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June 5, 2014

Parting Words from Graduating Artsweek Staff, Part 2

By Demi Anter, Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher, Michael Hafford, Madison Medeiros, Sio Tepper, Tina Petrosian

INCOMING EDITOR ‘HELLO’: AUDREY BACHELDER Dear Gauchos, I am so happy and honored to be your Artsweek Editor for the 2014-2015 year. I pledge to fill up these Thursday pages with clever stories on local bands...

May 15, 2014

Two Banjos in Paradise: The Mystifying Talent of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

By Sio Tepper

There’s something about a crowd of people that gather to see a banjo duo — some kind of eagerness or intense dedication to sharing in musical delight. The banjo (or something a lot like it) is found in cultures all o...

April 24, 2014

Downtown Exhibition Features UCSB Artists

By Sio Tepper

The Arts Fund of Santa Barbara is currently hosting an alluring exhibit titled “Drift and Fixation.” This is an all-Gaucho show, featuring undergraduate, graduate and staff artwork, which opened in the Funk Zone on A...

April 17, 2014

Assad Family Love Translates on the Campbell Stage

By Sio Tepper

The Assad Family performance on our campus last week was the concert of my dreams. I could have stayed and watched the band — which performed at Campbell Hall in a show presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures on Wednesda...

April 10, 2014

Traditional Sufi Music Delights Students

By Sio Tepper

Asif Ali Khan, protégé of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and his fellow Qawwali musicians shared their traditional devotional singing and drumming with an audience at Campbell Hall last Thursday. Campbell Hall was in ...

February 20, 2014

Alt Bluegrass Band Plays Intimate Show

By Sio Tepper

A truly captivating and perfect musical experience is like seeing a shooting star. These moments are always too brief, and perhaps this is what makes them so exquisite. Worries and woes dissipate, mental haze clears and ...

January 30, 2014

Trombone Shorty Makes Santa Barbara Dance

By Sio Tepper

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue made a grand return to the Campbell Hall stage last Tuesday night for a sold out show presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. The performance was electrifying.

November 14, 2013

Blues Legends Hiatt and Lovett Inspire at Campbell

By Sio Tepper

I have never seen Campbell Hall as full as it was this past Tuesday night at the John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett concert. Every seat in the hall was filled with high spirits and enthusiasm for the spectacle on stage. The perf...

October 24, 2013

SF JAZZ Brings Revered Composers to Life

By Sio Tepper

The SF JAZZ Collective gave the audience at Campbell Hall an evening of impeccable music last Thursday night at an event presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. The collective, now in its tenth season, is an octet based in Sa...

February 14, 2013

The Captivating Sounds of Simon Shaheen Quintet Live at Campbell Hall

By Sio Tepper

Simon Shaheen and his quintet of equally appraisable musicians graced us with their exuberant presence in a dynamically enthralling evening concert at Campbell Hall Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013. Shaheen is currently one of the...

January 31, 2013

SB Symphony Brings Unique Interpretation of ‘Mozart and Mendelssohn’ to Music Lovers

By Sio Tepper

The Santa Barbara Symphony, directed by Maestro Nir Kabaretti, graced its endearing Santa Barbara fans with a bold and tasteful concert at the Granada Theatre Jan. 19 and 20. The concert, entitled “Mozart and Mendelsso...

November 1, 2012

Brazilian Jams Sweep Campbell

By Sio Tepper

While most of UCSB’s population was in I.V. at some sort of Halloween party last Friday night, a small number of us, along with other community members, got our own party started at Campbell Hall. Internationally accla...

October 25, 2012

Symphony Opens to Acclaim

By Sio Tepper

The Santa Barbara Symphony kicked off their 60th anniversary season last Saturday with a gripping evening concert with conductor Nir Kabaretti. In celebration of the community members who have helped to keep Santa Barbar...