Tag: Music
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Reggae’s Agrarian Resistance
in EssaysThe plantation histories and logics carried through roots reggae music inspired Carmen Andall‑Woodroofe to pursue a Ph.D. In this essay, she centers that music to examine plantation futures—and the ways reggae resists them.
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Bad Bunny’s Botanical, Eco-Rasquache Aesthetic
in EssaysFrom sugarcane plantations to broken electricity poles, Bad Bunny presents and protests the historical and lived realities of Puerto Rico. Isaac Salazar argues that his aesthetic is a form of eco-rasquache and a celebration of collective survival under precarity.
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The Marketplace of Environmental Sounds
in PodcastsHow is the musical history of animal imitation caught up in racism, sexism, and imperialist nostalgia? From classical music to whistling, this conversation explores the art and ethics of imitating, recording, and selling the sounds of the nonhuman world.
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Singing the History of the Honey War between Missouri and Iowa
in ExhibitsWhen Missouri and Iowa went to war in 1839, the only casualties were a few honey trees. Listen to this historical event come to life in an original song.
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An Environmental Playlist of the Twentieth Century
in ChecklistsTake a trip through the twentieth century to explore the development of environmental themes through popular music.
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Can a Piano Sing a Birdsong?
in ExhibitsThe French composer Olivier Messaien attempted to reproduce the calls of 80 European birds in a three-hour piece for solo piano. Did he succeed?
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Edgy Stuff: November 2016 Recommendations
in ChecklistsNovember 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
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Edgy Stuff: February 2016 Recommendations
in ChecklistsA special edition of our February 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board, honoring Black History Month.
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Listening to the Anthropocene: John Luther Adams’s Become Ocean
in ReviewsA meditation on an orchestral work that evokes our era of environmental change.