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Tag: music

Kendrick Lamar: Shaping the Future of Music

5 March 2025
Alee Dickey
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Photo by Nihal Demirci Erenay via Uplash. In 2025, Kendrick Lamar solidified his place as one of the most influential artists of the 21st century.…

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Opinion: Why Art in Schools Shouldn’t Be the First to Go

5 March 2025
Alee Dickey
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Photo by Kyle Head via Uplash. In the landscape of education, all schools have been facing tough decisions when budget cuts arise and, all too…

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Brat Summer: The Resurgence of the Pop Girlies

9 October 2024
Alee Dickey
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Photo by Gustavo Spindula via Uplash. Redesigning Pop  At the core of this resurgence is how pop stars have fundamentally redesigned the genre, blending sounds…

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We’re Getting Out of Dema With This One: A Skeleton Cliquer’s Response to Twenty One Pilots’ Upcoming Album

22 March 2024
Naomi Speck
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“Welcome back to Trench.” The first words of the newest song released by American music group Twenty One Pilots resounded in my head as I…

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Six Steps to the Perfect Playlist

16 February 2024
Ethan Naber
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We all have that friend with perfect taste in music. They’ve seemingly got it all – their song recommendations are always fire. (Yes, I did…

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Hozier reimagines Dante’s “Inferno” in “Unreal Unearth”

13 October 2023
Alee Dickey
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Art inspires art; this has been a truth for as long as people have been creating. The alternative singer Hozier takes this concept to a…

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Vince Staples: A Return to Ramona Park Roots

22 April 2022
Sam Pfeiffer
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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…

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2022 Grammy’s Recap

8 April 2022
Krista Halstead
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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,…

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Harriman-Jewell Series set to feature three artist groups in upcoming performances

25 February 2022
Alaina Flory
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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…

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