This year, the Cultural Affairs Commission and Campus Events Commission decided that one UCLA student DJ will be given the opportunity to open Bruin Bash 2013 with 45 minutes of his or her own music. Read more...
Music
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August 5, 12:03 am
Mix of styles influence Noah and the MegaFauna
As a Los Angeles-based swing big band, Noah and the MegaFauna incorporates sounds ranging from acoustic gypsy jazz to indie rock and folk. Read more...
Photo: Noah Lit has come a long way since first playing with his former band, Oliver Future. Now in the process of recording a second album as frontman of Noah and the MegaFauna, he reflects on the path of his career thus far.
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August 5, 12:01 am
Young student fiddles with old music styles of bluegrass, jazz
Connor Vance is a young man who speaks an old language. Read more...
Photo: Connor Vance, fiddler for The Dustbowl Revival, juggles studying musicology at UCLA and touring with his band. Interested in music since an early age, the bluegrass and jazz band gives Vance a satisfying outlet for his musical ideas and helps him apply his studies as he works through college.
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July 29, 12:23 am
Graduate student strives to save Kichwa flute tradition
In some ways, the whistling, chanting and atonal flute melodies that pervade the Ecuadorian village of Kotama sound like tangled webs of rhythm that are difficult to understand. Read more...
Photo: Jessie Vallejo, a Ph.D. student who did fieldwork in Ecuador for her dissertation, found inspiration in the flute traditions of the people of Kotoma, a small village in Otavalo, Ecuador. The rich culture behind the music inspired her to produce a CD with the indigenous people, “¡Así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador.”
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July 22, 12:00 am
Student musicians try an independent, online route to sharing
From the time he wakes up and makes his first cup of coffee, Walker Ashby has one thing on his mind: his music. Ashby, a fourth-year fine arts student who is known by his stage name Toy Light, said that he devoted entire days to working on his electronic music this past year. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year art student Walker Ashby, known by his stage name Toy Light, is one of a growing number of musicians using newer technology to independently produce music within the comfort of the artist’s own home.
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July 8, 1:09 am
Album review: ‘Magna Carta … Holy Grail’ by Jay-Z
Back in the day, rappers wanted to be, and at times were, gangsters. Now the name of the game is transcendence: Rappers aim to be gods. Enter “Magna Carta... Holy Grail.” Read more...
Photo: courtesy of Roc-A-Fella Records
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July 8, 12:50 am
Love or Hate: Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta… Holy Grail’ – clever or too commercial?
Already causing a stir within the Billboard and Recording Industry Association of America sales figures, is the album an intelligent marketing strategy or just a ploy for attention? Read more...