What makes an artist worthy of a Grammy? MSU students share their answers
Students at Michigan State University discuss what makes an artist's work significant following the release of the 2024 Grammy nominations.
Students at Michigan State University discuss what makes an artist's work significant following the release of the 2024 Grammy nominations.
MSU’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts hosted the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and their performance of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" in concert.
As the end of the semester inches closer and finals week approaches, it’s important for students to use various tools like music as an outlet. Whether you’re at the gym or just studying for an exam, listening to music – whether relaxing or upbeat – can be a way for students to stay focused and motivated.
Let’s take a deeper look at the history of hip-hop and how N.W.A., Tupac and Lamar were able to bring light many of the problems the Black community face. What social justice issues did these artists rap about in their songs? Did they influence each other in any way?
With the recent release of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and film, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour", Michigan State University students and swifties alike have had a lot of muscial content to engage with.
After being named the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's top small business of 2023, Lansing's Elderly Instruments will remain the same community resource it has been for 51 years, said CEO Lillian Werbin.
"Compound Kinetics", a female and non-binary focused music group, intends to create change with their performance at Mac's bar on October 26.
After a long anticipated wait by her fans, singer-songwriter Oliva Rodrigo returned to stardom with the release of her sophomore album “Guts," which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and showcased hits like "Vampire" and "bad idea right?". Admist the album's growing popularity, however, heated controversy has arisen on social media as users accuse Rodrigo of copying song patterns and sounds from artists like Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Miley Cyrus. With the debate trending across the internet, Michigan State University students expressed their opinions on the subject.
The summer of 2023 has been a whirlwind for popular culture and feminism, with Taylor Swift's Era's Tour causing a small earthquake, "Barbie" making pink waves in the film industry and Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour projected to become the highest-grossing tour of a female artist ever. For many Michigan State University students, all three have been integral in redefining feminism, beauty and sexuality.
Love and Sex reporter PJ Pfeiffer created a playlist that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of falling in love during the summer.
The Stoopfest music festival is returning to Lansing for its sixth year, featuring over 100 artists from various genres, such as folk, ska, hip hop and comedy. The festival will take place on April 20 and 21 in various locations across Lansing's Eastside neighborhood.
Although Risky Studios will still operate out of the same building at 301 M.A.C. Ave., their space has grown. They've upgraded from one room to a separate room for each service they provide.
A unique blend of music genres was brought to the Breslin Center Tuesday night with a performance by indie-rock band Hippo Campus and singer, songwriter and rapper Danny Brown.
The Michigan State University College of Music will present Falstaff, an Elizabethian-era opera comedy, at Fairchild Theatre beginning Wednesday, March 22.Cast members learned to speak Italian for the performance, but the show will be accompanied by English supertitles.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Say his name three times and he’ll appear in East Lansing.
The Black Violin Experience does not offer an average classical music performance. The violinists fuse different genres of music together, particularly hip-hop and classical music to create music over different genres.
Ayanna has been able to go to networking events and make connections with other producers and engineers such as OVO sound, a label started by Drake. She now has over 113,000 followers on Instagram, has released music on Spotify and Apple Music and is moving to LA after she graduates in May.
While Styles was accepting his award, a lot of the support appeared to fall away. During his acceptance speech, Styles said “this doesn’t happen to people like me very often.” Yalowitz said this comment came off as out of touch because Styles is a white cisgender man, the premiere type of person to win a Grammy.
The Junction, taking over the building that previously housed Green Dot Stables, has turned into not just a bar, but also a restaurant and a nightclub.
Buying tickets to Swift's tour proved to be less than enchanting. Various champagne problems turned the process into a death by a thousand cuts.