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Vintage Jazz is Returning: The Cause For These 20th-Century Comebacks

Vintage Jazz is Returning: The Cause For These 20th-Century Comebacks

Alison Green December 13, 2024

In 2020, a new jazz artist, Laufey, rose from the ashes of the pandemic and brought millions of people into the wonderful world of jazz music. Her most popular songs were From the Start, Falling Behind,...

A screenshot of Owen DeVries’ music on FL Studio.

What is the Songwriting Club All About?

Zach Huber December 4, 2024

Music has the ability to connect people despite borders and barriers that may be in place. If you love music and have interest in learning how to create soundtracks like your favorite artists, then...

The winter music that Skyline students love to listen to.

It’s Time: Christmas Music On Repeat This Season

Mia Banerjee December 4, 2024

Are you tired of listening to Mariah Carey songs on repeat the moment winter starts? Maybe it’s time to try some songs your classmates love listening to during the holiday season. “I usually start...

JoJo Siwa at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on April 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Here We ‘Jo’ Again! Jojo Siwa is Back on Stage!

Dana Abduljaber December 3, 2024

Joelle Joanie (JoJo) Siwa, the celebrity known for her colorful bows and bubblegum pop persona, is a bad girl now. As an adult, Siwa seems to be rebranding herself after performing on Dance Moms with a...

Enjoying tunes while watching the autumn sunset.

Songs to Add to Your Autumn Playlist

Max Bruienne October 29, 2024

With summer passing, the commencement of autumn brings shorter days, lower temperatures, and most importantly, fitting music to play. Here are six autumn song picks to build your playlist this season while...

Skyline Punk Band Rocks the House

Skyline Punk Band Rocks the House

Leif TenBrink October 23, 2024

In a carpeted basement stuffed with cables, mics, and instruments, Huck Amick (‘25) is screaming, and so is his amp. “Don’t want a flying piece of lead …” Crammed back in a corner are the...

Frank Ocean's Album Cover for "Swim Good." Credit: Rostrum Records

Song Candidates for 2024’s Summer “Banger”

Julia Zhang June 11, 2024

School is coming to an end, summer is close by, and people are starting to create their summer playlists. What are some “must have” songs on Skyline’s playlists? What are 2024’s summer “bangers”?  Listening...

Ann Arbor's Wazoo Records. Credit: Robin Sickman-Garner.

Why Students Listen to Certain Music

Robin, Sickman-Garner May 24, 2024

Just walking into Skyline in the morning, you see peoples’ musical preferences reflected in band tees and headphones covering ears. They might love something because it makes them pumped up or calmed...

Ella Ricci ('24) and Yufei Fu ('25) diligently practice their winter serenades. Credit: G. Yao.

How Serenades are Made: Behind the Scenes of the Popular Skyline Tradition

Grace Yao February 19, 2024

Skyline High School would not be the same without the repeated sound of All I Want for Christmas is You playing throughout the halls in the wintertime. Whether people are writing silly letters to friends...

Teacher Robert Shannon smiling for the camera when interviewed by a Skyline news reporter.

January 11, 2024

Skyline Students Pose in SOS formation- left to right: Nico DeYoung ('26), Ryder Victory ('26), Jude Carlson ('26), Joci Wall ('26)

SOS: Drop Everything Now!

Adira Maze and Sylvie Bleckman March 6, 2023

“I can't lose when I'm with you. How can I snooze and miss the moment?” – Snooze (from SZA’s new album SOS) Get with the times and tune in to SZA’s new pop album, SOS which has been topping...

The Stories and Sounds of Ben Platt

The Stories and Sounds of Ben Platt

Gabriel Hill, Journalist January 23, 2023

With his high tenor sound, impressive vibrato, and riffs, Platt was immediately a celebrity to pay attention to. Starting as Benji Applebaum in the Pitch Perfect trilogy and then portraying Evan Hansen...

Ferris Ingram poses in Taylor Swift merch. Credit: Caroline Dergis

Midnights: Fans Anticipate the New Taylor Swift Album

Caroline Dergis and Grace Jessee October 21, 2022

This October 21st,  popular singer-songwriter Taylor Swift releases her highly anticipated 10th studio album titled Midnights. It will be riddled with surprises, such as a song featuring Lana Del Rey,...

IC3PEAK performing live. Left: Nick Kostylev, right: Nastya Kresilina. Credit: Oli Zitch

Fighting War With Music

“I don’t think Russia has a right to exist anymore,” said Marua Alyokhina, the lead singer of the feminist band Pussy Riot after she escaped Moscow this Spring. “Even before, there were questions...

Besides winning a truckload of awards, BTS has been an advocate. Credit: Sydney Sawyer

BTS: More Than Just a Boyband

Faith Wei June 9, 2022

The White House invited the K-pop group, BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan, or the Bangtan Boys) to speak at the White House on May 31st. At the end of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, they were...

Wido, pictured above in front of a park.

Wido: Field Day Album Review and Interview

Raven Marin May 10, 2022

Introduction Out of all the artists I have gotten to know within the hyperpop scene, Wido (pronounced widow) has been one of my favourites to not only listen to but also get to know as a person. I first...

What do Skyline Students Listen to? Survey Says: EVERYTHING!

Hasan Alsamerai May 10, 2022

Through a highly scientific and very precise survey asking 105 Skyline students to share their favorite song and genre of late 2021–early 2022, The Skyline Post has discovered that students' music tastes...

Tyler, the Creator’s CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST A Little Bit of Something for Everyone

Diarra Seye May 10, 2022

When Tyler, the Creator released his seventh album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST in June of 2021, it was apparent that he had everything he could ever ask for as an aspiring artist: a recent Grammy win, increasing...

Legendary Drummer Neil Peart: One Fan’s Tribute

Andres Marquez-Collins May 10, 2022

January 7th, 2020. A couple months before lockdown, the world lost one of the greatest rock drummers ever to have existed. Neil Peart, talented drummer and lyricist for the band Rush, passed away from...

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