Massiel Bobadilla

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• Looking at the world through note-colored lenses

  June 9, 2008 at midnight

  There are few opportunities out there for soft-spoken people to have their voices heard.

• Blending Beats

  April 4, 2008 at 1:47 a.m.

  African music has influenced everything from blues to electronica to rap, but few take time to listen to the source.

• Bruins explore heritage through music

  Feb. 28, 2008 at 2:26 a.m.

  In 1984, the San Jose-based musical group Los Tigres del Norte released “La Jaula de Oro.”

• Hip Hop Appreciation Week more than music

  Feb. 20, 2008 at 12:29 a.m.

  It’s that non-specific melody wafting through scratchy speakers on an elevator or that indistinct bumping bass blasting from a passing car.

• ‘World Stew’ show stirs things up

  Feb. 5, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

  Station headquarters for UCLAradio.com are located in a forgotten hallway atop a neglected staircase in the dim, gray, drab northwest corner of Ackerman Student Union.

• Music to live off

  Jan. 18, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

  UCLA band Arepa’s name comes from a type of food common throughout Central and South America.

• Mariachi band brings musical mix of joy, passion, Mexican culture to UCLA

  Nov. 1, 2007 at 12:01 a.m.

  The intermingling sounds of trumpet, violin and guitar meld perfectly together.

• Student producing independent album

  Oct. 26, 2007 at 12:01 a.m.

  There’s something sneaky about Liz Getz’s eyes.

• A piece of music history hides on campus

  Oct. 11, 2007 at 12:05 a.m.

  There’s hidden treasure buried in the depths of the Schoenberg Music Building.

• More listeners giving vinyl another spin

  Sept. 23, 2007 at 12:04 a.m.

  You know something’s trendy when Facebook devotes over 500 groups to the subject.