s Steely Pan Steel Band played a free concert on March 26 at 3 p.m. in the Schaefer Center for Performing Arts. Steely Pan is composed of 22 students and director Byron Hedgepeth, an...

Musicians come from different backgrounds, whether they have been singing with a guitar their whole life, they stumbled onto music or they have been classically trained throughout their education. Several...

Phillip Martin is a local gospel rapper who uses his poetic art form to convey his message of hope at Appalachian State University. “My message is to promote God and to get to non-believers who...

Highway 194, going toward Elk Knob State Park, is a winding road that takes the driver out of the town of Boone and deeper into the mountains, through woods and around sharp curves, alongside weathered...

Bugs, despite turning some stomachs in western culture, have been a staple of the human diet since humans were mere hominids, and are still a prevalent food source around the world today. Julie Lesnik,...

The Annex, which took the place of Klondike, is the newest addition to the trailer bars and an extension of TApp Room that offers a music venue, arcade games and an additional bar. “We needed...