Tag: music
Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap...
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make...
Music fans shouldn’t have to wait much longer for live gigs...
Robert Kronenburg, University of Liverpool
As vaccination programmes allow for the gradual lifting of social restrictions, the revival of...
What The Weeknd’s changing face says about our sick celebrity culture
Alvaro Jarrin, College of the Holy Cross
You might have seen The Weeknd’s altered face on the internet lately...
Writing the “Isolation Rag” – a composer reflects on his experience...
Scott Wheeler, Emerson College
Scott Wheeler is a composer who teaches at Emerson College. In an interview with The Conversation, he explains how classical musicians...
What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by...
Joshua Kumbani, University of the Witwatersrand
Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound...
How popular culture hobbles protest movements
Chauncey Maher, Dickinson College
In response to the anti-racism protests that have erupted across the U.S., many Americans are saying they agree with the goals...
Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a...
Tyina Steptoe, University of Arizona
The sound of Public Enemy’s 1989 song “Fight the Power” blared as face-masked protesters in Washington, D.C. broke into a...
Rethinking the K-pop industry’s silence during the Black Lives Matter movement
Hye Jin Lee, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
As nationwide protests against police violence and racial inequality continue in the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
