Sometimes, it seems like professors and students are speaking different languages, but what about the \u201cuniversal language\u201d of music? In this edition of In the Rotation, Derek Beaven and John Wyatt talk to some of their favorite Centre professors to find out what they\u2019re listening to these days.<\/p>\n
Lisa Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n Favorite artists: Cat Power, Heartless Bastards, Fiona Apple, Nina Nastasia, The Roots, PJ Harvey, White Stripes, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Del McCoury Band, Amadou and Mariam, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole Trio.<\/p>\n Fond music memories: \u201cI think my first concert may have been Iron Maiden. No, that\u2019s not right; it was Rush. I was a sophomore in high school and was taken to it by a group of friends. Rush used to come to Nashville once a year or thereabouts \u2026 The best concert I ever saw was Jane\u2019s Addiction on the \u201cNothing\u2019s Shocking\u201d tour. I still think that\u2019s a sublime album. I feel lucky to have seen them at the time and place that I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Currently listening to:<\/strong> \u201cIn the last six months or so I\u2019ve loved new albums by Valerie June, Fatoumata Diawara, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Alt J, Shovels and Rope, Hard Working Americans, Warpaint, [and] Alsarah and the Nubatones.\u201d<\/p>\n Recommendations: \u201cIf you\u2019ve never listened to\/heard of Portishead, I highly recommend them. They only have three albums, plus a live one \u2026 My favorites are the first two [albums]. There is nothing like their second album, just called Portishead.\u201d<\/p>\n Christian Haskett<\/strong><\/p>\n Favorite artists:\u00a0<\/strong>The Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia Band.<\/p>\n Fond music memories: \u201cA few big moments stick out in my memories of the Grateful Dead \u2026 My first show, at Madison Square Garden, in 1992. It was just magical. Then Edie Brickell sat in for the end of the second set, which was pretty special … A string of shows in Buckeye Lake, OH, in a total downpour, followed by a real winner in Palace at Auburn Hills, outside Detroit, and then Giants Stadium \u2026 Second date with my wife, Maggie, she showed me her collection of about 300 classic live shows on tape (this was before the internet took over) and I asked her, \u2018So, do you wanna just go ahead and get married right now?\u2019\u2026 I put my first two kids to sleep every night for about eight years singing them Grateful Dead songs. They now will perk up and sing along sometimes, and I\u2019m always a little surprised. I\u2019m looking forward to singing to Babyman soon, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Currently listening to: \u201cMy two-year-old has crammed about $.50 in change into my CD player in my VW, so lately I have to whack my stereo Fonzie-style just to get the radio to work, and then I get to listen to NPR. Plus, I knocked my antenna off a few years ago putting a canoe on the roof, and then taped it back on with hockey tape, so my reception sucks. In the car, it\u2019s NPR.\u201d<\/p>\n Recommendations: \u201cI think a playlist of my favorite songs, to which I can pay little attention but still enjoy, absolutely moved me through my dissertation. I\u2019m not afraid to listen to Ellie Goulding or Taylor Swift, though I will blame it on my daughter. It also pays to be chummy with [junior] Logan Pauley; I was his advisor for about four days once, and every email he sent had a YouTube link to some weird band or other. He and [sophomore] Jacob Harrison are good for that kind of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n Stacey Peebles<\/strong><\/p>\n Favorite artists: Paul Simon and Jack White.<\/p>\n Fond music memories: \u201c[Paul] Simon\u2019s album Graceland came out in 1986, when I was in fifth grade. I didn\u2019t know much about music (or anything!) back then, but I loved it, and loved how different it sounded than anything else that I had heard before. I remember thinking that Graceland must be a place in Africa. When I figured out that it wasn\u2019t, I was fascinated by how Simon was blending African and American music and stories.\u201d<\/p>\n Currently listening to: \u201cLisa Williams turned me on to Shovels and Rope. They\u2019re terrific.\u201d<\/p>\n Recommendations: \u201cI really hope Jack White plays a show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville this summer. I\u2019m sure Jack reads the Cento, so maybe this will convince him.\u201d<\/p>\n Sarah Egge<\/strong><\/p>\n Favorite artists: Shinedown<\/p>\n Fond music memories: \u201cOn my long drives between college and my parent\u2019s house, I listened to Shinedown\u2019s album Leave A Whisper so loud that my ears rang for awhile after I got home. In graduate school, I became a DJ for the university\u2019s alternative radio station. I grew to enjoy bands like the Black Keys, Blitzen Trapper, the Dead Weather, Mumford & Sons, the Kills, and Fitz & the Tantrums. When I was writing my dissertation (and at the risk of revealing my weird musical tastes), I had to listen to pop music to keep writing. I listened to a lot of artists like Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Pink, and Lady Gaga. Actually, I still do. The last song that played on my iTunes radio was \u2018#SELFIE.\u2019 Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n Currently listening to: \u201cI listen to a lot of iTunes radio now. I enjoy the alternative station, but I switch around depending on my mood. I don\u2019t have a favorite artist at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Recommendations: \u201cMy musical tastes shift depending on what I\u2019m doing (running, reading, driving, etc.), and I don\u2019t limit myself to one type of musical style. I recommend, then, that we spend less time letting music define us according to narrow options and choose music that reflects us at a certain time or moment. My musical tastes have changed over time, and I\u2019d like to think it\u2019s a good thing that I have branched out and listen to a variety of styles.\u201d<\/p>\n Kyle Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n Favorite artists: \u201cGrowing up, my favorite artists were They Might Be Giants and Green Day.\u201d<\/p>\n Fond music memories: \u201cEarliest memories are of protest and folk rock, Peter, Paul & Mary (which I still sing to my girls before bed).\u201d<\/p>\n Currently listening to: \u201cThe National. I discovered them through my brother-in-law a few years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n Recommendations: \u201cFor some grit: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. For some chills: Priscilla Ahn. 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