Hugh Hefner will present his 34th Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl next month. Many legendary names of jazz, blues and pop — Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Etta James — have graced the bowl’s stage throughout the festival’s history. The Hollywood event will be Saturday, June 16, until Father’s Day, June 17. This year’s [...]

As the school year comes to a close, we can look back to the last summer in music where we were treated to an incredible array of albums which included collaborations by Jay-Z and Kanye West, indie breakout stars Foster the People and pop innovator Lady Gaga. This year will be no different; from Justin [...]

Cal State Fullerton students and guests flocked to Titan Stadium for the 2012 Spring Concert on Friday. Hunter Hayes opened for Mike Posner and DJ Dyphekta (Jonathan Thiranop and Ian Martinez) was on the turntables in between the two sets. Posner proved to be quite the entertainer as he dashed around the stage. Before he [...]

A DJ is more than just a person that plays records. A DJ is an artist, a mixer, whose job is to flawlessly interweave music together. A DJ is an individual who is inspired by the atmosphere and feeds off the audience. A DJ is a performer that holds the audience captive in their own [...]

With 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just a week old, the city of Indio, Calif. saw a whole new crowd. From April 27 to April 29, everyone from Miranda Lambert to Luke Bryan kicked country fans into high gear for Stagecoach. Fans could either drive to the show each night or camp in [...]

Every year, amateur and professional songwriters around the world submit their original songs to compete in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. This year, Cal State Fullerton student Joshua Brown, 24, an advertising major, is a finalist competing with one other artist in the Hip-Hop category. His song, “Runnin’ My Race,” was a Grand Prize winner [...]

The Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. prepares for music, laughter, fun, some of the biggest names in country music, and of course a ton of screaming fans as they set up for the sixth annual Stagecoach country music festival. Country music fans come from all over the United States to take part in this [...]

Ahh, Coachella. Where feathers, glitter, body paint and pasties are the norm. Where water is more valuable than gold. If you don’t believe me, the lines for the water refill stations were drastically longer than both the restrooms and the food court. Where the musical landscape gathered to be a part of this pop cultural [...]