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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

The #BLACKBOYJOY of Smino

Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!

Happy Holidays from MusiQology!

Happy Talk (for Nancy Wilson)

Bridget Ramsey’s “Save Your Love for Me” is Assertive Artistry (and a Fitting Tribute to Nancy Wilson)

The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process

Home 2009 October

D’Angelo’s Chicken Grease

When neo soul pioneer D’Angelo gave birth to his acclaimed album Voodoo at the beginning of the millennium, he strove to forge a dramatically divergent path from that of the high-gloss, streamlined, studio-perfected sounds that marked popular music of the day. He turned instead to a bygone age of black...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 31, 2009
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Authenticity & Live Music: Live Looping, Improvisations, and Recorded Music

Howie Day – Ghost In 2002, at a Penn State concert, Howie Day performed his song “Ghost”.  During the introduction to this performance, Howie starts improvising rhythms by banging his guitar to create multiple percussive effects.  His technical crew records his sounds and loops it.  The recorded...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 30, 2009
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Ring Shout Tropes in A Gospel Setting

What is troping? In my opinion, it is an essential element and a most elusive quality of Afro-American music. When sound events signify on a time-line, against the flow of the music’s pulse, making the pulse itself lilt freely, the sound created is distinct to Afro-American music and prevalent in a variety...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 29, 2009
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Lost In Translation – Call & Response and Ring Shout Tropes

Evanescence – Bring Me to Life In today’s music styles, simple beats dominate the billboard top songs.  These songs have become background noises to life, a soundtrack for those whose minds are already occupied with more daunting tasks.  And these listeners seemingly enjoy mindlessly allowing...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 29, 2009
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“From Faith to Faith” New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir Concert, Nov 7th 2009 5PM @ Irvine Auditorium

New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir, otherwise known as NSP, is UPenn’s only gospel choir and was founded by Ashon Crawley in the fall 1998, his freshmen year. Crawley saw the need for students of faith to commune in a musical setting for the sake of fellowship, ministry, and a place that felt like home....

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 29, 2009
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See MusiQology in Action! : Special Performance @ International House Philly Nov 9th 2009, 6-7:30PM Admission: FREE

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 27, 2009
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The Blueprint – Jay-Z and His Impact on Hip-Hop Music

  Jay-Z is the man who holds “the blueprint” for the successful hip-hop artist.  He started out his career as a young rapper with gangster appeal in the mid-90’s and gradually transformed into a respected artist by all (even political figures) with a multi-million dollar business. Fans and the media...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 27, 2009
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Forget Auto-Tune: The Indie-Folk Movement

A folk revival within the indie-rock music space has been in the works for almost a decade now. Bands like My Morning Jacket and Bright Eyes have incorporated many of the sounds and sensibilities of traditional American folk music into their songs. More recently, though, indie-folk is getting more attention...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 27, 2009
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Matisyahu – Rapper, Reggae Singer, Hasidic Jew

What do you think of when you hear the words “Hasidic Jew?” Probably the last thing to come to mind would be rapper. But that is exactly what Matthew Paul Miller, better known as Matisyahu, epitomizes. By blending traditional Jewish themes with reggae, rock, beat box, and hip-hop, Matisyahu defies...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 23, 2009
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M.I.A. – A Global Artist

In the complex interaction of race and music, some artists seek to change the way they are in order appear more acceptable.  Others try to transcend the notion of race and ignore it completely.  Still others tend incorporate their racial pride and biases in their music, and use a racial layer as an added...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 22, 2009
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