For its 20th anniversary, the annual JazzReggae Festival is going back to its Bruin roots. Sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Commission, the two-day concert takes place Sunday and Monday. For the past 20 years, the festival has united tens of thousands of students, community members and music enthusiasts with its synthesis of great food, international […]
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Gnarls Barkley ““ “St. Elsewhere”
Although the origins behind the personage of Gnarls Barkley remain intriguingly undisclosed, it is no secret that “St. Elsewhere,” the first collaboration album between Atlanta rapper and singer Cee-Lo and mix-master producer Danger Mouse is likely to be the most genre-bending album of the summer. The album’s first single, “Crazy,” has already made history as […]
A Novel Approach
Most books are formatted and printed in much the same way. The Books, on the other hand, have a more unorthodox approach. This week, The Books will bring their eccentric three-month, North American tour to two consecutive concerts in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the J. Paul Getty Museum on March 17 and 18. […]
Student composers to showcase work
Tonight, the graduate composition and theory department will display an experimental array of recently composed new music, showcasing pieces by nine graduate composers in an entirely student-run concert at 8 p.m. in the Jan Popper Theatre of Schoenberg Hall. The free concert will be directed by advanced composition and theory graduate student Dwayne Milburn, who […]
Enlighten the night
After an extensive world tour, many musicians would use their homecoming to take a break. UCLA Professor Jens Lindemann had a better idea. A pre-eminent soloist and the lead trumpet of the Canadian Brass for five years, Lindemann plans to host an evening of chamber music from his journeys, aptly titled “A Little Night Music […]