Sampling — the practice of using a recorded part or melody from one song in another — has been a force in popular music, especially in hip-hop beats, for decades, and it has always been controversial. Countless artists have waged lawsuits against others whose songs are partly made from theirs, and costs for clearing samples… Continue reading Hey Now, That’s The Wrong Song: On Song Mashups
Author: Alejandro Jorge
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: Bitter, But Good
Two hours after Taylor Swift released her eleventh album The Tortured Poets Department, she surprise-released a bonus disc, subtitled The Anthology, doubling its length to over two hours. Few of those extra tracks earn their place on the full record, and their inclusion makes the double album a more arduous listen than it needs to… Continue reading Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: Bitter, But Good
26th Annual Folk Fest Coming to Oberlin in Early May
Every year since 1999, Oberlin College’s Folk Music Club has hosted Folk Fest — a free weekend-long music festival that brings in musicians and bands to perform in Oberlin. This year’s will run on Thursday, May 2 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, Friday, May 3 from 8:00 to 11:00 pm, and Saturday, May 4 from… Continue reading 26th Annual Folk Fest Coming to Oberlin in Early May
All In With All In Your Mind, An Original Musical Coming This April To Oberlin
This spring, the Oberlin Musical Theater Association and Oberlin Student Theater Association are producing an original musical, All In Your Mind, by three fourth-year students. With book and lyrics by Joey Birdsong and music by Jake Berran and Jacob Richter, All In Your Mind will run on Friday, April 12th through Sunday, April 14th in… Continue reading All In With All In Your Mind, An Original Musical Coming This April To Oberlin
L’Orfeo Brings A Subversive, Well-Executed Vision To A Tale Older Than Time
The central conceit of the Oberlin Opera Theater’s production of Claudio Monteverdi’s 1607 Baroque opera L’Orfeo, which opened the night of March 14th at Hall Auditorium, is “what if, instead of a lyre to supplement his legendary musical talent, Orpheus wielded a gun?” From that idea unfurls a production that reframes the Greek myth of… Continue reading L’Orfeo Brings A Subversive, Well-Executed Vision To A Tale Older Than Time
UNUM: A Few Creative Highlights In An Overall Obtuse, Monotonous Performance
Halfway through the performance of UNUM in Oberlin’s Wilder Main on Friday, February 23, two performers entered from stage right and paced slowly into center stage. Between players Penina Biddle-Gottesman and Fae Ordaz hung an instrument: several metallic strings were harnessed to the two of them and held taut. It was a fascinating device that… Continue reading UNUM: A Few Creative Highlights In An Overall Obtuse, Monotonous Performance
‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ Is An Impassioned, If Disorganized, Debut From The Last Dinner Party
The first album from the London quintet is impassioned, creative, and promising, though its messier moments prevent it from living up to the hype.
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