“My Life in the Sunshine: Sampling the Soundscape of Black Los Angeles" celebrates the innovation and diversity of L.A.'s Black musical communities. This UCLA Music Library exhibition highlights Black L.A.'s musical landscape in all its limitless forms, from Gospel to G-Funk, music educators to DJs, roller rinks to night clubs—all bringing into tune the various contributions of Black Angelenos. This exhibit focuses on some of the varied ways Black musicians have influenced music and the music industry through a diversity of topics, figures, genres and time periods.
The display was researched and curated by UCLA graduate students Blair Black and Sabrina Langois, organized by Callie Holmes and Matthew Vest and produced with support from a UCLA Chancellor's Arts Initiative grant(opens in a new tab). The physical exhibition spaces in Schoenberg Hall are managed by the UCLA Music Library and the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.
Read the announcement about the display and see more materials online via the My Life in the Sunshine research guide(opens in a new tab). Have a music research questions? Find more UCLA music research resources(opens in a new tab) or contact the Music Library.
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