At KZSC, the buck stops here. Literally. This was taken just outside our redwood shack. But during our Fall On-Air Fundraiser when we talk bucks, we mean smackers, moolah, cash, lucre, scratch…also known as money. It takes dough to do what we do 24/7 and we hope you think it’s worth it. So if you…
Poetry for Protection Nov. 5th
By PSA Director | Published October 24th, 2011“Poetry for Protection” is a poetry slam event created by a Mar Vista Elementary 5th grader in hopes of raising money for the River Street Shelter. The “Poetry for Protection” event will be held at the Ugly Mug in Soquel on Saturday, November 5th from 2 to 4 pm. Donations from this event go directly…
KZSC Can Be Your Bag…
By Michael Bryant | Published October 24th, 2011The City and County of Santa Cruz, the City of Capitola and dozens of other California cities and counties are moving forward to enact Single-Use Bag Reduction ordinances. The basic idea seems to be to encourage consumers to re-use bags vs. the paper-or-plastic dilemma. Here’s one to consider: the KZSC “Dino Tote”. It can handle…
Bluegrass Music Awards Show on Backroads, Sun Oct 23rd
By Folk Department | Published October 22nd, 2011The 22nd Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held a few weeks ago, and KZSC will feature highlights from this show on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Recorded live at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, Sam Bush hosts the show that includes performances by Steve Martin &…
Frank Wakefield Band Thurs Oct 20th
By Folk Department | Published October 19th, 2011The Frank Wakefield Band will be performing at an intimate house concert on the Westside of Santa Cruz, CA on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 7:30pm. Frank has been playing bluegrass mandolin for decades, and has performed with many of the top-notch bands, including Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Jimmy Martin & The…
Big Tree @ The Crepe Place Nov. 6th
By Program Review Committee | Published October 19th, 2011During my year DJing the KZSC program “Girls With Guitars”, one of my favorite artists to spin was Big Tree. I discovered the Bay Area band through a friend who told me how I just had to play them on my show. I was convinced after playing the first minute of song one. A couple…
Kevin Crawford & Cillian Vallely Tues Oct 18th
By Folk Department | Published October 18th, 2011Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely will be performing at a house concert in Soquel, CA on Tuesday evening October 18, 2011 at 7:30pm. Both are members of the award-winning traditional Irish band Lunasa. Kevin plays flute, whistle and bodhran (Irish drum) and is a past winner of the Irish Echo’s “Traditional Musician of the Year”…
UCSC Men’s Soccer Home Opener Friday!
By Daniel Nyberg | Published October 17th, 2011The UCSC Men’s Soccer Team will be hosting rival Chapman University this coming Friday October 24th for their first home game of the season. The game will be at the beautiful Lower East Field at 3 PM. Last season’s home match saw the Slugs defeat Chapman by a score of 3-1. Captains Daniel Seltzer, Cody…
Pledge Drive Cometh
By Michael Bryant | Published October 17th, 2011Broadcasting music from the UC Santa Cruz campus started back in 1967. As you can see from the picture, we faced some pretty stiff competition back then. Technology has marched on in the last four decades but The Great 88 remains a resource for local talk and fine music. KZSC asks that if you have…
Artists on Art with Tandy Beal
By Public Affairs Intern | Published October 17th, 2011Tandy Beal talks about her contribution to the theater performance “Here After Here: A Self-Guided Tour of Eternity” with KZSC’s Nada Miljkovic on August 15th. Listen Here. Nada hosts “Artists on Art”, which airs live every Monday at noon on KZSC.