Beirut probably has a rough relationship with its security team, as the band promotes extreme audience participation at its concerts.
Author Archives: Blaise Hammer
Professor’s music and career refuse defined boundaries
Like jazz, the free-flowing music form, Professor Gerald Wilson doesn’t like to limit himself.
Ethnomusicology ensembles bring music, culture together
While it is known that UCLA prides itself on promoting diversity within the dorms, the classes and the campus organizations, the school also promotes diversity in music. The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology is dedicated to the understanding and performance of musical traditions from around the world ““ the only one of its kind in the […]
Frog Eyes looks to hop on board indie scene
If you follow indie rock, you probably know Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade and Dan Bejar of Destroyer. And if you know these two, then you’ve heard of their supergroup, Swan Lake, and the album “Beast Moans,” released last year. But what about the third musician appearing on that album? You know, the one with that really strange voice?