This year, the Cultural Affairs Commission and Campus Events Commission decided that one UCLA student DJ will be given the opportunity to open Bruin Bash 2013 with 45 minutes of his or her own music. The student DJ will be chosen through a competition in which current UCLA students will submit 35-to-55-minute mixes to be […]
Category Archives: Music
Mix of styles influence Noah and the MegaFauna
As a Los Angeles-based swing big band, Noah and the MegaFauna incorporates sounds ranging from acoustic gypsy jazz to indie rock and folk.
Young student fiddles with old music styles of bluegrass, jazz
Connor Vance is a young man who speaks an old language.
Graduate student strives to save Kichwa flute tradition
In some ways, the whistling, chanting and atonal flute melodies that pervade the Ecuadorian village of Kotama sound like tangled webs of rhythm that are difficult to understand. But for Jessie Vallejo, the ritualistic rhythms and sounds were the beginnings of a journey to revive an ancient musical tradition and way of life. The night […]
Student musicians try an independent, online route to sharing
From the time he wakes up and makes his first cup of coffee, Walker Ashby has one thing on his mind: his music.
Ashby, a fourth-year fine arts student who is known by his stage name Toy Light, said that he devoted entire days to working on his electronic music this past year.
Album review: ‘Magna Carta … Holy Grail’ by Jay-Z
Back in the day, rappers wanted to be, and at times were, gangsters. Now the name of the game is transcendence: Rappers aim to be gods.
Enter “Magna Carta… Holy Grail.”
Love or Hate: Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta… Holy Grail’ – clever or too commercial?
Already causing a stir within the Billboard and Recording Industry Association of America sales figures, is the album an intelligent marketing strategy or just a ploy for attention?