當我抵達Amherst College本季首次由學生電台WAMH主辦的現場音樂表演時，我發現大家都沒什麼意願玩樂。Amherst College花費了數千元搭建舞台、架設燈光和極佳的音響系統、以及邀請從DC遠道而來的表演者—然而觀眾們依然只是席地而坐在距離表演20碼遠的小山坡上。
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Before the Pearl Street Nightclub doors opened at 7:30 p.m., concert-goers huddled under awnings for shelter from the rain. The suboptimal weather conditions did nothing to hamper the excitement. In the next hour before the live performance began, there were plenty of people crowding into the intimate venue and singing along to pre-show music.
As I arrived at Amherst College’s first live show of the season, sponsored by their radio station WAMH, I discovered that no one was in…
This semester, the Smith College Music Department made an unprecedented change: it will now allow all students to take performance lessons.
“Twerk is political.” Katelina Eccleston, aka Reggaetón con la Gata, expressed this sentiment shared by all seven women and non-binary speakers and performers at the “Creating Nuestra Música: Latinx Women in the Music Scene” series.
Smith professor Steve Waksman, upon being asked what style The Electric Eyes, the band he plays in, and their newly released album, come under -- said that they are altogether a rock band, with influences from it’s subcategories such as -- indie rock of the 80’s and 90’s and psychedelic rock of the 60’s and 70’s.
Each fall, Smith’s a capella scene is kicked off by Arch Sing. Traditionally held under the Neilson Library Arch, 2017 was the first ever Arch Sing in the Quadrangle. Last Sunday at 8 p.m., all six of Smith’s a capella groups gathered between Cushing and Morrow to sing for the assembled crowd of several hundred students.
Eliza Going ’18 Contributing Writer Everyone is Gay, a duo of “accidental” LGBTQ activists Kristin Russo and Dannielle Owens-Reid, performed at Smith on Oct.…