After playing in several jazz groups in which the names of the bands were anagrams of the musicians’ names, the members of Los Angeles-based jazz trio Nonagram decided the band’s name would be not another anagram. Read more...
Photo: Jazz trio Nonagram will perform its original music, which is influenced by the sounds of singer-songwriters, jazz heroes and Western classical music, in the newest addition of the Fowler Out Loud concert series.
Fresh off of a tour with Lord Huron and featured regularly on KROQ’s Locals Only show, L.A.-based indie rock duo PAPA doesn’t plan on slowing down. Read more...
Photo: Tonight, Student Committee for the Arts is bringing L.A-based indie rockers PAPA to Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Band member Darren Weiss spoke about how to write songs, musical inspiration, the origin of the band’s name and what to expect from tonight’s show at 8 p.m.
For attorney Adam Walker, law is his vocation, but music is his passion. Walker studied political science as a UCLA undergraduate and later attended law school at the University of San Diego, but music has always been a constant outside of his education. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Adam Walker, a singer-songwriter who draws both from Bob Dylan and heavy metal, will perform tonight at Kerckhoff Coffee House as a part of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s concert series.
Renowned jazz musician Duke Ellington played at Royce Hall in 1937. Not only was it one of Ellington’s first American concerts, but it was his first ever jazz performance in a concert venue. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Director of Jazz Studies Kenny Burrell and the Ellingtonia Orchestra will perform in Schoenberg Hall as part of the day’s events honoring the life and works of the late Duke Ellington.
There’s something about old stories that manage to hold our interest long past their telling. I noticed this in Ireland when I studied abroad in the fall: The past and its tales are revered and treasured as part of Ireland’s national history. Read more...
In a competition between Elvis Presley and Michael Bublé, Elvis would win hands down. Read more...
It was at the turn of the century that The Strokes’ fresh, vivacious debut album, “Is This It,” altered what mainstream indie-rock was. Read more...
