Once every year, Schoenberg Hall rings with the sounds of some of UCLA's most talented student musicians and the UCLA Philharmonia for the UCLA All-Star Concert. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA Philharmonia practice. The student musicians will present the fifth annual All-Star Concert today at 8 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall.
From its beginning, Vampire Weekend's "Contra" perpetuates the band's mission statement Â"“ to simply produce charming, well-executed pop songs and not reinvent the wheel. Read more...
The music industry used to be a relatively simple world, where bands scored record deals, played, sold CDs and made a nice profit. Read more...
For Los Angeles bands such as The Divine, the city's varied music scene presents both an opportunity and a daunting challenge. Read more...
From the indie rock of Vampire Weekend's "Contra" to Usher's R&B release "Raymond v. Raymond," to the return of some long-lost artists (Sade? Michelle Branch? Really?), winter quarter is full of highly anticipated releases in every genre. Read more...
Some say it all changed with a 17-year-old Angeleno with Mexican blood, coiffed hair, an electric guitar and two words set to be immortalized: "La Bamba." Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year ethnomusicology student Marcos Ruedas rehearses with his Mexican and Latin American ensemble, Grupo Folklorico de UCLA. Other Mexican music and heritage groups on campus include Mariachi Uclatan and Nucleo Jaraner de UCLA.
For those of us who weren't around to experience the golden age of '80s punk, Joe Sib's spoken word concert "California Calling" can be a way to travel back to the period when rockers rebelled and rebels rocked. Read more...
Photo: Joe Sib of 98.7 FM’s punk rock show “Complete Control” will perform “Broken Word” at Largo on Jan 6.
