Few musicians can claim to have altered the course of an instrument's history. Read more...

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Courtesy of Nashville Portraits

87-year-old bluegrass banjo virtuoso Earl Scruggs will be performing at Royce Hall on Saturday with special guest Merle Jagger in a concert presented by UCLA Live. “Scruggs-style” picking, a technique used by the majority of banjo players, will be featured in the concert.

Yuki Akaishi, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student, said she began her academic career at UCLA four years ago believing that she would one day become a doctor or surgeon. This plan never came to fruition because of a love for music, a feeling she said was stronger than anything she had ever felt for science. Read more...

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Yuki Akaishi, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student, will perform pop songs and covers in the Fowler Out Loud concert today.

Mark Stewart, better known by his stage name, Stew, compares the tight-knit art scenes in New York and Berlin to the independent one in Los Angeles. Read more...

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Known for his band the Negro Problem, Stew (Mark Stewart), pictured here with musical collaborator Heidi Rodewald, will kick off his artist residency at the UCLA Hammer Museum tonight in a performance at the Billy Wilder Theater. (Credit: Courtesy of UCLA Live)

Today, tUnE-yArDs will be performing in Ackerman Grand Ballroom along with two opening acts, In One Wind and Big Tree, as part of the Campus Events Commission's free concert series. Read more...

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Today, tUnE-yArDs will be performing in Ackerman Grand Ballroom with two opening acts, In One Wind and Big Tree.

On Saturday, Insomniac Events, the promoters responsible for organizing large concerts such as the Electric Daisy Carnival and Tiesto's College Invasion Tour, will host their first-ever Halloween-themed event, Escape from Wonderland. Read more...

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DJ Afrojack is set to perform at Escape from Wonderland on Saturday. (Courtesy of Insomniac)