The Harlem Renaissance and the Hip-Hop Movement are a culmination of co- related cultural art forms that have emerged out of the black experience. White people understood black people more through their expression of art during both movements. Both movements brought about a broad cross-racial following and, ironically, in both instances brought about a better […]
Most people may not have heard about Halo Friendlies, the all girl pop-punk band from Long Beach, CA. Many members have joined and then left, but that doesn’t mean their music is bad. One of my favorites, Me Vs. The World, has been quite a hit, along with Run Away and Sellout. They have 4 […]
Green Day, the punk trio from the Bay area, camecrashing out of the dark with their latest album earlier this year. Theband’s previous albums have hesitantly remained within the boundaries ofpunk rock, but “Nimrod” takes a few steps outside the gate.The album exhibits musical variety ranging from jazz and hard rock tosoft rock and even […]
On the opening track of her new album, Jukebox, released on January 22, 2008, Cat Power belts, “these vagabond shoes/are melting away” with just as much believability as Frank Sinatra, who made the song famous. Born in 1972 in small-town Georgia, Charlyn “Chan” Marshall, under her alias of Cat Power, brings a new definition to […]
The Rochester War Memorial was the place to be on Sunday, January 11, 1998 at 7: 30 p.m. Aerosmith was performing with the opener Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who was an incredible guitarist that night. He put on solos like you couldn’t imagine. Even though his blues type of playing wasn’t my cup of tea, I […]
Prejudice. as outlined in psychological science. entails retaining a damaging perspective in the direction of the members of a gaggle. primarily based merely on their rank of that group. Any group may be the point of interest of bias. A particular person. who’s prejudiced in opposition to a sure group. has a inclination to miss […]
Concrete Blonde – “Bloodletting” and “Walking in London” Concrete Blonde, until about a month ago, was one of those groups I had never heard of, but had heard songs that they had sung without realizing it. However, after seeing the video to “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” on “Beevis and Butthead” (Please forgive me! I don’t […]
Something the Lord Made is a story about the development and incredible miracle of the Blue Baby procedure. The movie is based upon how Vivien Thomas, a young black lab technician, and Dr. Alfred Blalock, a wealthy white physician, are brought together in friendship and medical research of a procedure to save cyanosis, bluish skin, […]
“The Ozz Man Cometh,” the latest OzzyOsbourne CD, really hit it big in my mind. I like this CD because I canput it on track 2, and listen to it all the way through. I don’t have toswitch from song to song like other CDs; every song isawesome. Ozzy’s songs have a lot of meaning, […]
British bands and artists have recently been climbing the charts in America. Some call it the second British invasion; others are completely annoyed with the influx of “foreign” music. Nevertheless, new pop sensations are working their way up the charts. For example, One Direction have skyrocketed to stardom; Ellie Goulding has dropped numerous hit singles; […]
