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: 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...
Our Book recommendation for this month is James McBride’s Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul, a book that anyone with an interest in the United States should read, James Brown devotees and all. As...
Author: Dr. Karin Beeler University of Northern British Columbia Download PDF version TRAIN TO BUSAN AND PENINSULA In addition to paratextual English comments that juxtapose the Korean zombie content with pandemic reality, there are also critical responses in English that...
Author: Dr. Karin Beeler University of Northern British Columbia Download PDF version The South Korean rock band Day6 released their song and music video “Zombie” on May 11, 2020 (followed by an English-language version on May 21, 2020) just a...
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...
“Como cualquier arte que intenta emocionar y llegar al corazón, es mejor quitarse el prejuicio psicológico de que es un arte de alta cultura” dijo el director de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, Josep Caballé Domenech[1] en relación a la ópera y a...
Download PDF version Musical films are a favourite among viewers since their emergence in 1927 (Chilton 2020) tied to the arrival of the “talkies” and the consequent possibility of including sound within what were, until then, silent films. Their popularity...
