With finals week rapidly approaching, spring quarter is not far off. Spring quarter comes with a slew of UCLA’s biggest arts and entertainment events, including Spring Sing on May 16 and the 29th annual JazzReggae Festival April 25 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...
Photo: Washington, D.C. native and rapper Wale will be one of the headliners of the 29th annual JazzReggae Festival. (Courtesy of Jimmy Fontaine)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commission announced the lineup for the 29th annual JazzReggae Festival at UCLA Monday. Wale, Portugal. The Man, Shwayze, Lido, Marian Hill and JMSN will be the headliners of the one-day festival taking place April 25 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...
Photo: Last year, the JazzReggae Festival at UCLA featured headliners Snoop Dogg and Aloe Blacc, spanning two days at the Intramural Field. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Powell Library Rotunda will echo with centuries worth of music from deceased Europeans and indigenous North and South Americans on Saturday. There, the UCLA Early Music Ensemble will perform “Imagining the New World,” a concert that focuses on the interactions between Native South and North Americans and Europeans during the colonial era. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Early Music ensemble will perform in “Imagining the New World,” a concert that features music such as the first known European transcriptions of Native American song from the pre-1750s colonial era. (Courtesy of Henry Lim)
With the new series “arTistic Attention,” A&E will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts and entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. Read more...
Photo: Teaching assistant and musicology graduate student Michel Klein creates spirtiual Jewish music by mixing his Chassidic Orthodox Jewish faith with his new-age music compositions. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
For a true live music enthusiast, out of every spring quarter arises the opportunity to step outside L.A.’s bustling venue scene, releasing oneself into the timeless aura of festival life. Read more...
Photo: Lightning in a Bottle 2014 featured headliners Moby and Little Dragon. This year, the festival headliners will be SBTRKT, Tycho and ODEZA. (Courtesy of Watchara and Daniel Zetterstrom)
From a dark stage, vibrant collages fill the auditorium as acoustic music wafts through the air, accompanied by a haunting tale of exploration, interchange and evolution. Read more...
Photo: Adjuct assistant guitar professor Peter Yates will perform a new, live version of his oratorio “The Egg and the Seed” featuring live music and projected images at the Jan Popper Theater Thursday. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. Read more...
Photo: Pop-rock band Kid Cadaver shows that pop music doesn’t need to be a revelatory or innovative piece of art to be enjoyable to listen to. Kid Cadaver will perform at The Satellite March 9. (Courtesy of Caleb White)
