The Street Hearts may have won JazzReggae Festival’s Battle of the Bands, but they almost didn’t even make it into the competition. Read more...
Photo: The Street Hearts, the winners of best band at Spring Sing, will open for JazzReggae Jam Day on Sunday after winning the festival’s Battle of the Bands.
UCLA’s annual Jazz Reggae Festival returns in full-force for the 27th year with major headliners like Santigold and Common. The festival takes place every Memorial Day weekend on the grounds of UCLA’s Intramural Field and offers opportunities to explore new music, food and crafts. Read more...
On a particularly bold and balmy day in the cerebrum of a physics student, music and sustainability married, some neurons fired … and Ecochella was born. Read more...
Photo: Ecochella, UCLA’s first bike-powered concert at Sunset Canyon Recreation Amphitheater features student musicians, sustainable foods and contests.
UCLA alumnus Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of the rock ’n’ roll band The Doors, died Monday afternoon, in Rosenheim, Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. Read more...
Call it a talent show nightmare, but for the Sketchy Randoms it was the dream. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Javier Dunn, former guitarist for Sara Bareilles, has broken off and signed with a label. His debut album “Trails” will be released on June 25.
It's almost like a dating website for musicians – one that facilitates the creation of a band and provides venues for performances. Read more...
Much modern debate about electronic music stems from issues with the formulaic rises and falls of beats per minute. With Daft Punk’s long-anticipated studio album “Random Access Memories,” the French duo finds success once more, changing the direction of a genre it helped define. Read more...
