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In the Spirit of Nostalgia: Friday at Six Concert Series Featuring Mel Hsu

Vivian Li '29 reviews Mel Hsu's performance, which took place on January 30th.

February 5, 2026

Arts

Jeremy Dutcher’s Echoed Reverberations

Jeremy Dutcher. A celebrated Canadian Indigenous musician known for masterfully blending Wolastoqiyik elements into his music. Set to perform a concert on March 21 at 8 p.m. “You want to go?” I asked my friend, who was doing math. “Sure thing,” she

April 3, 2025

Arts

Hans Lüdemann and the Atlantic Seven’s Collisione Mondiale: An Emotional Journey

As the dark of night began to creep in, folks from the Swarthmore community filled the Lang Music Concert Hall for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the world premiere of the musical collective Hans Lüdemann and the Atlantic Seven. Moment by moment, the seven

March 6, 2025

Highlights·Opinion

Bad Blood: Argentinian Swifties vs the Far Right

Wherever Taylor Swift lands, the ground shakes — quite literally. Her concert caused a 2.3 magnitude earthquake in Seattle. Swifties waited for years for the singer to set foot in South America. Finally, in early 2023, Swift announced her Eras Tour stops

November 16, 2023

Opinion

An Education in Classical Music: Decolonizing the Mind of Classical Concerts Goers

What comes to mind when someone says “classical music”? Formality? Traditions? Outdated antiquity? It’s funny how the term has adjectival implications. I was once described by a stranger who, upon our first encounter, said, “You just look like someone who listens to

October 26, 2023

Highlights·News

The Revival of Olde Club Brings Live Music Back to Swarthmore

After a long drought, live music returns to campus this fall. With the restoration of Olde Club, a space historically used as a concert venue, Swarthmore hosted two local indie rock bands, Best Bear and Humilitarian, on Saturday, Oct. 1. For the

October 6, 2022

News

Student Artists Perform at War3House 3

Student artists gathered last Saturday, April 30, in the “War3House 3,” a music venue located in the Ville, to perform for the Swarthmore community. Although not sponsored by the college, the concert was organized by the Orpheus Review club, a student-run online

April 28, 2022

Arts

Drunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall

Some February day in 2016, my sophomore year of high school, I sat in an empty room waiting for class to start. I don’t remember what I was feeling as I watched my teacher shuffle in to set up the lesson, I

April 7, 2022

Arts·Highlights

Pussy Riot Concert Brings the Riot to Swarthmore

On Thursday, Sept. 26, the wooden floor of Upper Tarble shook so much that it seemed about to collapse at any moment. In the back of Upper Tarble, bright red, and black-and-white strobe lights shone onto a stage with two of Pussy

October 3, 2019

Arts·Uncategorized

Prayer Through Performance: a Concert Review of Childish Gambino

“This isn’t a concert. This a m************ church.” On Tuesday, September 18, in the 76ers’ Wells Fargo Center, backlit by an extravagant display of lasers, projectors, and screens, Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) attempted to give the thousands of fans filling the arena

September 27, 2018

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In the Spirit of Nostalgia: Friday at Six Concert Series Featuring Mel Hsu

Jeremy Dutcher’s Echoed Reverberations

Hans Lüdemann and the Atlantic Seven’s Collisione Mondiale: An Emotional Journey

Bad Blood: Argentinian Swifties vs the Far Right

An Education in Classical Music: Decolonizing the Mind of Classical Concerts Goers

The Revival of Olde Club Brings Live Music Back to Swarthmore

Student Artists Perform at War3House 3

Drunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall

Prayer Through Performance: a Concert Review of Childish Gambino

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