There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...
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UCLA director of jazz studies and jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell will receive the L.A. Jazz Treasure Award from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Jazz Society at the museum Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Director of Jazz Studies Kenny Burrell, a respected jazz guitarist, has collaborated with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong during his decades-long career. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)
Abel Tesfaye, also known as the The Weeknd, is back after casually redefining pop music in one fell swoop. Tesfaye’s second full-length album, “Beauty Behind the Madness,” combines ’80s vibes with lecherous lyrics, creating a modern version of pop to be consumed by the masses. Read more...
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Nate Schwartz is a certified audio engineer at Melnitz Hall, a member of multiple bands including UCLA’s Loop Garou, and a composer of film scores. But in 2014, he decided to take on another endeavor: start his own jazz orchestra. Read more...
Photo: Nate Schwartz, a rising third-year ethnomusicology student, formed his own orchestra, the Nate Schwartz & His Jazz Orchestra and launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of its debut album. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Thousands of red-lipped fans entered the stadium. Hundreds lined up at the box office, hoping to be in the audience. Inside the Staples Center, a banner that read “Taylor Swift most sold out performances” hung beside the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship banners. Read more...
Photo: Pop star Taylor Swift performed “New Romantics” while supported by a crew of backup dancers at Staples Center Monday as part of her 1989 World Tour in Los Angeles. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the second year in a row, Los Angeles’ Exposition Park played host to FYF Fest for two days of eclectic beat-making and expensive food-trucking. With a sprinkling of every genre from noise rock to hardcore hip-hop to dance-funk to anything that might remotely fit in between, Saturday and Sunday demonstrated modern-day American music culture at its most multifaceted, though also at its most uncomfortably disconnected. Read more...
Photo: At the Main Stage, solo act Toro y Moi brought funk and dance vibes to the crowd Sunday. (Courtesy of Kelsey Heng)
Electronic musician Josh Legg and his friends frequented the Gold Room, a bar in Echo Park, during their days as USC students. They ordered the bar’s special as they agonized over life’s problems; once they left, they had the answers to their questions. Read more...
Photo: Electronic musician Josh Legg, known on stage as Goldroom, will perform his California-influenced music at FYF Fest Saturday. (Shore Fire Media)
