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Activist folk singer-songwriter Billy Bragg will perform tonight at Royce Hall with legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples as part of their Hope, Love & Justice Tour.

In low-lit music venues of the L.A. Read more...

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Morrownow, including third-year political science student Jason Tapia (left back), is a ’90s-influenced, student rock band working to make a name for itself in the Los Angeles music scene. (courtesy of Ryan Guzdzial)

While it may seem impossible to simultaneously attend college and try to create a band, front liner Matt Einstein looks at the bright side when describing his double life. Read more...

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UCLA student Matt Einstein (third from right) poses with his band, Los Einstein, and KROQ’s Stryker (third from left). The band recently released its debut album.

Halloween in Los Angeles is so much more than trick-or-treating and the standard apartment party. Read more...

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Nestled in the courtyard of Fowler Museum, fourth-year ethnomusicology student Cameron Hovsepian strummed the strings of his guitar in an impromptu and unplugged music session. Read more...

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Fourth-year ethnomusicology student Cameron Hovsepian will perform his original acoustic music at Fowler Museum tonight. Hovsepian will be performing along with ethnomusicology alumnus Jake Jamieson, who will be playing percussion. Hovsepian has recently performed in Spring Sing in Pauley Pavillion, a larger, less intimate venue than that of tonight’s perfomance.

At 16, Jason Derulo started working as a professional songwriter. Now, at 21, he has one of the most widely-recognized names in pop music, due largely to the fact that he sings it at the beginning of two of his hit singles, "In My Head" and the Imogen Heap-sampling "Whatcha Say." Read more...

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R&B singer Jason Derulo is currently performing in his first headlining tour in the U.S. and will later tour Australia and the U.K.

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"Guta-guta-guta-guta-gu-ta-clap." It's the beat that means something is about to start. Read more...

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Anna Li Sze Yin, an international student specializing in finance, left, and the rest of the West African drum class meet at the John Wooden Center every Wednesday evening to practice with J. Fredrick Jones, a veteran dancer and drummer.