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Traces of the Spirit: The Religious dimensions of Popular Music, by Robin Sylvan, New York University Press: New York, 2002. 291 pages. Reviewed by Christina Coulter. This book was chosen due to its interesting topic. Most of the music covered in class is more traditional music taken from various cultures around the world. This book, on the other hand, covers popular music in America. Its analysis has many interesting points on the effects of music that mirror what we have discussed in class,…

Global Metal is a documentary on Sam Dunn, an anthropologist and a heavy metal fan, who travels around the world to many different countries to see metal music’s role in globalization. Sam Dunn also wanted to know how cultures and religions affect metal music. Metal is considered to be a subculture because there are many factors that are commonly shared by all metal fans around the world. Metal fans are very passionate about metal music, and they express their emotions and feelings through the…

Eighties Music Compared To Today’s Music is something that many people take great pleasure in listening to. Music has evolved from the beginning with faintly recorded music to the music recognise today. These changes in music have been massive but have occurred very gradually without us noticing. The changes from eighties era music to how it has evolved and developed into what we recognised it today through changes in the age it’s targeted at, the language and phrases used to how music has…

I attended Vento Sur’s concert at Glendale College on Oct. 3rd. Following the artist biographies, Vento Sur is a Calarts –All-Alumni group composed of Joao Junqueira, Julissa Bozman, Alex Bozman, and Jay Gravatt. They perform music in Spanish and Portuguese languages both. I saw many interesting instruments, and after other songs end the guitarist Joao Junqueira explained about the traditional instruments to audiences. First they performed Adentro Cojutepeque dance music from Mexico and…

PRINCE ROYCE Geoffrey Royce Rojas which is now Prince Royce released his first cover in January 19, 2010 which is called Stand by me The song is remake of American soul singer Ben E. King's original 1961 song. Prince Royce made it into a bachata song . now he is famous he is in the billboard in the latin tropical and r&b known for the singles Stand by Me and Corazon sin cara which both hit #1 on the Billboard Tropical Songs Chart. His 2013 album featuring the chart topping single Darte un…

Counter culture, emancipation and liberation are the characteristics of the Disco era. No complications and a carefree attitude defined Disco. Individualism as well as empowerment were at the forefront of the movement, characterized in songs like “I will survive” By Gloria Gaynor or the Village people “I am what I am”. The age of Discotheques 1974 thru 1981, arguably, originated in the underground gay clubs of New York. it is said Disco is dead, but the music lives on in the hearts of…

Comedian Kevin Yee I have always been a big comedy fan. I love laughing and love it when people make me laugh. I have always been told that I am always smiling for no reason, so when I heard that a comedian was going to perform I knew I couldn’t miss it. On Tuesday night at George’s, comedian Kevin Yee performed, however I have never seen a comedian performance that was mainly based on songs. He did talk but mostly performed songs throughout the show. There was about a medium size crowd that…

As the clock strikes nine the 02 is plunged into darkness and Ellie Goulding’s band assume their positions on stage. Pulsing lightening bolts flicker on gigantic screens and the beat of Figure 8 comes from the speakers. Ms Goulding appears wearing an outfit that resembles a studded swimsuit, Doc Martins and a bindi. A sea of smartphones are instantaneously raised in the air. Before long Goulding bouncing around amidst shades of red, pink and purple lighting, swinging her hips and singing Ritual…

His narrow feet sprang spritely across the smoothly worn, marble cobblestone. His heels danced musically leaving the ground as suddenly as a spring storms as if each stone burned like a scorching coal filled with passionate intensity. Feverish with anticipation the clamorous anarchy of his mear footsteps echoing off the narrow brick walls; abruptly broken by deafening silence of anticipation. At the crossroads of Salem and Hope Street stood the red paned door of the glass telephone box. Isolated…

Years have passed and different cultures have been created, different types of music and the way of dressing have changed. Definitely one of the most important changes that not only U.S. had have, is in the 1960s where the people off all ages wanted a change. At the same time the Vietnam War was happening, also in that decade the Civil Rights Movement made people to be more equal. The counterculture of the late 1960s was a great youth movement for the society. Everything changed from clothing…