My recent vice has been the Spotify Original Podcast titled ‘Dissect’, hosted by Cole Cuchna. A ‘long form musical analysis broken into short, digestible episodes’, this podcast analyzes hit albums dedicating each episode to a song. Not only does it break down the lyrics and references, but it goes deep into the musical composition analyzing chords, beats, and production…
When Fall comes around, I always find myself listening to slower tempoed songs to keep the calm mood present in my everyday life. One captivating single I have been playing recently was released earlier this year by the young artist, Alaina Castillo, titled, ‘just a boy’, telling the soft story of her inner thoughts surrounding her trust issues with the boy in her life…
Erykah Badu is a certified legend in all senses of the word. She is an empathic artist who has changed the game for all to follow. Rising to stardom in the mid nineties, her pure talent of both singing and songwriting separated her R&B, neo-soul hits from her peers, and she is still creating to this day. One of my most favorite masterpieces of her’s is the mix tape she released in 2015, ‘But You Caint Use My Phone’…
When I am feeling overwhelmed and stressed I love to distract from my current state of mind with an upbeat and funky album, and there’s no better remedy than Steve Lacy’s, ‘Apollo XXI’. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Steve Lacy is a jack of all trades when it comes to the music industry…
As the start of the new collegiate year begins, students nationwide are being introduced to a new group of friends, colleagues, and people in general. It is no doubt that this time of life is like nothing before, and for students who are just…
My favorite single to come out this year was without a doubt from Billie Eilish titled, ‘My Future’. Not only is the melody and arrangement such an easy listen, but the lyrics are what make this song so special to me. She has a sense of candor that lets the listener in as she sings about how she is hopeful about the future…
I think it is safe to say that we have all been going through a rough time in life, one that is unprecedented in a number of ways, and unfortunately it’s been much easier to focus on the bad than the good. Everyday there seems…
In the beginning of quarantine, the announcement of the coronavirus was commonly misinterpreted as just an extended vacation, as the only information anyone received was that we were getting an extra week of spring…
It is always so great to look back on the milestone events and changes that make all the difference in the long run, and we can appreciate the month of August for holding heavy meaning for the evergreen impact that The Beatles have on this world…
As we head into the month of August, the United States has now been experiencing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for about 7 months. Needless to say, it should be common knowledge that the use of a mask every time…
