Word: songfulness
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...Slow Dance” is noteworthy for Legend’s unique style and ability to stop the song, before picking back up where he left off. “Coming Home,” which closes the album, leaves the listener in the same place that “Get Lifted” did, renewing one’s faith in R&B, and in the process nodding back at Legend’s main influence, gospel music...
...It’s like being the last person to leave a party, and everyone else has left and you’re still drinking your whisky in the corner, and the host wants you to leave, but you just refuse, because you really love the song that’s playing.” So it goes for “super seniors,” according to Thea S. Morton ’06-’07. It certainly seems as if there’s a significant chunk of ’06 lagging behind...
Harvard students and administrators spiced up Diwali this year with a festive meal in the dining halls and a new prayer space in the Yard. Bright lights, song, and celebration will feature in the festivities as students celebrate the Hindu festival Diwali, also known as the “festival of lights,” next week. One of the most popular and eagerly awaited religious festivals in India, Diwali is celebrated at Harvard through a host of celebratory events. Diwali marks the Indian New Year and commemorates the return of the legendary King Rama from exile. The entire celebration...
...Mohiniattam and the more energetic Kuchipudi. Dancers Vani E. Nambudiri ’09 and Amrapali Maitra ’10 alternated individual performances of the different forms before finishing off the act dancing in unison, showing the overlap between the two. Following the Pushpanjali was a wonderful song, performed by three singers, Rajiv Venkataramanan ’08, Vikas V. Mouli ’09, and Vaidya G. Rajagopalan ’08, proclaiming love for Lord Krishna. The singers, seemingly effortlessly, weaved together their three voices, and produced a unified sound. As wonderful as the performances...
...Though drinking served as a leitmotif during last week’s residency of the Silk Road Project—founded and directed by Yo-Yo Ma ’76—each piece of music was far more beautiful than any drunken reel or inebriated burst of song. The Silk Road Ensemble held an open rehearsal with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), hosted by Geisinger Professor of History William C. Kirby last Tuesday in Sanders Theatre. Ma dropped his role as emcee during the last piece, and joined in on his cello. The ensemble played again Wednesday night...