Odd Future is a name that became practically ubiquitous during the early 2010s, most often remembered as a collective of ambitious teenagers reputable for influencing both skateboarding and hip-hop while sporting frequent Adult Swim appearances. Artists including Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean and Tyler the Creator catapulted to stardom, even —…
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2022 Grammy’s Recap
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards were held April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas. It was a night of high anticipation, as the awards for artist, album and song of the year were to be announced. Going into it, expectations were high for Olivia Rodrigo who had several nominations and was…
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Harriman-Jewell Series set to feature three artist groups in upcoming performances
The Harriman-Series has a variety of acclaimed performances scheduled for the spring 2022 season. In the months of February and March, there are three scheduled performances, two of which are being held at the college in Gano Hall, making it even easier for students and those in the William Jewell…
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“Red (Taylor’s Version)” album review
Taylor Swift released another rerecording on Nov. 12, making “Red (Taylor’s Version)” the sixth album of hers she now owns herself. Like with “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” the album features rerecordings of the record’s original songs alongside six tracks from the vault. She presents her original songs nearly identical to the…
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Upcoming Harriman-Jewell Performance
Renee Fleming is set to perform at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Students at William Jewell College can reserve free tickets for the Harriman-Jewell Series performance.. Renee Fleming is an acclaimed soprano, four-time Grammy winner and National Medal of Arts recipient. Her talents…
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A Look Back – Revisiting Kid Cudi’s “Man on the Moon II”
Frequent collaboration with Travis Scott, Kanye West and a multitude of other members of Kanye’s record label allowed prolific artist Kid Cudi to maintain a modern sound and a degree of popularity beyond his own cult following. Given the peak of his popularity between the 2000s and early 2010s, it…
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Jewell to host Victorian murder-mystery opera, featuring students, faculty
With the loosening of COVID-19 regulations, performing arts are making a comeback with an increase in in-person performances. William Jewell College and its Department of Performing Arts are following along with this trend and recently announced an upcoming opera performance of “Elizabeth Cree.” “Elizabeth Cree” is a 90-minute Victorian murder…
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The best music for studying
One side effect to being enrolled in a college is many nights filled with endless studying – which we all know can be quite a draining task. However, there is a simple solution to this tedious task: listening to music. Depending on who you are as a person, the music…
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Donda: Quantity, Quality or Both?
Aug. 29 marked the day that sent Kanye West’s discography of studio albums into the double digits with his release of “Donda,” a 27-track behemoth of an album that doubles as his largest project to date. To some, this proves to be a welcome contrast to his previous album “Jesus…
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