Arts & Culture

The Second Coming of American Folk Music

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In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single cultural descriptor. Scottish folk music brings to life a kilt, a bagpipe and swelling stretches of bright green land. Chinese folk evokes drums and dragons — loud sounds and bright colors. “American folk music,” on the other hand, brings to mind a banjo-wielding, Appalachian hippie, tall grass, rolling hills and the snowy peaks of remote mountaintops.

Arts & Culture

GUEST ROOM | Trump: A Cinematic Perspective

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Like many students on this campus, I was devastated at the victory of Donald J. Trump in his rise to the office of President of the United States. I sat there with my friends who had just been canvassing in New Hampshire as we all asked ourselves how in the world this happened. I was shocked like everyone else, but I shouldn’t have been. I should’ve seen this coming. I’m not qualified to speak on the politics of this election.