There is something fresh and invigorating about listening to an album with vocals sung in a different language. Many music fans have discovered this through Icelandic band Sigur Rós, and many more are about to discover it via "Tassili," the new album from the Malian ensemble called Tinariwen. Read more...
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More than 10 years ago, Brad Delson, UCLA alumnus and guitarist for alternative rock band Linkin Park, signed up for a geology class. After a field trip to a local habitat that had been severely damaged by the planting of non-indigenous species, Delson said he soon became aware of the fragility of the environment. Read more...
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UCLA alumnus Brad Delson and his band Linkin Park created the nonprofit Music for Relief to raise money for worldwide disaster relief.
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It's not often that an album comes out that borders on impossible to classify into one genre or another. "Mirror Traffic," a new release from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, dabbles in several genres, from rock 'n' roll and country to folk and indie rock. Read more...
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Each week, Daily Bruin Arts & Entertainment takes to Bruin Walk to ask students with music players what songs they are listening to. Read more...
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Released in the wake of the Newport Folk Festival, Ollabelle's "Neon Blue Bird" is in a good position to take advantage of folksters new and old looking to further explore the genre. Read more...
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If Bob Dylan were to ever form a band and record an album that incorporates ambient and alternative rock, it might sound something like "Slave Ambient" by The War on Drugs.** Read more...
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August 1, 2011 – Go ahead, sing this paragraph. As part of the Hammer Museum’s ongoing “Sing Your Favorite Book” series, Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sat in and paced through the galleries on July 22, crooning portions of the Vladimir Nabokov classic Lolita. You know, the book where middle-aged Humbert Humbert has an affair with his prepubescent stepdaughter.
The next performance, featuring Tany Ling singing Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union”, is this Thursday. [1:31]
"A musician interprets Nabokov through song"Many people have read Karl Marx's "Capital" "“ but few, if any, have heard it sung. Read more...
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Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sings excerpts of “Lolita” for the Hammer Museum’s “Sing Your Favorite Books” series. The series was created in conjunction with the “Ed Ruscha: On the Road” exhibition.
