Do You Hear the People Sing: Labor and Liberation Through Music Ellie Nguyen December 4, 2022 Blog, Columns and Opinions, Music History, Political On the first day of the UAW strike, nestled at the corner of Bancroft St. and College Avenue, post-docs, GSIs, and academic researchers organized and gathered, parading signs with the words “UAW ON STRIKE” ...
A brief history of the Nueva canción movement Natalia Girolami November 15, 2022 Blog, folk, Music History When my abuela was a little girl, her mother allowed her to play with the neighborhood kids in the street under one condition: she must be home by tea time, which was three o’clock on the dot. She told me the...
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ everlasting impact on alternative music Jackie Greene October 24, 2022 Music History, Opinion 1 Comment Shock rock is exemplified by acts like Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson*, Screaming Lord Sutch, and Arthur Brown. Its foremost derivative, horror punk, is populated by bands like Misfits or The Cramps. The Cure, Si...
Sex, drugs, and segregation: the influence of Black artists and the history of rock ‘n’ roll Nadia Laswi September 23, 2022 Black Culture, Creative Writing, Music History, Rock To an angsty teenager, nothing is more appealing than music that repulses adults, alludes to sex and drugs, and was at one point, banned in the city of Santa Cruz. Rock music, and what it represents, not only d...