This week, an old painted piano is reclaiming its spot on the Bryan Center Plaza. This instrument is a sure sign that the annual Duke Arts Festival has returned. The Duke Arts Festival, which began April 7 and will conclude April 14, aims to bring the arts to all students on campus.
Finding a picture of Will Ye is a difficult task. The first-year student, who in his short time at Duke has amassed something of a cult following through the Facebook meme-sharing group “Duke Memes for Gothicc Teens,” has made invisibility a defining feature of his online presence.
Filmed over the span of 10 years, “Quest” is an intimate portrait of the Rainey family as they deal with both the trivialities and tribulations that their life in North Philadelphia has to offer.
Their feet stomp the ground in rhythmic rhapsody, the clomp of each girl’s boot-clad foot sharpened in mesmerizing unison.
“We want to drink your blues,” scream the zombie copyright lawyers on the cover of “Theft: A History of Music.” Musicians, don’t be alarmed!
“Mr. Roosevelt” is the first film written and directed by comedian Nöel Wells ("Master of None" and "SNL"), and the film had its world premiere in Austin, Texas at the South By Southwest Film Festival.
Recently, I’ve found myself listening to more and more podcasts, to the point where they’ve edged out music as my favorite thing to listen to in many situations.
The first time I ever heard a Louis C.K. joke, I shat my pants. Sorry... to be more politically-correct: “sharted” my pants—you know, that rare fart/s*** hybrid.
Though hip-hop fans waited until the clock struck midnight April 7 to find Kendrick Lamar delaying the release of his highly anticipated album for another week, they were pleased to find that Joey Bada$$ delivered on his promise.
South by Southwest is full of label showcases, typically devised for a label’s up-and-coming artists to get a platform for good press.
By any measure, the Duke Coffeehouse isn’t one of the more popular spots for students on campus.
Coughing and sneezing got you down? Run out of Claritin? Unable to drag yourself out of bed? Recess has got you covered.
With much-hyped releases from Kendrick Lamar, Gorillaz and Father John Misty on the horizon, the next month promises to be a big one for music.
He is rich and ambitious, the successor to a South American dictatorship.
What is bad music? It’s a question that I, along with numerous other journalists and bloggers— even college professors— across the U.S.
The title of Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s spring show contains a conscious choice of words, billing “The Aeneid” as “a play with songs.” In most circles, this type of production is referred to as a “musical.” But that word, with its host of connotations, tends to provoke genuine discomfort among certain segments of modern audiences.
I made the realization as sweat beaded across the back of my neck and flimsy baby hairs stuck to my temples, an unfortunate byproduct of North Carolina’s beloved humidity and the swelling summer heat.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took a meandering yet painfully anxiety inducing story about a gambling addict and infused it with some of Jake Johnson’s sardonic, everyman charm?
The way the crowd was singing along, you would never guess that Hippo Campus had just released their first full-length album less than a month ago.
The first thing anyone mentioned was the hat. To be fair, it was a bold statement hat. There was nothing cute about it.
