Imagine the Peace Corps with a touch of soul and lots of instruments and you get something like MusicianCorps, part of the nonprofit Music National Service that trains and sends musicians into communities to spread the love of music. Read more...
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July 25, 10:39 pm
MusicianCorps shares talent
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July 25, 10:36 pm
Soundbite
When Ronnie James Dio, the legendary singer of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio, passed away on May 16, no one called it the death of metal, because as far as the mainstream musical world is concerned, metal died a long time ago. Read more...
Music
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July 18, 10:25 pm
Machine Project sounds out the boundaries of the museum experience at the Hammer with bells, guitars and houseplants
In the upstairs gallery of the Hammer Museum’s current “Outside the Box” exhibit, a line from composer and performer Meredith Monk’s lithograph collection reads, “I have always thought that sound and space were inseparable.” Yet despite this connection, museums have a long history of being stiflingly silent spaces. Read more...
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July 18, 10:23 pm
Audiotistic Music Festival features an unusual roster of performers
Promise of pulsating beats and undeniably danceable tracks will reach this year’s “New Sound Festival,” the Audiotistic Music Festival, on Saturday at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. Read more...
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July 11, 9:23 pm
Hammer Museum continues “˜Also I Like To Rock’ series with The Heavy, Fitz and the Tantrums
An intense, raw, soul-filled take on traditional rhythm and blues will pump through the Hammer Museum's outdoor courtyard July 15 at 8 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Fitz and the Tantrums will play July 15 in the Hammer Museum courtyard along with Brit rockers The Heavy as part of the ongoing series “Also I Like To Rock.”
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July 5, 9:00 pm
UCLA Hammer Museum and KCRW-FM showcase local DJs and emerging bands in “˜Also I Like to Rock’ concert series
Thursdays this summer, the usually demure UCLA Hammer Museum courtyard will be transformed into a full-fledged concert venue, complete with DJs spinning, fans sweating and, of course, emerging L.A. rock stars. Read more...
Photo: Indie-pop band Saint Motel performs in the UCLA Hammer Museum courtyard on July 1 for the opening night of the “Also I Like to Rock” summer concert series, which also featured fellow indie act Kitten. The series is co-sponsored by radio station KCRW-FM.
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June 28, 12:40 am
World-renowned jazz pianist Barry Harris to perform at the Fowler Museum
After about 65 years of being a jazz pianist, Barry Harris can still remember how he made his start as both a musician and a teacher "“ one who has recorded numerous albums as a solo player and as a collaborator with more musicians than he can remember. Read more...