The Crooked Jades (SF Bay Area) and The Water Tower Bucket Boys (Portland, OR) will be in concert Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA., starting at 7:30pm, (831) 603-2294. Both bands play a blend of bluegrass, country, and old-time string band music, with fresh interpretations of older classics as…
Zydeco Magic
By Michael Bryant | Published February 15th, 2011“The King of Zydeco” Clifton Chenier grabbed Andre Thierry by the arms at the age of three and deemed him a future accordion player. Clifton’s prophecy was correct: Andre has become an exceptional self-taught musician who merges traditional Zydeco-Cajun music with blues, jazz and rock, getting crowds dancing wherever he plays. It may not be…
Ryan Matsuoaka’s Final Regular Home Game for the Slugs Tonight
By Charlotte Gibson | Published February 15th, 2011On Tuesday, February 15th, the UCSC men’s basketball team will host their final home game of the regular season vs. rival CSU Maritime. While the game is highlighted by the rivalry dubbed “the battle of the furloughs” because of the recent financial crisis within both the California State University and the University of California education…
Dry Branch Fire Squad
By Folk Department | Published February 14th, 2011The Dry Branch Fire Squad is a veteran bluegrass band founded in 1976, led by mandolin player and master of dry wit, Ron Thomason. Other current members include Brian Aldridge on guitar, Tom Boyd on banjo, and Dan Russell on bass. Their latest of a dozen releases over the decades demonstrates they’ve only gotten better…
Nell Robinson with John Reischman & The Jaybirds
By Folk Department | Published February 12th, 2011Bluegrass on Valentine’s Day? No lack of love songs there…the Bay Area’s rising star Nell Robinson joins veteran bluegrassers and multiple Canadian Folk Music Award winners John Reischman and the Jaybirds for an evening of tight harmonies and virtuoso picking Monday, February 14, 2011, at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, starting at 7:30pm….
The Bee Eaters
By Folk Department | Published February 12th, 2011The Bee Eaters will be in concert Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 8pm at New St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Dr., Aptos, CA. They’re a quartet playing new acoustic music drawn from bluegrass, old-time string band, Celtic, jazz and pop influences, featuring hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman, banjo player Wes Corbett, and the sibling…
Rob Zombie
By Michael Bryant | Published January 17th, 2011Yes, he’s found fame and fortune in making very gory (and sometimes funny) movies, but let’s not forget that Rob Zombie knows how to rock…hard. Founder of The White Zombies, Rob Zombie has followed in the footsteps of Alice Cooper and Kiss with wild stage theatrics and loud guitars. He’s sold millions of records, was…
David Lindley Jan. 11th
By Michael Bryant | Published January 4th, 2011He’s mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine refers to David Lindley not as a multi-instrumentalist but instead as a “maxi-instrumentalist”. Lindley holds cult status in a lot of areas: supreme sideman for the likes of Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt; world music visionary; band leader of El Rayo X…the list…
Yard Dogs Roadshow
By Michael Bryant | Published December 17th, 2010If you want something different to start your New Year, this is it. The Yard Dogs Road Show is “hobo cabaret”, a one-of-a-kind mix of vaudeville and rock & roll. Sword swallowers, dancing dolls, fire eaters and sunset hobo poetry – all animated by the live sounds of the cartoon heavy Yard Dogs band. This…
Los Lobos
By Michael Bryant | Published December 3rd, 2010They aren’t from Santa Cruz, but it seems that way. Whenever David, Cesar and the boys play here it’s like a homecoming. No doubt lots of tunes from their new record “Tin Can Trust” will be featured along with plenty of old favorites and cover songs. Pound-for-pound, one of the best rock bands touring today…