UMD’s Hidden Music Haven

by Abby Olear  Through a side door and two floors above the University of Maryland’s South Campus Dining Hall lives 90.5 WMUC FM College Park radio, with a treasure trove of records.  No one knows quite how many records there are in the library, but estimates range from 10,000-30,000 records total; the collection is one of the largest non-commercial record libraries on the East Coast. … Continue reading UMD’s Hidden Music Haven

10issues: jamming out isn’t one of them

By Ben Gonzalez As the band members filed into WMUC Radio one by one, their entrances were met with smiles, jokes and snarky comments. Dissatisfied with the University of Maryland School of Music program, senior computer science and math major Kweku Kwegyir-Aggrey decided last year that he would form his own band. He said he wanted to create a platform for black musicianship. The band, … Continue reading 10issues: jamming out isn’t one of them