The title track on Sarah Summers’ debut album, “Lovely Little Things,” was almost relegated to the same forlorn fate as the archaic flip phone she originally recorded it on. “I wrote it when I was 15,” Summers said. “It was the first time I got a banjo, and I was like, ‘Oh, I just want […]
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Fowler to host soulful performer in India Carney
India Carney filled the margins of her high school math notebook with lyrics rather than numbers. Last year, she sang these lyrics, a product of daydreaming in class, into a Melnitz Hall microphone while recording “Like a Star,” the first track on her debut EP to be released next month. Carney, a third-year vocal performance […]
Student band The Street Hearts to perform Valentine’s Day show
The sound of The Street Hearts will be coupled with the sight of candy hearts at WitZend on Valentine’s Day. This year, the student folk and soul band has been experimenting with the violin and expanding with genres such as jazz, blues and soul, which it will bring to Friday’s concert in Venice. The Street […]
UCLA students finalists in Disney Imagineering competition
In Rio de Janeiro’s vacant courtyards, four architecture graduate students see untapped potential. As they walk, the walls fade away, submerging them into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, their faces inches away from a dolphin’s elongated rostrum. As part of a design competition, four UCLA students envisioned this scene to represent the culture and […]
Musical trio to bring color to Fowler Out Loud
The blank canvas buzzes with white noise. The drummer and bassist build a melody of blue on their instruments. Red follows. Eventually, the musicians have created an auditory painting so rich it encompasses the audience with color. With a musical piece featuring experimental qualities, jazz trio The Chrio will perform with three guest horn players […]
We the Folk’s journey expands beyond UCLA
Eighteen miles from the Hill, in a dimly lit bar for an audience dotted with A-list celebrities such as Kirsten Dunst, student band We the Folk delivered one of its largest performances at Villains Tavern, located in downtown Los Angeles, this summer. The band first formed at UCLA in 2012 as a trio. It established […]
UCLA alumnus, guitar teacher finds singing voice
Something was missing from musician Bryce Wilson’s arsenal of instruments he knew how to play – his voice. For most of his life, Wilson’s singing experience was limited to innocent childhood performances, such as his rendition of “Lay Down Your Weary Tune” by Bob Dylan on a 1/2 size guitar in front of elementary school […]