Author Joshua Hauser

 The editorial team of The B-Side has been working on a new column idea: a journal-wide collaboration to let readers know more about us and why we love music. For this week, I posed the all-telling question ...

On Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 PM, the UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble will perform in Hertz Hall. After playing with the group in the fall and hearing their spring performances, I can personally attest that these are n...

Whenever I introduce a friend to Bob Dylan’s music, I start with a safe album, something like The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963). It’s accessible, and like many of his other iconic albums, can appeal to an...

Song covers are scary. They can ruin a song for you, ruin an artist for you, and ruin a mood for you. But at the same time, song covers are exciting. They can reinvent a song, letting it grow through time and c...

Almost half a century later, Marvin Gaye’s album You’re the Man will finally be released. Originally recorded in 1972, the record is set to drop on March 29th, 2019, only four days before what would have be...

As 2018 comes to a close, it’s important to reflect on what happened and what matters. In the past 12 months, there have been quite a few destructive events: more than 300 mass shootings, Facebook giving away...

After just reaching one million monthly listeners on Spotify, Sven Gamsky, better known by his stage name Still Woozy, made his return home at Rickshaw Stop on November 9th. The Bay Area native was greeted wit...

Just over a month after the release of her critically acclaimed debut album, Room 25 (2018), Fatimah Warner (AKA Noname) tweeted on October 15th that she will be replacing the album’s cover art after the arti...

London’s incessantly evolving music scene has produced a new sound, incorporating mellow jazz, uplifting hip-hop, and classic soul and funk. Leading the way is 23-year-old artist and producer, Tom Misch. On O...