music

TEST SPIN | Frankie Cosmos — ‘Close It Quietly’

By Anna Grace Lee | September 15, 2019

Close It Quietly contains dozens of little life mantras you’ll uncover if you mine through the tunes with a careful ear.

TEST SPIN | Ed Sheeran — ‘No. 6 Collaborations Project’

By James Robertson | August 16, 2019

No. 6 Collaborations Project is unfortunately but unsurprisingly very bad.

TEST SPIN | Machine Gun Kelly — ‘Hotel Diablo’

By Jeremy Markus | July 9, 2019

Kelly tackles complicated topics such as death, depression and drug addiction in a more intricate and sophisticated manner than I had previously heard him write.

Toni Morrison M.A. ’55, AAP Dean Among Cornellians Awarded by American Academy of Arts and Sciences

By Caroline Johnson | June 2, 2019

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has awarded three Cornell alumni with architecture, fiction and music awards for 2019. With the intention of sustaining literature, music and fine arts, the academy honors over 70 people who have dedicated their life craft to sustaining those very components.

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TEST SPIN | Vampire Weekend — ‘Father of the Bride’

By Madeline Rutowski | May 7, 2019

The band’s music sounds the way sherbert ice cream tastes: refreshing, tangy and just really good.

Music on the Brain: Deconstructing the Science Behind Musical Processing and Genre Preference

By Natalie Monticello | May 6, 2019

Listening to music activates many different parts of the brain that aren’t even specific to music. These are parts of the brain that are involved in other activities, such as listening to speech, motor planning, and emotional processing.

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World-Traveled, Grammy-Nominated Professor to Play Carriage House Cafe

By Sarah Skinner | April 23, 2019

On Tuesday night, Prof. Ariana Kim, music — who has spent time in residence at places from New York to Italy and enjoyed teaching to students of all backgrounds — will serenade an audience in a more familiar location: The Carriage House Cafe.