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Kind of copied: Jazz as conceptual art

Mary Luce
April 9, 2025
Black Culture, Cultural Commentary, From The Archives, Jazz, Jazz pop, Music Composition, Music Consumption, Music History, Musicology
Jazz is a strangely unique kind of music. Although to some it might sound like a lullaby, boring or calming, jazz has endless complexities. Because of these complexities jazz complicates the rules of art and mu...

When the music plays twice

Mary Luce
April 8, 2025
Black Culture, Contemporary Folk, Cultural Commentary, folk, indie, indie-pop, International, music, Music History, Musicology, Opinion, Print Edition, R&B, Rock, women's music
Never, without exception, is there a reason someone should cover The Beach Boys. Of course, I love me a Fiona Apple cover of Across the Universe, but The Beach Boys is a whole different ball game. One weekend a...

RACE SELLS RECORDS: An observational study of jazz album art in the mid-1950s

Gianna Caudillo
September 4, 2024
Music History, Black Culture, Jazz, Musicology, Print Edition
The jazz section in a used record store. Haphazardly sorted bins. Thin cardboard smooth against your fingers as you shuffle the albums like playing cards. Smell of dust, faint crackling in the background. Brigh...

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