By Kristina Faulkner, Jackson Hanna, Mckenna Harmony, Elizabeth Herbert, Hannah Holtz Throughout the pandemic, the Lubbock Arts and Cultural District has had to adjust to a new normal. This required artists, musicians and performers to learn how to express themselves in new and different ways. The National Endowment of the Arts website states the arts […]
Paul McCartney to Visit Buddy Holly’s Hometown
April 16, 2014 by
“This will sell out before it really gets started,” Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance said at the Buddy Holly Center Wednesday. At the press conference, Tech President Duane M. Nellis announced Sir Paul McCartney will perform a concert in Lubbock on June 14 — in Tech’s United Spirit Arena. Hance said Tech and […]
When the “Music” Died & The Brits Took Over
February 11, 2014 by
“And while Lenin read a book on Marx, A quartet practiced in the park, And we sang dirges in the dark, The day the music died.” Don McLean’s hit song, “American Pie,” references the 1959 plane crash that took the lives of rock ‘n’ roll star and Lubbock-native, Buddy Holly, as well as Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson and Pilot […]
