Author Archives: Kim Sanders

Over three decades after first performing at what became New York’s punk mecca, Patti Smith has outlasted most of her CBGB contemporaries. Yet time hasn’t dulled her passion.

Many UCLA students have come a long way in order to accomplish their goals. Some, like graduate clarinet student Virginia Figueiredo, have come farther than others. Yet instead of journeying across the state or country, Figueiredo’s pursuit of her dream has brought her to UCLA all the way from Portugal. When the advanced degrees she […]

Most students consider their classes obligations, and only afterwards do they get to do the things they like to do ““ but not Max Hembd. “This is something I get to do rather than have to do,” said Hembd, a fourth-year music student in trumpet performance, referring to Kenny Burrell’s Contemporary Jazz Large Ensemble. The […]

In Robert Tannenbaum’s Fairyland, the fairies don’t fly, they ride scooters. They don’t wear forest greenery, but they might have hot pink or blond hair. And they certainly don’t bear any resemblance to Tinkerbell ““ unless she was secretly an erotic lesbian. “It’s always interesting to see a new interpretation of a piece of work […]

Larissa Auble doesn’t want people to come to her solo concert just to hear her sing. The fourth-year musical theater student wants those who attend her benefit concert on Sunday to think. “I do have something to say. It’s not like I have someone writing the music for me and I’m just performing it to […]

“The place was packed. The audience went nuts. They were singing every song so loud we couldn’t hear the band anymore.” This is how Blind Guardian rhythm guitarist Marcus Siepen described one of the shows on the European leg of the band’s tour. And it hasn’t stopped. “In general the whole tour has been that […]

Vains of Jenna “Lit Up/Let Down” FILTHY NOTE RECORDS There’s something about Sweden. For years it’s been home to a thriving black metal scene, but now it’s churning out … glam rockers? Vains of Jenna are just the Swedish transplants that have taken root in the Hollywood scene. Currently touring with Fireball Ministry and Artimus […]