The soulful acoustic strumming of opening track "Dirty Rain," sets the tone for Ryan Adams' 13th studio album "Ashes & Fire" "“ one that's a little more tender, a little less gritty and a lot more reflective. Read more...

The domino effect that has befallen the world of classical music conductors started when James Levine, music director of the Metropolitan Opera, damaged a vertebra last month. Read more...

Julius Reder Carlson, a current UCLA research and teaching assistant in musicology, said he has always enjoyed both playing music and learning about a piece's composer. Read more...

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Violinist Phillip Levy will perform Sunday in a Le Salon de Musiques concert at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (courtesy of Carole Sternicha)

As the first week of October begins, the memory of late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl will live on through a month-long musical celebration of his life. Read more...

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Clockwise from top left: The Los Angeles Master Chorale, one of the few groups to have participated in the Daniel Pearl Foundation’s World Music Days, performs at Walt Disney Hall. Charmaine Clamor appears at the Filipino-American Jazz Festival. The Daniel Pearl Tree in Nairobi, Kenya gets watered. Musician Miguel Delgado Estevez and sports journalist Mari Montes perform at World Press Freedom Day in Caracas, Venezuela.

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When Vika Stubblebine was a freshman at UCLA, she attended Act III Theatre Ensemble's fall quarter opening "Cabaret" night. Read more...

When one thinks of martial arts, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Jet Li may come to mind. But one performer who was key in the combat technique revolution in Asian cinema is Sonny Chiba, a pivotal karate and judo figure in the 1970s. Read more...