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Home » Oberlin College

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Posted inMusic

Chicago trio Moontype make indie rock for the dreamer in everyone

by Leor Galil April 1, 2021August 18, 2021

Bassist and vocalist Margaret McCarthy began releasing music as Moontype while enrolled in Oberlin’s music conservatory. She began with a 2017 self-released EP called Fan Music, in which drifty singing, plucking, and strumming are barely audible through what sounds like the hum of a box fan. McCarthy shifted to more traditional songwriting with 2018’s Bass […]

Posted inMusic

Folk genius Dwain Story died a legend to the few who still knew his music

by Steve Krakow December 4, 2018September 28, 2022

Dwain Story roomed with Phil Ochs and made a fan of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, but mental illness denied him a career like theirs.

Jason Molina performs at the John Waldron Arts Center in Bloomington, Indiana, circa 2000.
Posted inMusic

Jason Molina’s long dark blues

by Max Blau October 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man Jason Molina produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.

Trevor Dawkins under clothesline, Kurt Chiang in the background
Posted inArts & Culture

Too Much Light at 25: An oral history

by Janet Potter December 16, 2013August 19, 2021

The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.

Posted inArts & Culture

Fall Arts Guide 2010: Jonathan Meyer

by Laura Molzahn September 16, 2010August 19, 2021

One to Watch: Dance

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