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May 27, 8:14 pm

Winner Takes All: Grooving through Icon Award winner Janet Jackson’s legendary albums

This post was updated May 28 at 8:59 p.m. Janet Jackson may not always receive her flowers, but her musical impact knows no bounds. After receiving the Icon Award at the American Music Awards yesterday – and with the recent resurgence in popularity of her 2001 hit “Someone To Call My Lover” – there has never been a better time to look back on the five-time Grammy winner’s supreme songbook. Read more...

Photo: A collage shows the cover artwork for nine of Janet Jackson’s 11 studio albums released between 1982 and 2015. In the top row are her albums “Control,” “Rhythm Nation 1814” and “Janet,” while the middle row features “The Velvet Rope,” “All For You” and “Damita Jo,” and the bottom row includes “20 Y.O.,” “Discipline” and “Unbreakable.” (Photos courtesy of A&M Records, Black Doll, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., The Island Def Jam Music Group and BMG Rights Management. Design by Lindsey Murto/Design director)

Arts, Music

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May 26, 5:25 pm

Elena Flauto supports artists, explores future career through Cherry Pop Records

With each cherry-picked artist, Elena Flauto is paving the way for a fruitful future in the music industry. As president of the student-run record label Cherry Pop Records for the past two years, Flauto said the organization has created invaluable opportunities for students interested in all facets of the music industry, deepening her own passion for the business and its legal components. Read more...

Photo: Elena Flauto smiles wearing a black ensemble and standing in front of plants with pink flowers. The fourth-year music industry and statistics and data science student has been the president of student-run record label Cherry Pop Records for the past two years. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)

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May 23, 9:17 pm

Album review: Joe Jonas establishes distinct artistic voice in genre-spanning solo comeback

This post was updated May 26 at 6:07 p.m. Joe Jonas is eager to step out of the shadow of his iconic brotherly trio. Carving out a new chapter in his career, “Music For People Who Believe In Love” is Jonas’ first solo album in over a decade. Read more...

Photo: Joe Jonas holds a bouquet of blue flowers in front of his face and wears a red shirt on the cover of his second solo album, “Music For People Who Believe In Love.” The 14-track album was released Friday and is Jonas’ first solo LP since 2011’s “Fastlife.” (Courtesy of Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)

Arts, Music

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May 22, 1:16 pm

African American Music Ensemble, Old-Time String Band put on spring show

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a passion for traditional old-time Americana and African American gospel for years. Read more...

Photo: Diane White-Clayton, the director of the African American Music Ensemble, leans her head back while playing the piano and singing alongside a choir of students. White-Clayton and her students will have a performance at Schoenberg Hall at 7 p.m. tonight alongside the Old-Time String Band. (Courtesy of Vinai Supamongkolthaveesuk and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music)

Arts, Music

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May 19, 3:52 pm

Q&A: DJ Ahmed Spins discusses recent Coachella experience, current musical direction

This post was updated May 20 at 9:44 p.m. Ahmed Spins is spinning his talents into house-driven beats. The Moroccan DJ – who studied finance at Northeastern University in Boston – has been pursuing a career in music for several years. Read more...

Photo: Ahmed Spins looks toward the camera and reaches his right hand toward his black baseball cap while wearing a black shirt and multicolored jacket. The Moroccan DJ released his first song in three years with the Elderbook collaboration “Waterfall” last month and also performed at Coachella. (Courtesy of Kamil Kwiatkowski and Unfolded PR)

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May 19, 3:27 pm

Pianist Tigran Hamasyan to perform at Schoenberg Hall, celebrating Armenian music

With a live music performance, UCLA’s celebration of Armenian music continues. Acclaimed Armenian jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan will perform a free public concert tomorrow at Schoenberg Hall at 7 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Armenian jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan is pictured as he faces the camera in a hallway with red and blue lights. Hamasyan will perform a free public concert tomorrow at Schoenberg Hall with a mixture of his original music and jazz standards. (Courtesy of Vahan Stepanyan)


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