Back in high school, Kirk Brundage’s jam band opened for the famous Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira.
Category Archives: Music
Five bands to rock the stage for Spring Sing 2011
When the rockers of thatwasthen took the prize for best band in last year’s Spring Sing competition, they had only just begun recording their work.
UCLA Christian a cappella group Road to Damascus to hold spring concert “˜Gravitate’
UCLA’s musical group Road to Damascus includes singers from a wide range of musical backgrounds and tastes, from one member who is trained in classical violin to another who was part of a screamo band throughout high school.
Newcomers join returning performers for solo, duet acts for Spring Sing 2011
The acoustic guitar and the piano are two staples of solo performance. Though the basic sounds of these instruments are always the same, a great solo performer can bring something entirely new to the instruments when he or she is alone on stage.
Jewish Leadership Council’s Above the Noise benefit concert to promote unity on campus, bring attention to Jewish Heart in Africa
Second-year political science student Raquel Saxe had flown to New Orleans this past fall for a Jewish convention when a chance encounter led her to meet several people connected to Jewish hip-hop artists Y-Love and Diwon.
Reggae in the Quad
UCLA ethnomusicology students perform in Bruin Plaza on Thursday as part of the Cultural Affairs Commission Concert Series. “Reggae in the Quad” is a preview and promotional event for the annual JazzReggae Festival, which will take place over Memorial Day Weekend.
Fowler concert to honor legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald
Winner of 13 Grammy awards and seller of more than 40 million albums, Ella Fitzgerald left her mark on jazz music as “The First Lady of Song.”