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...world.According to Megan, Harvard will host a number of artists in residence in the next few years. These professionals will take a page from Coriel’s book, teaching small seminars involving their craft. Executive director of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and renowned double bassist, Edgar Meyer, will visit campus as early as this March. And last Friday President Faust announced that Harvard will also welcome Wynton Marsalis and John Adams as guests in coming years.Although “How Songs Work” signals a bright future for arts education at Harvard, the future...
...punk rockers Fall Out Boy get ready to release their fifth studio album, Folie à Deux, bassist Pete Wentz talked to TIME about his love for fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama, why he used to hate Led Zeppelin and naming his child Bronx Mowgli...
...sounds into his acoustic tableau. In the early 1980s, after sustaining chronic injuries to his hands due to an aggressive playing style and taking a brief hiatus, Kottke reinvented his technique and returned to the guitar. Since then, his two most high-profile recordings have been collaborations with Phish bassist Mike Gordon—2002’s “Clone” and 2005’s “Sixty Six Steps.”The man’s talent as a performer, especially in light of his age—he?...
...must be socially aware. But in the case of a band this fiercely progressive, one wonders whether the music is revolutionary enough to be an adequate vehicle for the message. Rise Against is a four-piece punk rock band from Chicago consisting of singer Tim McIlrath, guitarist Zach Blair, bassist Joe Principe, and drummer Brandon Barnes. Over the course of five albums, they have successfully moved from indie to major label while gaining fame and acclaim along the way. On “Appeal to Reason,” Rise Against is in a constant state of urgency. The single...
...ever find that has anything to do with death metal. Even when the tempo grows intense and threatening, the sonic texture stretches back through layers and layers of guitar and bass, underscoring the vast canvas of Lars Ulrich’s drum set. Newcomer Robert Trujillo is the rare bassist who can keep up with both Ulrich’s punishing tempos and Kirk Hammett’s roaring guitar solos. Slayer and Anthrax may have their own fiefdoms in the thrash pantheon, and System of a Down may manage to retain their composure when they swing over into metal...