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Album of the Week: Proxima Estacion: Esperanza by Manu Chao Music is a beautiful thing. It brings together people of all different ages, races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, etc. In many cases, music also serves as a bridge between people who speak different

November 2, 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 Outdated antiquity?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

Campus Journal

Ugly Album Covers, Good Songs: I’m In Your Mind Fuzz

Album of the Week: “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Being ugly doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. And in the case of album covers, ugliness can transform itself into an asset. It’s different

October 12, 2023

Arts

Artist of the Week Quincy Ponvert ’23 on Community in Music

On a sunny April afternoon, I sat down with Quincy Ponvert ’23 to interview them for Artist of the Week. This article has been a long time coming — Quincy is a pillar of the campus art scene, but they are notoriously

April 6, 2023

Arts

Morgan Freeman on the Track!!: How Metro Boomin’s “Heroes & Villains” Complicates the Superhero Archetype Through Trap Music

I was 0.25 miles away from the finish line. One lap around the track. A 400. I had already pushed my body through 12.85 miles of running, and this was my final effort. My legs burning from the seemingly never ending hill

March 30, 2023

Arts

Artist of the Week Yosué Gonzalez ’24 on Shakespeare, Orion, and Color

I met Yosué Gonzalez ‘24 in Modern Political Thought with Professor Arlen. I announced to the class that I was looking for third and fourth-year students to interview when Yosué mentioned that they are a musician and had released a new single

March 2, 2023

Arts

Drexel at Olde Club

Last week, Drexel bands Hotel Breakfast, Simply Sedated, Slow Burning Daydream, and The Jette Planes performed at Olde Club. Photos shot on a Nikon d7000.

February 16, 2023

Arts·Highlights

Access to the Arts at Swarthmore: A New Perspective from a Semester Abroad

If you’ve paid any attention to your Swarthmore Gmail account in recent weeks, you’ll have doubtlessly received numerous emails from the theatre, dance, and music departments advertising the plethora of shows happening before the end of the semester. You might have also

December 1, 2022

Arts

Artist of the Week Gabriel Straus ʼ23 on the Cohesiveness of Singing

When I met Gabriel Straus ʼ23, I felt a little undressed when I compared my jeans and boots to his collared shirt and sweater. He’d had a fellowship interview that morning, he told me. As a senior, Gabriel is considering what life

December 1, 2022

Arts

Yahritza Y Su Esencia: TikTok’s Must-listen Viral Heartbreak Band

Lamenting to an accompaniment of an acoustic bass and a twelve-string guitar, lead singer Yahritza from the band Yahritza Y Su Esencia beautifully croons the lyrics to their hit single “Soy El Único.” Qué triste es amar a otra persona (How sad

October 27, 2022

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Ugly Album Covers Good Songs 3

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

Ugly Album Covers, Good Songs: I’m In Your Mind Fuzz

Artist of the Week Quincy Ponvert ’23 on Community in Music

Morgan Freeman on the Track!!: How Metro Boomin’s “Heroes & Villains” Complicates the Superhero Archetype Through Trap Music

Artist of the Week Yosué Gonzalez ’24 on Shakespeare, Orion, and Color

Drexel at Olde Club

Access to the Arts at Swarthmore: A New Perspective from a Semester Abroad

Artist of the Week Gabriel Straus ʼ23 on the Cohesiveness of Singing

Yahritza Y Su Esencia: TikTok’s Must-listen Viral Heartbreak Band

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