by Michael Barrett | Mar 8, 2019 | Song of the Day
This week we’ve been surveying the Spaniards. But today I had an extraordinary discussion with my class at Hunter College. I teach a single class in the Theater department. It is called Singing. We sing of course, but today we had a deep discussion about race and...
by Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei | Dec 17, 2018 | Song of the Day
For Song of the Day all this week, I am going to be giving you five songs, that for me, define and defy the genre, and have been not only influential to me as a composer, but have also changed my view on art as a whole. My first selection is Jewish-American songwriter...
by Jack Gulielmetti | Feb 19, 2018 | Song of the Day
Nina Simone is simply one of the greatest artists of our time. Trained at Juilliard in classical piano, only starting to sing later in life, she embodies a true renaissance musician to me: someone who loves all genres of music and is interested in being a part of all...
by Henry Rinehart | Dec 7, 2016 | Song of the Day
I have always loved this song and love how it fits so beautifully in Nina Simone’s voice. “The Other Woman,” written by Jessie Mae Robinson, has a special contemporary resonance as we all work to come to terms with the results of our recent presidential election....
by Christopher Cerrone | Nov 8, 2016 | Song of the Day
I love Kanye. I also love “I love Kanye”. Lots of folks can’t stand him but something I fundamentally love about him is his blatant appropriation/re-adaptation of older materials. In “Blood on the Leaves” he pulls one of the most...
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