Tag: music
The ghost of Roy Orbison goes on tour – and some...
Peter Lehman, Arizona State University
In January, the production company Base Hologram announced its forthcoming Roy Orbison hologram tour, “In Dreams,” with the U.S. leg...
African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief...
Robert Stephens, University of Connecticut
The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony of Virginia in 1619 after being forcefully removed from their...
During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided...
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of...
African-American Music Appreciation Month: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
To commemorate African-American Music Appreciation Month this June, California Senator Kamala Harris released a Spotify playlist with songs spanning genres and...
In Tupac’s life, the struggles and triumphs of a generation
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, University of Connecticut
Beginning June 16, moviegoers will be able to see the much-anticipated “All Eyez on Me,” the biopic of...
Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs
Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April...
Are there too many music festivals?
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Coachella unofficially kicks off the 2017 U.S. festival season on April 15, and while this year’s event...
Was Chuck Berry the lone genius he’s made out to be?
Tim McFarlin, Elon University
In the days following Chuck Berry’s death, commentators have trampled over each other in a race to honor him...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
