Here's a piece I recently wrote for Uncompressed, a student publication published by the Student Activities Office at Calvin College. I'm beginning to organize my thoughts on how social conditions affect art, specifically music and its ability to be a medium of import in broader culture.
Click below to read the article and, if you've got a minute, I'd love to hear your feedback.
As part of our work at Calvin, Rob and I maintain a blog for the Student Activities Office. We haven't posted a whole lot there since we started the position, but I did put up a post today about the new "weight-loss beauty pill" NV. We'll try to keep our posts there connected with this, our personal blog, as well, since there's a lot of overlap.
We're very excited to be a part of the Festival of Faith & Music at Calvin College. It will feature performances by Emmylou Harris, Sufjan Stevens, Neko Case and Anathallo, as well as sessions with Lauren Winner, David Dark, Brian Walsh, Sylvia Keesmaat, Josh Jackson of Paste and many, many more.
And at the insanely low price of $100 ($50 for students), it's an incredible deal. You should go. I'm just sayin' ...
