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Using a mixture of facial expressions, gestures, and ASL, which was interpreted for non-ASL speakers, he amused the audience with descriptions of his gym teacher pounding a large stick on the ground so he and the other deaf students could feel the beats of the music. As his story showed, deaf people can dance; they just have to do it in different ways, whether it involves using their pulse to detect the rhythm of the music or feeling the pounding beat with the aid of an overly enthusiastic gym teacher...
...Field Music is a band striving for reinvention. After a self-imposed three-year hiatus, the group has returned with new members and a new sound for their latest album, “Field Music (Measure).” Afraid of boxing themselves into an indie pop corner, Field Music has taken their new record as an opportunity to explore a wider range of style and sound. While the effort to diversify certainly helps develop a degree of ingenuity and surprise, the album’s almost schizophrenic nature is at times confusing and strangely unsatisfying, despite its undeniable musical...
With the 2005 release of their self-titled debut album, Sunderland, England’s Field Music instantly drew comparisons to their townmates the Futureheads, as well as bands from further afield like the New Pornographers. That record’s success was piggybacked by the group’s sophomore effort, “Tones of Town,” in 2007. Characterized by their harmonic arrangements and melodic, hooky arrangements, Field Music gained early praise as having the potential to become one of the decade’s best indie pop bands...
...contrast, “First Comes the Wish,” the album’s 15th track, is defined by heavy guitar riffs, haunting vocals, and synthesized bells. It marks a stark departure from the upbeat but restrained music that defined Field Music’s earlier career, while standing out from the rest of the album with its rock-oriented directness...
...sold-out relief concert featured original dance and musical compositions by Harvard students. Performances included a show by the Drummers of the Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble, a dance by the Caribbean Club Dance Troupe to the beat of Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, and a rendition of Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” from the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College...