Books & Music
The Colbyettes, founded in 1951, are Colby College's oldest all-women's a capella group. This CD includes 17 songs spanning from Fall 2008 to Spring 2010 with highlights such as "Love is a Battlefield," "Africa," "Destiny's Child Medley" and many, many more!
With an essay by John Russell, this catalogue was published on the occasion of the inaugural exhibition of Alex Katz at Colby College in the Paul J. Schupf Wing of the museum in 1996. 66 works are illustrated. Paperback.
The voices of our animal relations, haunting and sweet, gruff and humorous, blend endlessly and melodiously with the winds and waters, and with the heavenly music that swirls around the earth.
Published by Colby College Press in 1969 for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edwin Arlington Robinson, here are 28 interpretive essays edited by Richard Cary. Hardcover. 356 pages.
With more than 170 artworks and commissioned texts, including original poems, by 98 writers and artists -- such as Barbara Haskell, Bill Berkson, Carol Troyen, Michael Leja, Rachael Ziady DeLue, Geoffrey Batchen, Sanford Schwartz, Anne M. Wagner, Ron Padgett, Irving Sandler and Lydia Yee -- Art at Colby highlights artworks that represent the full scope of the museum's superb holdings. The works span the entire history of American art (with a particularly fine selection of painting from New York since 1960), and also include examples of European and Asian works. Texts by a range of writers -- scholars, curators, critics and artists -- are paired with gorgeous reproductions of pieces from the collection: James Cuno on Henri Fantin-Latour, for instance, Rackstraw Downes on John Marin, Alex Katz on Winslow Homer and Richard Hell on Joe Brainard. Hardcover.
Features tracks such as, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Ceclia," "Colby Regulators," and "Mr. Brightside." 19 tracks total. CD.
More than 200 photographs bring to life the history of Colby College from 1813 to the sesquicentennial in 1963. Using material from the Colby College Archives, Anestes Fotiades '89 leads us on a unique journey into the past, where the faculty, staff, and students of Colby are remembered with reverence and pride. The photographs have been chosen to provide an accurate history as well as a delightful voyage of nostalgia.
Our Colby Coloring and Activity Book features 18 coloring pages, a Colby word search, a section for tic-tac-toe, and Colby trivia. Each illustration was custom drawn by local artist Lizzie Kane.
Jordan Messan Benissan is a traditional drummer from Togo and a member of the music department at Colby College. Mixing intricate beats and rhythms, Benissan plays a thoughtful and spiritual blend of music.
His first CD, Drumming Through the Spirit of My Ancestors, has been widely played and was adopted by the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis as a teaching resource. Some of his performances include an opening show for the West African drummer Babatunde Olatunji, a performance for a national NAACP Conference and performances for the Mayo Clinic's Multicultural Program.
Includes the tracks, "Sohu," "Bobo De Dzi," "West Africa," "Distant Voices," "Move," "My Childhood," and "Miawo Ezon." CD
From The Torrent and The Night Before (1896) to the posthumous King Jasper (1935), Edwin Arlington Robinson published a score of new volumes of poetry. For the first twenty years he was rebuffed by editors, distained by critics, and virtually ignored by the public. With the appearance of The Man Against the Sky in 1916 he vaulted to a zenith of regard, and held his place to the day he died.
The consensus of recent literary criticism favors Robinson's work in the earlier period as his finer accomplishment. The question therefore persists: Why, when he was producing his best poems, was Robinson overlooked and underrated? Any effort to resolve this anomaly must take into account the recorded opinions of contemporary critics and the impact they ostensibly conveyed.
To that end is gathered in this volume every known review, interview and essay pertaining to Robinson which was published between 1896 and 1916, excluding appraisals of his two plays... To add to its value as a source book, Cary has recreated the physical and psychological ambience of the times in nine introductory chapters. Hardcover. 321 pages.
Enjoy selections from The Colby Eight from 1999-2001. Includes tracks such as "Rebecca," "When I Fall," and "How the Grinch Ruined Everything." 15 tracks total. CD.
The present history seeks to portray the development of the College against the background of the changing times. Marriner (class of 1913) travels through all the history of Colby College, going into great detail in this large volume as he portrays the changes occuring in the world as Colby College grows into a fine institution.
Original piano music by Will Tuttle '75. Includes tracks such as, "Song of Understanding," "Inner Doorway," and "Song of the Caring Earth." 18 tracks total. This enhanced CD includes paintings and text for Your Inner Islands: The Keys to Intuitive Living.
The Casco Bay Tummlers, from Portland, Maine, have been performing klezmer music for over fifteen years, playing as featurend performers at festivals in Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia, and the US. Journey, their third album, blends traditional 20th century tunes with contemporary pieces.
Jordan Messan Benissan is a traditional drummer from Togo and a member of the music department at Colby College. Mixing intricate beats and rhythms, Benissan plays a thoughtful and spiritual blend of music.
His first CD, Drumming Through the Spirit of My Ancestors, has been widely played and was adopted by the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis as a teaching resource. Some of his performances include an opening show for the West African drummer Babatunde Olatunji, a performance for a national NAACP Conference and performances for the Mayo Clinic's Multicultural Program.
This CD is composed of traditional Ewe song arranged in blues style by Jordan Benissan. Includes the tracks, "More Than I Can Handle," "Let Me Play My Music," "Kaa Nu Wa," "Freedom," "Fetri Dessi," "Coppo Le," "Agba," "Give it Time," and "Dze Dze Vinye." CD
Jason Spooner's debut album features tracks such as, "Waterhole," "Cry Me to Sleep," "Big Black Hole," and "Midnight Afternoon." 11 tracks total. CD.
Alex Lear '01 writes and performs three original songs on his new album "Mayflower Hill." The performer pays tribute to his days at Colby in the title track. CD
Written by College Historian and former Dean of the College Earl H. Smith, Mayflower Hill is a lively history of Colby College from its founding in 1813 to the present day. The book relates the history of the College within the greater contexts of both Waterville and of the social movements that have affected higher education in the past 200 years.