Author: Kevin Farrell Radford University Download PDF version This study begins with Rhiannon Giddens’ 2018 show at the Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount, Virginia. A small venue—maximum capacity 460—specializing in Americana acts, nostalgia tours, and cover bands, the Harvester...
Author: Lily Corwin Virginia Tech Download PDF version On his 2017 album Gathering, Josh Ritter took a giant step forward on a creative journey he had been on for years: using and rearranging images of the American West alongside images...
Author: Mansi Garneni Columbia University Download PDF version “Made a mil’ off that, uh/ Off that mumblin’ shit.” – Playboi Carti, “R.I.P.” INTRODUCTION: THE QUESTION OF MUMBLE RAP Mumble rap is a polarizing topic within the rap community...
Author: Elizabeth Laughlin Indiana University of Pennsylvania Download PDF version Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) feels like revisiting an old memory. Those who appreciated the 2012 version of Red will especially love this one, which is revised and features...
Author: Max Tretter Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg Download PDF version INTRODUCTION Originating in the United States, rap music and the culture of hip hop are closely connected with America.[1] As hip hop’s place of origin, the US has a lasting...
Author: Max Tretter Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg Download PDF version INTRODUCTION: HIP HOP ON THE INTERNET The internet influences hip hop in various ways. First and foremost, the internet is a medium that opens up a new space and stage in...
Download PDF version En este artículo estudiaremos dos obras distantes en el tiempo como son el poema de Rubén Darío “A Roosevelt” publicado en los Cantos de Vida y Esperanza en 1905 y la canción de Rubén Blades y Willie...
Download PDF version In the mid-1960s, a group of teenage girls released a spate of highly emotional, vividly realized songs that consistently placed high on pop charts both in the United States and the United Kingdom. The group, called the...
On October 30th of 1975, Bob Dylan inaugurated a 2 year tour along the United States and Canada: the Rolling Thunder Revue. Mostly performed at small enclosures, the eccentric project that included some of the most innovative names of American...
Download PDF version Reggaeton finds its origins in American hip-hop and rap as well as in Dominican merengue and Jamaican reggae. Due to its lyrics and visuals, it has traditionally been understood as an example of the ubiquitous gender inequality...
