In a bold attempt to revive the spirit of jazz music, the Student Committee for the Arts is launching the third of four performances in its Jazz at the Grand series tonight in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Read more...

Singer and songwriter Holly Long didn’t always want to be a musician. It wasn’t until her mid-20s that the UCLA grad seriously thought about music as a career. Read more...

Who needs “American Idol” when we have our very own high-drama performance contest, Spring Sing, right here at UCLA? Friday night, 17 acts in the categories of solo/duet, band, a cappella/ensemble and production will each have three minutes to belt out their best tune in front of an audience of 5,000 people at the UCLA Tennis Center. Read more...

If a band has enjoyed both critical and popular success in the beginning stages of its career, switching up its lineup and reinventing its recording process for a new album could seem like a pretty risky move. Read more...

Imagine 20 people on stage, accompanied by more guitars, drums, horns and instruments than the traditional rock quartet. For the Canadian collective Broken Social Scene, strength in numbers has always added to its unique brand of rock music. Read more...

People who grew up in the ’60s like to talk about Woodstock. A lot. They like to talk about Jimi Hendrix, and The Who, and why Crosby, Stills and Nash were so much better with Neil Young in the lineup. Read more...

Part 1 An English student, I am forced to read Inordinate amounts at blinding speed. As Superman flew ’round the world to save Ms. Lane from harm and almost certain grave, I, too, must circle, with my eyes, and gauge What happens line to line, from page to page. Read more...