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The Student News Site of Shawnee Mission Northwest

SMNW

The Student News Site of Shawnee Mission Northwest

SMNW

Fearless (Taylor's Version) Review

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Review

Emily Alexander, Copy Editor April 19, 2021

Last week, 11-time Grammy award winner, Taylor Swift, released her 10th studio album. The album consists of re-recorded songs from her 2008 album, “Fearless” and six unreleased songs from “the vault.”  Since...

See the Music

Josie Torres, SW May 22, 2019

Walking onto the stage after the two-minute countdown, haze surrounds him, creating a more worshipful atmosphere. He looks up, all he can see is the spotlight. He looks down. He can only see two rows of...

Spotlight on Jazz

Spotlight on Jazz

Annalissa Houser March 10, 2017

SM North, SM West, Trailridge Middle School, NW and a professional jazz group circle the audience in the cafeteria to present their talents. The audience turns their chairs as the different jazz bands...

Great Works Concert

Great Works Concert

February 15, 2013

[vc_column_text width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The NW A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers and Chamber Orchestra performed the annual Great Works Concert at Community Covenant Church on Feb. 12....

Ads editor Paige Waltman's Allons-y! playlist

Ads editor Paige Waltman’s Allons-y! playlist

September 30, 2012

[vc_column_text width="1/3" el_position="first"] This playlist is for dancing. There are old and new songs, and everything is upbeat. Do the "Time Warp" like no one is watching, or stand in the corner...

photo by Sarah Dean

Drumline marches through hallways

September 13, 2012

Sophomores Mitch Feyerherm and Jillian Borel and juniors Matt Springfield and Philip Ruo parade around the school with other drumline members before school to pump the student body up for bonfire on...

Throwback: Led Zeppelin

January 13, 2012

On Jan. 12, 1969, Led Zeppelin released their debut album in America. The British band didn’t release the album in their home country until March of the same year. There was a ridiculous amount of...

Review: New albums

Review: New albums

May 7, 2010
New album releases, including Raymond v. Raymond by Usher, Manners by Passion Pit, Freight Train by Alan Jackson, and Congratulations by MGMT.
Wyatt Anderson

Out of tune with Auto-tune

December 18, 2009
I just finished listening (“subjecting myself” might be more accurate) to Owl City’s new hit single and have come to the realization that it’s time for the music industy’s current obsession with the auto-tune effect to end.
Review: A Rocket To The Moon - On Your Side

Review: A Rocket To The Moon – On Your Side

November 20, 2009
A Rocket To The Moon’s On Your Side is one of the catchiest new albums you’ll come across. Although it’s rather generic as regards to pop-rock bands, it sure beats the electric auto-tune noise...
Review: Tim McGraw – Southern Voice

Review: Tim McGraw – Southern Voice

November 20, 2009
Tim McGraw wrote his new album, Southern Voice, in the fall of 2006 after the death of his stepfather. So, as can be expected, the album is riddled with sorrow and deals with subjects like death, regret and abandonment.

I want that old time rock ‘n roll

November 20, 2009
Often I find myself laying in bed in complete awe. It amazes me, this phenomena that is the current musical culture. The lyrics run through my mind, begging questions that will never be answered.
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