Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley launched “Concert for America” on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Rudetsky and Wesley co-founded the monthly concert series to celebrate American diversity and inclusivity. Read more...
Photo: Barry Manilow (left) performed at a previous iteration of “Concert for America” in April. The series was founded by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley (center and right). (Courtesy of Jenny Anderson)
This post was updated on May 22 at 5:16 p.m. U2 released “The Joshua Tree” in 1987, but in 2017 the songs still feel good as new. Read more...
Photo: U2 celebrated the 30th anniversary of its 1987 album, “The Joshua Tree,” at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night, performing songs like “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Where The Streets Have No Name.” (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 21 at 1 p.m. Third time’s the charm for Eva B. Ross and David Miller. On Friday, the duet, comprised of Eva Barrosse and David Miller, won Spring Sing’s top prize – the Northern California Alumni Grand Sweepstakes Award – in addition to winning best duet. Read more...
Photo: Eva Barrosse (left) and David Miller (right) took home the Northern California Alumni Grand Sweepstakes Award and the award for best duet at Spring Sing 2017. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
On Friday, contestants for Spring Sing 2017 will take the stage of Pauley Pavilion. The annual event brings together music, rap, dance and comedy performances into one evening. Read more...
Photo: (Kaley Powers/Daily Bruin)
Laura Savage, Temme Scott and Libby Hsieh crouched around a computer screen, ready to turn in their Spring Sing 2017 application. But as Scott lifted her finger to hit “submit,” the trio stopped and remembered they had forgotten to fill in one detail – their band name. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year students Temme Scott, Laura Savage and Libby Hsieh (left to right) formed their band HELEN this year and will perform a folk ballad at Spring Sing 2017. Savage won the talent competition last year as a soloist. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ryan Nealon has auditioned for Spring Sing four years in a row with three different band names. This year, the fourth-year ethnomusicology student will finally take the Pauley Pavilion stage with his band, Third Degree; it will be their first time performing in the show. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year ethnomusicology student Ryan Nealon and second-year psychology student Jada Banks-Mace will be singing a duet with their band, Third Degree, at Spring Sing 2017. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
Stefan Dismond appreciates how rap gives a voice to people whose voices aren’t normally heard. The third-year English student will be performing his rap music with the band Stefan Dismond and the Love Supreme at Spring Sing. Read more...
Photo: Stefan Dismond will perform rap music with the band Stefan Dismond and the Love Supreme for the group’s first time at Spring Sing. He started out creating ringtones and now will be one of the first rappers to perform at the talent show in several years. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
