Taylor Swift announced the release date of her album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” on Aug. 9 to a sold out crowd at SoFi Stadium after months of teasing her fans with hidden messages ranging from Instagram captions to elevator buttons in music videos. The album was officially released on Oct. 27. “1989,” named after Swift’s birth...
“Layla” Derek and the Dominos – 1972 “‘Layla’ came out in 1972, my senior year at the University of California, Santa-Barbara. It was on the only studio album of Derek and the Dominoes. The lyrics, which were written by Eric Clapton, are haunting and the rhythm is mesmerizing. I was so enamored by the song...
Friday and Saturday evening, the Hillsdale College Theatre Department will host a staged reading of senior Kiley Hatch’s play, “Questions for My Mother,” in Markel Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The play reimagines Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a one-act comedy in modern English from the point of view of Miranda, the daughter of Prospero. According to...
While the rules of concert etiquette may be different across musical genres, the goal is still the same: engagement and enjoyment, but our culture does not always understand how to relate to music in a way that respects and commends the technical skill of the artist. “I think that one of the emphases that I...
Through the chill and rain on Friday night, students completed a 24-hour long live reading of Homer’s “The Odyssey.” Students from the classics honorary Eta Sigma Phi held their annual Homerathon at the outdoor amphitheater Oct. 6. Taking turns, students read a book of “The Odyssey” every hour beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday and...