RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** “You don’t gotta die, now let me tell you why”: Logic’s lasting impact on creating a space for mental health and wellness

Aug 27, 2025 | Community, Global, Music, Words

By Jason Barker 1-800-273-8255 is a song made by Logic to provide awareness of suicide prevention. The name of the song is the phone number for the American National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The song was released in April of 2017. The song was sung by 3 artists...

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Music’s impact on other media forms

Aug 27, 2025 | Global, Music, Words

By Seth Straeter and Grace Barnum INTRODUCTION Media and music have always shared a powerful and very dynamic relationship. From the early days of radio broadcasts with people like Edward R Murrow, to the digital era of streaming platforms and social media, music has...

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Music in the form of Therapy, Healing & Social Change

Aug 27, 2025 | Global, Music, Words

By Mercy Green Music has always been a transformational form of entertainment and healing for many. It is a powerful tool for emotional expression, social transformation, and communication. In the past few years, the relationship between mental health and music has...

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** The Hunger Games’ spiritual and musical reckoning

Aug 27, 2025 | Global, Music, Words

By Beah Corrales Through this essay I seek to explore the music of The Hunger Games trilogy and prequels and their social impact, as well as the ways which they have shaped me as a creative and a person tremendously. The original trilogy began in 2008 with the first...

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Biography of Earl: The Chicks’s Kind Of Accidental Stand for ‘90s Feminism

Aug 27, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words

By Maggie Hoppel  “The Dixie Chicks do not advocate premeditated murder, but love getting even.”  —The Chicks, on the CD booklet for their 1999 album “Fly”  Hello, Earl  Written by Dennis Linde and performed by the 90s country band The Chicks, “Goodbye...

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Bella Ciao: The International Protest Song

Aug 27, 2025 | Editorial, Events, Global, Music, Words

By Lily Jimenez             Rhetoric in music has served the world in many ways. However, it has been especially important within the context of protest music. Protest music has been around for over centuries,...