JJ Shurbet is a 19-year-old artist, born and raised in the South and currently based here in Appleton. They launched a YouTube channel in 2015 and gained a following after releasing an acoustic Lil Peep cover, subsequently gaining popularity on the platform for their creative takes on a diversity of covers. Shurbet began recording original…
Student Spotlight: Luka Santin
Photo provided by Luka Santin Sophomore Luka Santin is a Lawrence student in the Bachelor of Arts in Music program, focusing on piano performance and psychology. While they have an extensive history of musical passion and participation throughout their secondary education, including choir, violin, cello and piano lessons, it was in their Fall Term at…
Lawrence Swing Dance Club welcomes new comers in open dances
This term, the Lawrence Swing Dance club (LSD) has made a challenging but creative transition from their usual traditional partnered swing dancing to a new practice of socially-distant line dancing to accommodate Lawrence safety guidelines during the pandemic. Through these efforts, as well as others including hosting social events such as virtual movie nights, the…
Student Spotlight: Madeline Guest
Sophomore singer-songwriter Madeline Guest. Photo by Pei Robins Lawrence sophomore Madeline Guest, a double major in choral education and computer science, is incredibly passionate about writing, singing and recording her own songs independent of her diverse academic pursuits. She recently released her second self-written album on Sep. 9 of this year, entitled “Just Another Ghost.”…
SOL Studios hosts open mic
Senior Daniel Green, senior Brave Prince, and freshman Liam Phillips together on stage. Photo by Pei Robins. On Friday, Oct. 23, the student organization, Students of Lawrence (SOL) Studios, hosted a socially-distanced open mic night in the Somerset Toom of the Warch Campus Center. A wide array of student performers shared their talents at the…
Album Review: “visiting ghost”
Joe Kratzer is an innovative artist of the ambient electronic persuasion who releases music under the moniker “visiting ghost.” They put out their most recent project, an album entitled, “light spills out,” this past spring in May 2020. They describe this work as one of their most fun and broadly experimental projects to date, largely…
Student Spotlight: Hannah Jones
Photo of Junior Hannah Jones. Photo provided by Hannah Jones. Junior vocal performance major Hannah Jones is a dedicated student and performer who comes from a family tradition of talented musicians. She has earned recognition both through her roles at Lawrence as well as her outside accomplishments, including being chosen to star as Tisbe in…
Review: Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama is a talented pop artist who has been blending genres and experimenting with boundaries since her solo career began in 2013 with the release of her single “Sleeping in Waking.” For the next few years, she continued releasing singles until the 2017 debut of her mini independent album, Rina. This album, which she…
Student Spotlight: Meralis Alvarez-Morales
Photo by Sarah Elise Navy Lawrence junior Meralis Alvarez-Morales is a passionate and talented artist, scholar, performer and advocate who has much to share about the influence of Puerto Rican culture and her ancestors on her philosophy towards art. A global studies major on the arts and exchange track, this summer she partnered with the…
Jodie Raygun: Electronic Experimentation
This week, I was lucky enough to sit down with electronic musician and DJ Jodie Raygun to ask them about their inspiration, creative process, and musical history. Jodie Raygun, aka Alice Hall, has been experimenting with eclectic crunchy sounds since they were a middle schooler in the early 2010s. Now 22, they’ve become well-versed in…