Jessie Meehan, the bassist of riot pop band We Are / She Is, said in high school, when the teacher would assign a presentation, a knot would grow in her stomach because she was afraid to talk in front of the class. Today, Meehan said music has made her drastically more outgoing, happy and comfortable […]
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Pop band WASI seeks to emulate positive energy with release of EP
Jessie Meehan, the bassist of riot pop band We Are / She Is, said in high school, when the teacher would assign a presentation, a knot would grow in her stomach because she was afraid to talk in front of the class. Today, Meehan said music has made her drastically more outgoing, happy and comfortable […]
Q&A: UCLA band Apollo Soul talks music, upcoming Ecochella performance
From the JazzReggae Festival to the upcoming Ecochella, Apollo Soul has worked its way around the UCLA musical circuit. Yet with ethnomusicology students Ellington Peet on drums, Jack Bastian on keyboard and Cole Brossus on bass, and undeclared student Matt Saunders on guitar, all four Apollo Soul members are first-year students. After six months together, […]
Spring Lifestyle Preview 2015
Spring quarter may be the time of the year that best represents the postcard UCLA lifestyle. Shorts, tank tops and sun-drenched mischief energize the student body. This springtime rejuvenation presents an opportunity for the UCLA community to explore all the greater L.A. area has to offer, from food to upcoming book and video game releases. […]
‘Imagining the New World’ explores early Native American and European music
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. “We are […]
UCLA alum fuses East Coast prep with beachwear in Johnnie-O
John O’Donnell was 7 years old when he took his first step on Los Angeles sand in 1973. He had only resided in Southern California for two short years before moving to Illinois, but about 10 years later, O’Donnell was headed back to the West Coast to attend UCLA. “It was in the cards,” O’Donnell […]