May 4, 2026 | Events, Global, Music, Words
By Kaila Sewer What is a soldier? Are they a slave to the whims of their government, or are they directly responsible for the violence inflicted on their people? “Zombie”, the title of two different songs performed by Fela Kuti and The Cranberries, equates the...
May 4, 2026 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words
By Anna Bullock When I first signed up for “Rhythm and Revolution – Music and Social Change” at IU Indianapolis, I didn’t expect that one of the most meaningful perspectives I would hear would come from someone I already knew. I chose to interview my...
May 4, 2026 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words
By Ansel Hendrix Much like today, the 1980s felt on the precipice of a new world, and it didn’t entirely feel for the better. In the latter half of a century spent in a Cold War and in a perpetual state of fear, the boiling point was here. The question was, how much...
May 4, 2026 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words
By Laila Nahas Throughout this paper, the song We Shall Overcome will be analyzed in the rhetorical situation and the history of how the song came to be. This paper will also look into specifically Joan Baez and her performance of the song We Shall Overcome and...
Aug 27, 2025 | Editorial, Events, Global, Music
By Zoe Walsh Introduction A song that is now considered a hymn to nonviolence and peace was banned from several schools and churches when it first aired on the radio. It was called anti-religious,...
Aug 27, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words
By Paige Sylvester Kendrick Lamar’s music is a multifaceted exploration of identity, race, and systemic oppression, but it also represents a deep internal struggle: cognitive dissonance. His artistic image is at the intersection of radical resistance,...
