The Staple Singers

Being covered by a multitude of artists in different genres, the song “Feeling Good” has become a staple cover in the music industry. “Feeling Good” was written by two British writers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. The song was written for a musical called The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd in 1965. This musical is about a troubled society, and amongst this society, an unusual trio comes together to proved hope to their world's. In the play, the song was sung by Gilbert…

were able to enjoy the many attractions at the event, including the moon bounces and face-painting booths that they may have been used to seeing at other American festivals. Teens had the opportunity to attend the concerts featuring famous Ethiopian singers that most of them grew up listening to. They were also able to buy their merchandise and other Ethiopian-made accessories at the booths in the stadium. Additionally, they were able to watch the 2015 Ethiopia USA beauty pageant held on the…

emotional and dramatic relationship as they battle angels, demons and even each other. The clearest example of this would be the season five finale, after Sam has been possessed by Lucifer, Dean, angel Castiel (Cas), and the boys surrogate father Bobby Singer, try to exorcise Lucifer and put him back in his cage, which was created by God. After killing both Cas and Bobby, Sam/Lucifer starts to beat Dean, who doesn’t resist. As Sam goes to land another blow, he glances into the Impala and…

This racial stereotype became a staple during the years of slavery. The idea of morphing a disgruntled boy into a jovial servant made the plantation owners seem like the real heroes. Furthermore the mammy stereotype, not only understood but also valued the lifestyle of white America, by…

Music is a part of everyone’s identity. Music makes people who they are. It creates a connection between individuals, whether it be by listening to the same music genres, if they played the same instruments, if they share a memory of listening to the same artist in concert, there are countless ways people can be connected through music. However, music does not only connect people to each other, but also to themselves. In Thomas Turino’s, “Habits of the Self, Identity and Culture,” we discover…

favorite options at restaurants. When I feel ambitious, which I often do, I will create a meal at my house. I find that my cooking often unites people. Every year on Christmas Eve, my aunt, my grandmother, and I spend the night creating Polish food staples like Pierogies and Halušky. When the family comes home from midnight mass, we gather around the kitchen table, indulge in the food, and sing our traditional family…

opera seria into works that appealed to audiences from a wide range of nationalities and class. Rossini was born on Leap Year Day in 1792 in Pesaro, Italy on the Adriatic Coast. His mother was an opera singer and his father a horn and trumpet player. As a child he performed professionally as a singer, most often in churches. The family traveled frequently to perform in operas, finally settling in Bologna in 1804 where his…

15 million copies of her 12 major-label albums. Producing 15 gold, 15 platinum and 5 double platinum albums. Jenni also stared in reality shows such as ‘I love Jenni, Chiquis N’ Control, Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C’ Not only was Rivera a singer but she also was founder of the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation. “She founded the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation to help women who have been the victims of violence, children with cancer and immigrants” (Bio.) Not only was she part of this…

in its various forms. For example, m. 12 displays form articulation with a shift in instrumentation to theorbo. The basso continuo section that follows is an example of simple recitative. This change in texture communicates to the audience that the singer is about to perform, with the lighter texture of a theorbo to convey a sense of joy. Just a few measures later, m. 17 includes an instance of text painting, where the word “acerbo,” translated “bitter fortune,” is set to a chromatic movement…

What is cognitive development? Woolfolk states that cognitive development, “refers to changes in thinking, reasoning, and decision making” (p.30, 2013). For the latter part of the twentieth century, Piaget’s theory has been a staple in the area of cognitive development. Singer and Revenson mention that, “Piaget defined intelligence as an individual’s ability to cope with the changing world through continuous organization and reorganization of experience” (p.13. 1996). Young Piaget From an early…