Ranging Across Time and Scale, V. Shayne Frederick Holds Office Hours at Uncle Bobbie’s
MusiQ Department Artist Vince Anthony Debuts “Hurricane” Music Video
MusiQology Rx Fundraiser for One Art Community Center
Beyoncé’s Homecoming Film Preserves and Reveres Black History
Why Country Music is So Scared of Black People
DaMaris B. Hill’s New Book is a Powerful, Wondrous Thing
(FREE SHOW) Dr. Guy Performs with Ursula Rucker this Thursday, March 14, at World Café
Hide/Melt/Ghost’s Harlem Debut is a Major Moment for Black Music Scholarship & Performance
The Time Stevie Wonder Taught White Surfers how to Dance
Music Lives with MusiQology Events in Virginia and Philadelphia
The 2019 GRAMMYs: Streaks Broken, Questions Unanswered
The 2019 MusiQology GRAMMYs Preview
Ursula Rucker Talks Womanhood and Courage in Art
I Remember Roy: Remembering Roy Hargrove
Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!
Happy Holidays from MusiQology!
The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process
“Step Forward,” the debut track from Eleven, a Penn musical duo featuring Karis Stephen and Blue Bookhard, doesn’t sound like something composed in a dorm room fueled by ramen and Red Bull. Instead, there’s a kind of sheen to the minimalist beat and intentionally disaffected delivery. The track...
After the positive response to Dr. Guy’s “Nasty Women Don’t Get the Blues (But They Write About Them)” Syllabus last week, we thought we’d share another syllabus, generated as a final project by Managing Editor John Vilanova for the Nasty Women class final project. The syllabus—intended...
“What’s Going On” is MusiQology’s semi-regular news round-up. We curate a selection of relevant news items from across the spectrum of popular culture, adding our own commentary and contextualizing the moments within a broader conversation. In some cases, we’ll be drawing your attention to news...
One of the exciting things about the academic career path is the chance to plot a new course forward every September and January. Each semester gives professors the opportunity to design new syllabi–fourteen weeks of readings and discussions follow, organized around a specific topic or theme....
Nothing New is MusiQology’s latest recurring series. Written by Penn PhD candidate Ben DuPriest, this collection of essays debates the utility and danger of proclaiming music “new” (or “old”) within a larger historical and political frame. With a focus on contemporary recordings labeled “jazz”...
Featuring new voices from academia and beyond, Fresh Wax is MusiQology’s way to provide contributions from academics, artists, and writers at large. This week’s writer, making his MusiQology debut, is Martin Edward Connor. What follows is a hypothetical review of Princeton doctoral candidate and composer...
One of the longstanding (and valid) laments about Black History Month comes with a bit of irony: “Of COURSE February is Black History Month. It’s the shortest one.” While many people understand that black history IS American history, that does not mean that the specific contributions of African...
It’s in the up-stroked E chords on “Green Onions,” the horns wrapping around Lynda Lydell’s “What A Man” vocal, and the crisp hi-hat hits and the wah-pedaled guitar of “Theme From Shaft.” It’s in Otis Redding’s all-or-nothing vocal on “(Try A Little) Tenderness,” the yearning...
One of the emergent genres of criticism and reporting has been the podcast—a medium that blends the format of talk radio with the on-the-go, on-demand of contemporary life. While laying claim to the “first” podcast is hazy, today, 21% of Americans over the age of 12 have listened to at least one podcast...
From the writings of Audre Lorde and bell hooks to the musical talents of Beyoncé Knowles and Nina Simone, the world of MusiQology has been enriched by the contributions of women of color in their activisms and their everydays. In recognition of International Women’s Day, we at MusiQology want to thank...
