Author Sanjana Sanghani

Every month should be Black history month, but I’m taking this annual month-long celebration of Black joy, perseverance, and strength as an opportunity to explore a genre of music indebted to the Black commun...

If you’re reading this publication, I’m positive you understand, if not deeply appreciate, the power of music. You know how it makes you feel; how it can give you company, comfort you in sadness, and ampl...

I remember discovering Lolo Zouai, sitting in a library smack in the middle of the weekday grind, on a cloudy gray afternoon. Zouai’s “High Highs to Low Lows” quite literally woke me up from the drearin...

Note to Reader: This article was written on November 7, 2020.Earlier today, Joe Biden was announced President-Elect, alongside Kamala Harris as the Vice President-Elect. Donald Trump’s trainwreck presidency ...

I’ve never been very much into rap, but recently, I keep finding myself gravitating towards it. My friends are confused when I say I love CupcakKe or I love Saweetie; I’ve never really shown interest like ...

Even as the music industry navigates the online realm in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, professionals are working hard behind the scenes to ensure that no time is wasted for progress during this chal...

I remember being a sophomore or junior in high school when a bunch of my friends seemed to suddenly start obsessing over this genre I had never heard of, called Korean pop, or K-pop. Most interesting to me at ...

As August rolls on, schools across the country are just days or weeks from starting fall semester. I think I speak for most when I say this has probably been the weirdest summer ever. Shelter-in-place orders w...

Rexx Life Raj, both as an individual and musician, is refreshing. He’s not interested in the fame, or the clout, or anything in between – he never has been. Instead, he believes what makes people gravitate...

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asphyxiated — murdered — George Floyd, a 46-year old Black man, and in doing so, set the world ablaze. While there are few words I can use to descr...

This semester, I enrolled in Music 128, a class centered around the study of musical improvisation. Although currently part of the Music department, it is a pilot class for the L&S ‘Big Ideas’ initiati...

When asked to describe a typical day in a feature by J’AIPUR Journal, Raveena Aurora claims she “spend a lot of time crying about feelings, boys, injustices to women, minorities, and the poor, and world pe...

Maybe I’m biased, but I think the concept of a concert is the best thought to have ever crossed a human being’s mind. The opportunity to go to concerts is one of the reasons that drew me towards becoming a ...

I have never – and will never – consider any Disney movie superior to The Lion King (1994). I’ve watched the original countless times, and the 2019 remake three times in theaters; somehow each time I’m ...

Fun fact: I almost always wake up with a song already stuck in my head, a completely random track that my brain apparently decides to fixate upon overnight. The reason why this is crucial is because for me, the...