Essays on Music

The short story "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin The short story "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin is a literary analysis of racism in the African American community. The work shows the gradual shedding of prejudice and its themes of music and religion. However, there are a few points that need to...

Etta James, an American Grammy Award-winning musician, was born Jamesetta Hawkins in 1938 in Los Angeles, California to 14-year-old Dorothy Hawkins and an unnamed white father. She was adopted by adoptive parents until she was 12 years old when her foster mother, Mama Lu, died and her biological mother took...

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is a well-known American author who specializes in short stories and novels. Francis's works have been described as evocative of the Jazz Era, a word he coined himself. Francis is regarded as one of the twentieth century's best authors. Francis was a member of the 'Lost...

Hip hop was created with the intention of uplifting, empowering, and illuminating the negative facets of culture as a driving force for social change. However, after several years and decades, these initial intentions have steadily disappeared. Musical artists have transformed the face of hip hop and rap around the world...

The song ‘Riptide' by Vance Joy The song ‘Riptide' by Vance Joy highlights the challenges faced by countless people, especially the youths about intimate relationships between people of different gender. Vance Joy's experience with love The music ‘Riptide' points out at the experience of Vance Joy with regards to his love for a...

The Music's Focus on Issues The music or song focuses significantly on the a number of problems that are involved in the illicit drug trafficking business. It additionally offers a number of an difficulty about promiscuity and the deadly disease HIV/AIDS. The First Music to Address HIV/AIDS The songs have gone down in...

In the documentary the Freedom Riders The public space is a potent expression tool. It was utilized as a shape of resistance which claimed the directness, accessibility, and equity in shared areas. Zachary Neal. Seeking Common Ground offers three views on shared spaces. In this paper, we are going to apply these concepts...

John Lennon: A Musical Legend and Cultural Change-maker John Lennon, widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century, was instrumental in changing the way people, especially the media, viewed music. He was the founder of the Beatles, the greatest band that has ever existed in the world,...

In this article, I address Pink Floyd's song "Night" (Dark Side of the Moon/Capitol, 1973) We all have limitations in life, but one of the most important and equating limitations is time, which we will never have enough of. We don't understand how time is created. The song's most interesting aspect...

It is clear from the lyrics of R. Kelly s song I Believe I Can Fly that there is a secret purpose. This song is a great motivator for everyone who wants to do something in life. For example, the singer says, I see me running through the door....

Dante's Divine Comedy Dante's Divine Comedy is divided into three major "cantiche": inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise). Each cantica is organized in multiples of three, with hell containing nine rings, equivalent to Purgatory's nine terraces and paradise's nine heavens. The number three represents the Holy Trinity, on which he...

Musical Tradition and the Impact of Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble Introduction Musical tradition has been characterized by how maestros best represented their artistic skills in historical times through their music. Because of their vastly excellent performances, most music icons are celebrated even in the contemporary sense. Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble...