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Up-and-coming string quartet brings distinctive sound to the College

Up-and-coming string quartet brings distinctive sound to the College

Julia Chiang November 7, 2018

This past Thursday, the world-class Dover Quartet performed in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall. The program included Beethoven’s Quartet in C Minor, op. 18, No. 4, "From Amber Frozen" by Mason Bates and...

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Neil Leonard and Miguel Nuñez were joined by multimedia artist Nestor Siré in an unorthodox exploration of contemporary Cuban art.

Plonskser lecture series surveys Cuban artistic production

Kaira Mediratta October 24, 2018

Last Saturday, musicians Neil Leonard and Miguel Nuñez were joined by multimedia artist Nestor Siré in an unorthodox exploration of Cuban artistic production at home and at large. The event was organized...

BROCKHAMPTON’s latest album, Iridescence, features seven soloists and serves as an opportunity for healing and self-reflection.

BROCKHAMPTON heals, finds comfort in ‘Iridescence’

Phillip Pyle October 17, 2018

My first experience involving BROCKHAMPTON came with the solo works of Kevin Abstract, a rapper from Texas. In January of last year, I stumbled upon the song “Empty” from his sophomore album American...

Muparutsa is an internationally known performer, music educator, ethnomusicologist and bandleader.

Tendai Muparutsa performs original music at faculty recital

Nandini Seetharaman October 17, 2018

On Friday night, Tendai Muparutsa held his faculty recital as a part of the ongoing series of performances by the Williams College Department of Music. Muparutsa is an artist-in-residence at the College,...

Soaked Oats bring kiwis (and  other fruits) to new concert venue

Soaked Oats bring kiwis (and other fruits) to new concert venue

Mano Sundaresan October 17, 2018

Soaked Oats, an indie pop band based in Dunedin, New Zealand, are embarking on their debut U.S. tour. Photo courtesy of undertheradar.com If you happened to be walking down Hoxsey Street a couple...

Conversation with Brad Wells, founder of Roomful of Teeth

Conversation with Brad Wells, founder of Roomful of Teeth

Lily Goldberg October 3, 2018

Roomful of Teeth, the contemporary vocal ensemble founded by lecturer in music Brad Wells, performed in Chapin Hall last Friday before an enraptured crowd. I got the chance to sit down with Wells and...

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Blood Oranges fourth studio album, Negro Swan, alludes to themes of political protest and sparks a mental health dialogue.

Blood Orange’s latest album reverberates political protest

Phillip Pyle October 3, 2018

My Spotify history is plagued with one-time listens, but every now and then, I find an album that I cannot stop listening to. Negro Swan, the fourth studio album by producer, songwriter and instrumentalist...

Overgrown oscillates between Soles Catholic upbringing in Charlotte, N.C. and the grit of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia-based rapper Ivy Sole explores manifestations of love

Lily Goldberg September 26, 2018

I haven’t taken my headphones off in days. By some divine coincidence, two of my favorite female rappers released their sophomore albums within four days of each other; Chicago based rapper Noname’s...

Noname (AKA Fatimah Warner) gained a cult-like following after appearing as “Noname Gypsy” on early Chance the Rapper mixtapes.

Noname’s Room 25 finds intersection between poetry and rap

Phillip Pyle September 26, 2018

Over two years after her debut album, Noname finally released Room 25 on Sept. 14. Born as Fatimah  Nyeema Warner, Noname is now 27 and has come a long way since her 2016 album Telefone. In Room 25,...

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Professor Jennifer Bloxam currently teaches courses on Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music.

New tutorial studies the unique overlap between music and literature

Purple Cow September 19, 2018

To M. Jennifer Bloxam, professor of music, there are a few archetypal narratives that run the course of time in many different forms. This idea is the basis for the music department’s newest course,...

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Bi-racial Sainabo Seys new album Im a Dream unapologetically explores themes of race and gender.

Sainabo Sey’s new album shapes the exciting era of femme soul-pop

Hannah Tager September 19, 2018

Drawing on both her Gambian and Swedish roots, Seinabo Sey has scraped away a little of Scandinavia’s white washing with her new album, I’m a Dream. Sey found fame after the Norwegian D.J. Kygo remixed...

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