From jazz being referred to as the devil’s music to the fear of backmasking (hidden backward messages in music) in rock and roll, throughout music history, there has been a persistent concern that certain genres of music have the power to corrupt people. Nearly all of these claims were completely unfounded; however, if there was… Read more Murder, Arson, and Lord of the Rings?: How to get into Black Metal

“Kurt smells like Teen Spirit”. This is the phrase that resulted in the title of Nirvana’s most successful song and arguably the most famous piece of music to come out of the state of Washington in the 90s; however, it was actually Kathleen Hannah, a member of the revolutionary Riot Grrl movement, who initially wrote… Read more Dare Ya to Do What You Want: How to get into Riot Grrrl

Proposal 1: My first idea for my passion blog is to select a specific genre of music for each entry and then provide a few albums to help the reader understand what the genre is and provide a pathway to begin to explore what the genre has to offer. I think that the basic structure… Read more Passion #1: Proposals