Orpheus Review is Swarthmore College’s first and only music and arts publication.
We review new and old music releases, interview artists, and write feature pieces about all topics relating to art and music at Swarthmore and beyond.
- In Conversation with Professor Anton Svynarenko By Maddy Posner // Visiting Assistant Professor Anton Svynarenko teaches Russian at Swarthmore, with a research focus on modern languages and literatures and background in queer… Read more: In Conversation with Professor Anton Svynarenko
- Mendelssohn and Magic Mushrooms: What are the members of Swarthmore Friends Meeting listening to? By Melissa Nugent // Every Sunday at 10am, the Quaker community of Swarthmore can be found congregating in 12 Whittier Place, a small building just past… Read more: Mendelssohn and Magic Mushrooms: What are the members of Swarthmore Friends Meeting listening to?
- Daylight Saving PlaylistIn honor of the world’s finest holiday, when we change the time for no real reason, here are some songs to get you through the next… Read more: Daylight Saving Playlist
- In the Blue Light at Ultrasound: Lorde Live in Philly By Maddy Posner // Seven years after first playing at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia for her Melodrama tour, Lorde returned two albums later to perform… Read more: In the Blue Light at Ultrasound: Lorde Live in Philly
- In Conversation with Professor Sabeen AhmedBy Daniela Trajtman // Professor Sabeen Ahmed teaches philosophy at Swarthmore College, where she writes and thinks about continental philosophy and postcolonial theory. Her work reflects… Read more: In Conversation with Professor Sabeen Ahmed