Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: Assistant professor of ethnomusicology Münir Beken (above) studied the Turkish ud at the State Conservatory of Turkish Classical Music in Istanbul. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
VHS tapes haven’t been relevant in years, so when Ty Segall sent his newest record to music journalists on VHS, it shed light on his thought process while recording the album. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Drag City)
As a child, Lyna Truong would ask her parents to tell her about their emigration from Vietnam during the war. They would always hesitate, refuse or brush off her requests. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year psychology student Lyna Truong has performed in Vietnamese Culture Night since her first year at UCLA and reaffirmed her identity as a Vietnamese-American. (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...
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Panic! At The Disco reminds me of junior high school and early 2000s emo rock, a lite version of mentor band Fall Out Boy. So when Brendon Urie, the band’s driving force and only remaining original member, compared Panic! Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Fueled by Ramen)
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: Ethnomusicology lecturer Rahul Neuman was introduced to the Indian sitar, an 18- to 21-string instrument, at a young age by his family of professional sitarists and ethnomusicologists. (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)
With the series “arTistic Attention,” A&E will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts & entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. Read more...
Photo: Outside of being a teaching assistant, musicology graduate student Shelina Brown is part of a punk rock band PANTHAR, which blends feminist art punk and up-tempo, guitar-driven 80s goth rock. (Effren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
