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JACKSON SKAM

  • A Guitar Can do That!?: 2024 Was the Year of Mk.gee

    A Guitar Can do That!?: 2024 Was the Year of Mk.gee

    – Written by Jackson Skam I’m very reluctant to say that I am so behind the times on Mk.gee. Even though Southport’s veryown founder Hunter covered his debut album in an editorial earlier in the year, I neglected hismusic until the very end of December (although I wish he would have shown up on my Read more

  • The 2024 Bob Dylan Takeover

    The 2024 Bob Dylan Takeover

    – Written by Jackson Skam – As the weather drops and the air gets bitter, I can’t help but to blare a certain artist inmy ears as I walk to work or to campus. Red, orange, and yellow leaves colour the roadsand sidewalks. Even though the tunes numb my ears, I can feel them crunch Read more

  • Beabadoobee’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves: A Bold New Era

    Beabadoobee’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves: A Bold New Era

    – Written by Jackson Skam – Beabadoobee might have been one of my favourite artists to discover. I was first introduced to her song “The Perfect Pair” via none other than the algorithmic powers of TikTok, and from this instance I was addicted. Listening to releases such as her commercial and sonic hit sophomore album Read more

  • Pattie Boyd – The Inspiration for Music’s Greatest Love Songs

    Pattie Boyd – The Inspiration for Music’s Greatest Love Songs

    -Written by Jackson Skam- Right in the middle of the peak era of classic rock laid one of the most confusing and musically influential love triangles. This complicated affair surrounded the tangled relationship between The Beatles’ George Harrison, the legendary guitarist Eric Clapton, and their mutual amour, actress Pattie Boyd. Pattie Boyd was an English Read more

  • Badfinger: Current Obsession

    Badfinger: Current Obsession

    -Written by Jackson Skam- I am a huge fan of The Beatles, so much so that I have attempted to consume all forms of media that feature the Fab Four, including their retrospective documentary The Beatles Anthology. This collection of interviews of Paul, George and Ringo as well as archive footage of John was extremely Read more

  • The Musical Legacy of Moms’ Tunes

    The Musical Legacy of Moms’ Tunes

    – Written by Jackson Skam – Something that I believe is a crucial part in music discovery and the evolution of how someone listens to music is the influence from their parental figures. A lot of us grow up listening to the songs that our mothers, fathers, guardians, etc., grew up listening to. There are Read more

  • Casiopea Profile

    Casiopea Profile

    – Written by Jackson Skam – Imagine hopping in a Nissan Skyline during the late hours of the night with a brightly lit Tokyo horizon visible through the dash. You rev up the engine and embark on a city-wide race through the uninhabited streets of the night. This was my initial thought when I first Read more

  • The Story of Exodus

    The Story of Exodus

    – Written by Jackson Skam – Recently, I saw the movie Bob Marley: One Love (twice in fact) and even though as a film it wasn’t anything Oscar-worthy, I was really captivated by the music behind it.             Before watching this film, my thoughts about and vision of Bob Marley were mostly associated with stoner and Read more