At a first glance, members of the experimental-rock band Freaks in the Wild don't exactly live up to their name. Read more...
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UCLA alumnus, Piti Sukavivatanachai, sings and plays guitar for the Santa Barbara-based experimental-rock band, Freaks in the Wild. They will be performing alongside a number of other bands on Saturday at Operation Montezuma in Los Angeles. The band uses improvisation in both their recordings and shows to keep things fresh. (EVAN JANKE)
From halfway across the world, a single music fan is doing his part to build localized music scenes in Russia, a country with a music scene ravaged by piracy. Read more...
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David MacFadyen, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, created and maintains the website “Far from Moscow.” The site gathers music by artists throughout Eastern Europe, including not only Russia but also the Baltic nations, Belarus and Ukraine.
An assortment of sounds fills a hall full of viewers, some sounds whispering sweet melodies, others bellowing. Read more...
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The show “Pandemonium,” from the creators of the international smash hit “Stomp,” will be playing in Royce Hall tonight through Nov. 18. Musicians use everyday items as musical instruments to create a full-stage orchestra.
courtesy of STEVE MCNICHOLAS
If a guitar is strummed in a dorm room and no one hears it, was it ever really played? Read more...
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The Cultural Affairs Commission will host Singers/Songwriters Unite at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff Coffee House as part of a weekly Monday night concert series. (courtesy of Zachary Meyerowitz)
Its sound is haunting, but rarely heard. Its appearance is beautiful, but rarely seen. Read more...
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Professor of music Peter Yates rehearses for his upcoming solo recital in Powell Rotunda, in which he will be playing the arpeggione, a bowed guitar.
Ethan Holtzman can still recall the first time he heard 1960s-era Cambodian pop music. Read more...
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Dengue Fever, a Cambodian psychedelic rock group, will provide a live score to the stop-motion film “The Lost World” in Royce Hall today as a part of the UCLA Live concert series. The band was formed by Ethan Holtzman and his brother, inspired by Holtzman’s trip in 1997 to the Southeast Asian country.
Courtesy of DAVE PERKES
During the day they save lives, but come evening, the story changes. These medical professionals trade in their stethoscopes and scrubs for sheet music, bows, brass and reeds to become the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra. Read more...
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Members of the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra will perform select classical pieces at the Grand Lounge of the Ebell of Los Angeles tonight at 8 p.m.
COURTESY of STEVE MOYER
