by adviser | Mar 1, 2026 | Columns, Mood Ring
“Mood rings are jewelry pieces that purportedly reflect the mood or emotions of the wearer.” For many years, I’ve tried to keep a long-running playlist for each year, putting in a song a day. Usually, I’d abandon the playlist by the beginning of February, when I could...
by adviser | Mar 1, 2026 | Blogs
Something that really threw me for a loop the other day was how over five years have passed since the initial release of Ariana Grande’s sixth studio album, “Positions.” I vividly remember when this album first came out and how much I enjoyed it both upon first listen...
by adviser | Feb 28, 2026 | Blogs, Carter's Classics, Columns
The 1960s are known to be one of the most influential decades in music history – here grew the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Beach Boys, to name a few. This emergence of rock began the takeover where jazz would start to be overshadowed. The works of Miles Davis and John...
by adviser | Feb 26, 2026 | Concert Previews, In the Press
Chances are, if you have listened to any music within the last decade, you have heard a track produced by Devon Hynes, better known by his stage name, Blood Orange. Last year, he opened for both Lorde and Turnstile on tours, but now he is headlining the stage. Lorde...
by adviser | Feb 26, 2026 | Blogs, Columns, For Fans Of
In an age of playlists and autogenerated ways of finding music, “For Fans Of” is here to suggest album pairings to go along with films beloved by Eagles across American University’s campus. Looking through some of the student body’s top films, these pairings intend to...