Leon Bridges’ latest album is definitely a good thing. Released Friday, “Good Thing” represents experimentation within the R&B genre, immersing listeners with its soulful tunes into undulating patterns of emotional restlessness. The album remains rooted in the ’50s and ’60s soul flair integral to Bridges’ signature style, while offering a revitalizing contemporary twist in its […]
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Global Melodies: Music of Mexico Ensemble preserves, revamps mariachi music
Some musicians may frown upon heckling, but mariachi performers often encourage supportive yelling, or grito, during their concerts. Grito can often be heard at performances by Mariachi de Uclatlán, a performance branch of UCLA’s Music of Mexico Ensemble. Directed by Grammy award-winning lecturer Jesús Guzmán, the Music of Mexico Ensemble practices traditional mariachi music in […]
Student-directed plays highlight enduring relevance of critique on class, power
Student directors put the spotlight on class conflict for Project II. The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s annual spring showcase, Project II, will feature the works of two graduate directing students: “The Exception and the Rule,” directed by Jean Carlo Yunén, and “Woyzeck,” directed by Mark Anthony Vallejo. While the plays focus on […]
Global Melodies: Music of Mexico Ensemble
Led by director Jesús Guzmán, UCLA’s Music of Mexico Ensemble practices and performs mariachi. Students of the class, Gabby Gaxiola and Pauline Lim Arriaga, speak about the music style and Mexican culture.
Student play layers fantasy, reality to subvert racial stereotypes
Characters inspired by Yoruban gods will layer with the gritty realism of an impoverished Louisiana town to create the mythical world of the upcoming play, “In the Red and Brown Water.” Jayongela Wilder, graduate student in directing and the play’s director, said the duality of magic and realism was one of the many ways that […]
Screening Science: ‘The 12th Man’ conditions should wrack the protagonist’s body and mind
The brain is willing to sacrifice every part of the human body to save itself. This self-preservationist anatomical phenomenon will be a key component in “The 12th Man,” released nationwide Friday. Set during World War II, the film portrays the true story of Norwegian resistance commando Jan Baalsrud (Thomas Gullestad) as he makes a daring […]
Campus Christian fellowships organize faith-based music festival
Karisa You said she had a vision from God during her senior year of high school depicting her role in organizing a Christian worship festival. Now, she’s working with students from 11 Christian fellowships to make her vision a reality. You, a fourth-year international development studies student, and a team of approximately 25 students will […]