March 2021

Photo by: Bill Flairs

Protest music of the 1960’s tackled the issues of the time such as the Vietnam War, The Civil Rights Movement and gender equality with songs, such as Leslie Gore’s, You Don’t Own Me. Other artists like Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, John Lennon and Nina Simone were key musicians and artists from this era, creating and writing music that reflected the sentiments of their very turbulent times.
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February 2021

Not only is music a medium for the articulation of social crisis but an unusually high percentage of artists and musicians exhibits more than average altruistic behavior and tend to become involved in resolutions beyond their work of art.   Ernst Krenek wrote a compelling article, Music and Crisis (The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism © 1944 Oxford University Press) articulating the relationship between music and social crisis.
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January 2021

The global pandemic, Covid 19, created sorrow, stress and social distancing across the world.  It brought with it a plethora of experiences and circumstances, now of which were related to joy.  During this time, music became an anchor for everyone.
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December 2020

The beginning of this month marks the introduction of the first Covid 19 vaccine to the public. The Pzieffer vaccine, reported at 95% effective, is the first and others are expected to soon get Emergency Authorization Use (EAU) from the FDA.

Photo by: Dimitri Houttema
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November 2020

Since the pandemic, as unemployment surges, and a large part of the work force is working and teaching kids from home, people are finding themselves stuck in the confines of home in an unprecedented way. [Read more…]