The year 2014 saw remarkable music, from Mac DeMarco’s “Salad Days” to Sam Smith’s “In the Lonely Hour.” This year, music fans are eagerly waiting for the releases of music from artists such as Frank Ocean, Adele, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West, who all have not dropped an album in years. The winter season holds […]
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Surf rock band Salt Petal brings multicultural flavor to music
South American surf rock band Salt Petal was in the wake of a snowstorm. The band – unsigned by a record company – was camping in New Mexico, on a road trip to Austin, Texas, to play at the South by Southwest music festival. After waking up on a ground wet from snow, the band […]
Arts in the Union festival offers Bruins taste of local talent
Students flocked Tuesday to Ackerman Grand Ballroom, Kerckhoff Coffee House and Kerckhoff Grand Salon for the fourth annual Arts in the Union festival, presented by the Student Committee for the Arts at UCLA. Though the festival appeared disorganized at times, it provided a welcome to new Bruins, familiarizing them with the plethora of talents at […]
Singer continues UCLA education after decades of performing
Sandra Kilman, known professionally as Sandra Starks, is only a fourth-year music history student, but she has already had a decades-long successful music career. She has toured with Lou Rawls and Robert Guillaume as a jazz singer, belting out the lyrics of duets like “The Wedding Song” on stages worldwide from Las Vegas to Kingston, […]
New music mobile app to select Bruins for pilot
In 2005, Gary Mekikian, CEO of M&M; Media, wanted to find a way to feed his two daughters’ music consumption without exposing them to piracy sites with inappropriate advertising. “I decided at the time that there must be a better way to deliver music to young people without subjecting them to dangerous content,” Mekikian said. […]
Bruin Bash 2014 lineup to feature Kandace Springs, Chance The Rapper
The Campus Events Commission and Cultural Affairs Commission have announced the lineup for Bruin Bash 2014. This year, Kandace Springs and Chance the Rapper will take the stage, continuing the hip-hop theme of last year’s lineup that featured E-40 and Tyga.
Budweiser Made in America music festival makes its LA debut
A scorching hot sun blazed and loomed over Grand Park where the first Budweiser Made in America music festival in Los Angeles took place on Saturday and Sunday. Complete with a skating ramp, three Downtown L.A. streets lined up with food trucks and a star-studded lineup, Made in America, founded by hip-hop artist Jay-Z, seemed […]