July 21, 2016 The stage is set for a political event. American flags are strewn about a platform set with two podiums, and an audience sits, rapt with anticipation, waving signs supporting the candidate. A gentleman in a clean-cut suit steps up to one podium, but instead of delivering a stump speech, he begins rapping:Continue reading “Seeing Double: Presidential Parodies and the Art of the Musical”
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Belva Lockwood for President, 1884: A Woman in a Man’s World
July 7, 2016 In fall of 2015, Trax on the Trail joined forces with Prof. Emily Abrams Ansari’s Music and Politics class at Western University in Ontario. Each student penned an essay or created a podcast that explored a specific intersection between music and presidential politics. In January, Nikki Pasqualini offered her insight on theContinue reading “Belva Lockwood for President, 1884: A Woman in a Man’s World”