Jane Lui plays many instruments. Her collection includes an acoustic steel string guitar, a classical nylon string guitar, a glockenspiel, a small Casio keyboard, a gigantic spring water jug, a bass drum, shakers, an accordion and, on top of that, whatever she can find around the house.
Category Archives: Music
Soundbite: "Unpleasant Companion"
Asleep’s new album “Unpleasant Companion” possesses a sound that manages to blend the influences of Incubus, Nirvana and Radiohead into a harmonious overall sound.
Soundbite: Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten has never denied the fact that her abusive ex-boyfriend, who used to steal and break her beloved instruments, has played a huge role in her music.
Q & A: Shane McKillop of Gardens and Villa
Santa Barbara-based indie band Gardens & Villa will perform its synth-tinged vintage rock on the Bruin Plaza stage at noon Tuesday.
Fowler Museum to celebrate Chicano culture with La Santa Cecilia and Patssi Valdez
Singer Marisol Hernandez, guitarist Gloria Estrada and percussionist Miguel Ramirez met during a jam session at a party in the summer of 2007. Little did they know they would later form a group, La Santa Cecilia, that has since exposed them to bigger audiences and has even garnered them a recent Latin Grammy nomination.
Colleges Against Cancer hopes to raise cancer awareness at first “Rock Out for a Cure” event
UCLA’s Colleges Against Cancer club hopes to strike chords among Bruins through a night of emotive music and speakers with UCLA’s first ever “Rock Out for a Cure.”
Soundbite: "Easy Way Out"
“Easy Way Out,” Virgin Forest’s latest album since its debut LP “Joy Atrophy,” is one of those albums that seems to give direct insight into the band’s feelings and does not hold anything back.