May 16, 2026 | Community, Global, Music, Words |
By Brooke Miller For Joshua Powell, living as an artist and creating music wasn’t just about the praise and recognition that comes with it. It was more formed by years of adapting to the environment, developing creativity, collaborating with...
May 12, 2026 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words
By Dylan Mason Recently, I had a very wonderful and very lucky opportunity to sit down with Mr. Russell “Rusty” Redenbacher to talk about a number of different topics, including his childhood, musical inspirations, Birdmen of Alcatraz, Mudkids, his solo...
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...
