“Relax in space Birds singing wise No race There is comfort for you” My friend and I tumbled out of the car onto the highway unscathed, after ricocheting across three lanes of traffic. We remained unscathed as we distanced ourselves from the oncoming vehicles and the car whose front left side was crumpled and torn,…
Meditations on Music: TWIN TALK
It is always such a pleasant, inspirational experience hearing TWIN TALK play. There is a quiet consistency to the indie jazz trio’s unified voice with an overarching evolution that I have been able to experience every few months or so since my first exposure to them in 2014. That was the year they graced the…
Meditations on Music: Cloth’s “settle, repose”
The debut album from Cloth, an acoustic-electric duo of ’17 Lawrence alumni, beautifully accompanies the transition from summer to the start of the school year. At its core, Cloth is a simple project. Their music is built around and on top of field recordings from oboist Sarah Clewett’s time abroad in London — recordings of…
Meditations On Music: Jazz Faculty Recital
Bill Carrothers performs with other members of the jazz faculty in Harper Hall. Photo by Hikari Mine. On Sept. 13, I experienced music as a journalist in a way I never had before. On Sept. 13, I was reminded why I do this. On Sept. 13, the doubts I had about being a music journalist…
Meditations on Music: Sam Genualdi
On Friday, May 19, senior Sam Genualdi released his debut album, “Looking Through the Glass,” a journey through his musical passions and identity as a songwriter. The release was accompanied by his senior recital in which he and many of his collaborators played nearly the whole album. Listening to it for the first time…
Meditations on Music: Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet
The 2016-17 Jazz Series concluded this past Saturday, May 13 with trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and his quintet. An apt way to end the series and send the various jazz ensembles off to their final performances of the year, Marsalis and his bandmates got to the core of enjoying oneself while playing jazz and making…
Meditations on Music: Bryan Nichols Quintet
This concert was a calming and pensive way to end the reading period. From start to finish the music was relaxing, but with so much going on, it was also impossible not to get lost in my own thoughts on what the quintet was creating. The Minneapolis-based group took to the stage in Harper this…
Meditations on Music: The Midlands
Senior Jason Koth is doing exactly what he wants to do. While he plays a strong role in the classical saxophone studio, Koth also spends much of his time creating and recording music on his own. He has been recording since the end of middle school and near the beginning of college realized the importance…
Meditations on Music: Robin Verheyen Quartet
Every now and then, the jazz department brings in lesser-known performers for both Lawrentians and the public to experience outside of the Jazz Series. On Tuesday, April 25, the Robin Verheyen Quartet graced the Nathan Marsh Pusey room in the Warch Campus Center. While the audience was small, those there listened intently, enjoying the eclectic…
Meditations on Music: April 13-16 student recitals
This week, my inability to pick just one of my friends’ performances to attend out of all of those occurring during this recital-heavy period of spring term has me covering four, via short meditations that attempt to get to the essence of the recital or identify aspects that stood out. I. Sam Pratt, tenor saxophone,…