By The Daily Northwestern
The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.
“devoted,” a student-produced opera that delves into the backstory of the women in Jesus Christ’s story, will premiere March 30 at Northwestern’s Ryan Opera Theater. The piece explores the motivations and themes in the opera. [Singing] WILLIAM TONG: Those are the voices of Bienen sophomores Cece Olszewski and Isabel Yang. They’re rehearsing the song “my...
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Non-music majors at Northwestern have many opportunities to continue their relationship with music through Bienen and beyond. [music fade in] *gradually overlapping* CARLOTTA ANGIOLILLO: Chapel Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Music Composition, Musicology ANAVI PRAKASH: Baroque Music Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, Philharmonia, University Chorale, Music Cognition, Music Technology. *overlapping ends* CARLOTTA ANGIOLILLO: These are just some...
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Joy Fu released her first album this past August. We took a deep dive into the album to learn about Joy’s inspirations. Learn how coffee and the SAT influenced “Impromptu Sailing.” [music: Joy Fu “99 million”] LAURA SIMMONS: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Laura Simmons and this is Deep Dive — a Sound Source series...
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Electropop group Syzygal walks us through their song “Shadow Warriors” from their debut album, “Right Path.” [beginning of “Shadow Warriors” by Syzygal] ANNA SOLTYS: When the Sun goes down and things start getting really quiet, and these demons, if you will, sometimes will come out. Our own shadows can be sometimes spooky, the...
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The Daily talked to campus DJs about how they got started and what advice they have for those hoping to get into DJing. They talk about student organizations that have supported them, getting gigs on campus, mixing techniques and more. DJ LOU LOU LEMON: A DJ has the ability to like, really strike...
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One of the newest clubs on campus, The Songwriters Association at Northwestern is creating community among songwriters at Northwestern. Eddie Ko, the club’s founder and co-president talked about SWAN’s mission of making songwriting accessible to NU students regardless of musical experience. EDDIE KO: I think that I’ve always – was always looking for...
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Bienen sophomore and music creator Helen Feng takes listeners on her path of love and forgiveness through her unreleased single, “Wash Away.” [“Wash Away” plays] LYRICS: I’ve wished you hell / For the thousandth time HELEN FENG: I wrote this poem one day, and I just like really connected with it and it...
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Between opening for Maggie Rogers and running on the cross country team at Northwestern, Weinberg freshman Ava Earl’s career as a singer-songwriter is already flourishing. In this episode of Sound Source, Ava breaks down “Chaos,” her favorite song from her latest album. AVA EARL: I was kind of thinking like powerful woman goddess...
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Weinberg sophomore Jenna Kopp said she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t making music. Her earliest memories include recording an album at age 2 with her sister and the help of her father, Clayton Kopp. Their high-pitched voices played over songs like “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Joan Jett & The...
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Computer science major by day, singer-songwriter by night: Weinberg sophomore Jenna Kopp does it all. In this episode of Sound Source, Jenna explains the meaning behind the lyrics of her most recent single, “Can’t Forget This Time.” JENNA KOPP: He would always kind of say things that were making me question myself, or...
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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.