Music
SPOTLIGHT: Renée Fleming
Fresh off her win for Best Classical Vocal Performance at this year’s Grammy awards, Renée Fleming arrives today at Harvard to coach four undergraduates chosen by the Office for the Arts in a master class open to the public.
Massive Attack
“Heligoland” marks a bold resurgence into the musical scene for duo Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall. Massive Attack’s new record is a dark dreamscape, totally engrossing in its vigor, proving that “Heligoland” was well worth the wait.
Today in Photos (2/08/10)
Photos published in the February 8, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
A Call to Arts
Although the Task Force Report has had minimal concrete impact thus far, the administration’s open support for the arts has caused a wave of optimism among the student body.
Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos! have never lived up to the carefree cheerfulness their exclamation-pointed name would seem to imply.
Vampire Weekend
“Contra,” which recently topped the Billboard charts, is exactly what one could expect from Vampire Weekend—solid, enjoyable music, gently pushing at its own boundaries, yet just a little unremarkable.
'Albert Herring'
For a week in mid-February, the Harvard community will have one more way to witness the exchange of virtue for ...
Beach House
Beach House’s “Teen Dream” is the musical version of a narcotic, carrying away the listener into a heavenly realm of lush pop melodies and intimate organ beats.
Bluegrass Educates with Sound of Music
As jazz was a generation ago, American folk music is beginning—too late, as many enthusiasts insist—to be embraced and studied by the academic world.
Lil’ Wayne
It comes as a shock that on his newest album, “Rebirth,” Wayne leaves rap music behind altogether in favor of an as-yet uncharted genre: rock