In Thursday’s musical performance at the UCLA Fowler Museum, the only instruments that Winter Schneider and Yves Figaro will use are a set of Haitian drums. Read more...
Photo: Winter Schneider, a graduate student in history, and her husband Yves Figaro (pictured with his band Chouk Bwa Libète) will perform their collaborative Haitian drumming, dancing and narrative work at Thursday’s Fowler Out Loud concert. (Courtesy of Winter Schneider)
A few years ago, brother and sister Caleb and Georgia Nott, of the New Zealand alternative band BROODS, were living in a town of less than 50,000 people. Read more...
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Remember that big 64-pack of crayons back in kindergarten? With so many choices in hand, it was always tempting to keep adding color after color and layer after layer of vibrant wax onto the page. Read more...
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In her freshman year of high school, Shadi Amirieh volunteered for a nonprofit organization, the Friendship Circle, where she mentored and guided children with autism. Inspired by her experience, she wanted to start a company so that parents and their kids could enjoy themselves while improving the children’s motor skills and development, the UCLA alumna said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Shadi Amirieh founded Backseat Beats, which is a dance, fitness and music company in Los Angeles geared toward young children and babies. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
“En Garde Arts: Basetrack Live” Directed by Seth Bockley Royce Hall 4 Paws A single violin plays as an array of grandiose music builds alongside a montage of videos and images. Read more...
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There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...
Photo: British band Massive Attack pioneered the trip-hop genre with its 1991 album “Blue Lines.” (Virgin Records)
It is impossible to put Flying Lotus, Steven Ellison’s electronic musician stage name, and his upcoming album, “You’re Dead!,” under one genre. Jazz-inspired with elements of hip-hop, “You’re Dead!” is a psychedelic electronic album that could only be described as a spiritual journey reminiscent of the psychedelic rock of the ’60s repackaged for the listeners of today. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Warp Records)
