Jennifer IrvingCharli XCX’s “Crash” and The Strokes’s “Comedown Machine”: the curse of the last album in the…For many musicians, a record contract is like a vinyl record: It has two sides, and they can be very different. Although it’s a guaranteed…Apr 14, 2022Apr 14, 2022
Jennifer IrvinginDust SettledRemembering September 11, 20 Years Later: How One Church Celebrates Those It Lost“Don’t tell Jesus, but I may like this mass more than Christmas” began Fr. James Hansen at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi’s first of…Feb 22, 2022Feb 22, 2022
Jennifer IrvinginDust Settled20 Years Later: How 9/11 Changed Country Music“You’ll be sorry that you messed with / The U.S. of A. / ’Cause we’ll put a boot in your ass / It’s the American way” Toby Keith sang to an…Oct 22, 20211Oct 22, 20211
Jennifer IrvinginDust SettledThe Untitled 9/11 Memorial inside the Church of St. Francis of AssisiJust down the street from the Empire State Building sits the Church of St. Francis of Assisi. Completed in 1844, the church has been a…Oct 13, 2021Oct 13, 2021