Pop Divas Turn an “Old” Sound into Power and Experience Alexandra Apolloni Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture In 2014 Aretha Franklin released her first album since 1985: Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. Whether critics praised it or panned it, they wanted to talk about age. “At age 72," the...
Fighting On and Singing Along with Prince’s ‘Baltimore’ Alexandra Apolloni Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, History, Society & Culture Prince's song “Baltimore” calls for justice – but it also calls for dancing. And while it might seem incongruous to want to get people up and dancing at a moment like this, the sound of this kind of music - and the way it moves people to move their bodies and come together – can have political power.
Sex, Theft, and Freedom: Top Summer Music Reads Alexandra Apolloni Art & Literature, Arts & Culture Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity by Joanna Demers The recent court battle between Marvin Gaye's estate and “Blurred Lines” artists Pharrell Williams and Robin...
Rocking the Library in LA Alexandra Apolloni Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, History UCLA brings the punk scene to life
