That’s right, another excellent collection of Johnny Cash’s B-sides, demos, and previously unreleased tracks has been unleashed on the world. Bootleg, Volume Two: From Memphis to Hollywood was released on Columbia/Legacy in February, and offers up some great unheard tracks. Among my favorites are the early demos of Belshazzar, Train of Love, and Rock and…
New Music This Spring
By Michael Bryant | Published March 26th, 2011Starting next month a shower of new music will be on our airwaves from some very familiar names. Paul Simon’s “So Beautiful or So What” features a balance of stripped-down sound and his first attempt at sampling (using blues great Sonny Terry). Let’s hope it’s not a turkey. Also on deck in April: Bob Dylan…
A Sip Of Barleycorn
By Michael Bryant | Published March 14th, 2011By 1969, Stephen Lawrence Winwood was an old man in the world of rock. No longer known as “Stevie”, Winwood had backed B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and reggae stars Toots & the Maytals; he had co-written hit singles like “Gimmie Some Lovin’” for the Spencer Davis Group; formed and disbanded an early jazz/rock…
Gravitational Pull
By Hip Hop Director | Published February 16th, 2011Coming from Colorado, a CD titled Gravity made it’s way into KZSC. This album by T Money is completely self-produced with amazing rhymes, smooth flows, and dope beats. However, each song is totally different. While one song samples a Notorious BIG’s Respect, others take on a jazzy undertone. T Money raps with a smooth flow…
Best Post-Romance Songs Of All-Time
By Program Review Committee | Published February 15th, 2011Seeing as yesterday was the day of Saint Valentine, when lovers of the world join together to go out and eat expensive dinners and parade their affection for all the world to see, when greeting card companies and florists rake in the big dough, when cupid flies across the land, shooting his painful golden arrows…
Destroyer is not Kaputt
By Station Manager | Published February 11th, 2011Dan Bejar has always been one of my favorite artists. If you aren’t familiar with Dan Bejar, he is the mastermind behind Destroyer. If you aren’t familiar with Destroyer, you may recognize his voice as one of the lead singers of the band, The New Pornographers. The new Destroyer album, “Kaputt”, is by far the…
Of Disney Jazz, and other things too…
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published February 10th, 2011So around the end of last week I got in a CD that threw me for a bit of a loop: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz Volume 1. This is a rather unassuming looking album for being a Disney release, and pays respect to the kind of weird sleek and clean look…
Vusi Mahlasela is “The Voice”
By World Music Director | Published February 7th, 2011Known as the “The Voice” in his home-country of South Africa, Vusi Mahlasela captures hearts with his latest album “Say Africa”. Some of you FIFA fans may recall his performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Kickoff Concert which features the song “Say Africa”! The album is satisfyingly eclectic, optimistic, and poetic. Vusi is not…
Wanda On Top
By Music Director | Published February 1st, 2011The Party Ain’t Over for septuagenarian Wanda Jackson. Her latest release on Nonesuch is our Top Add this week! Woodsist continues to warm the cochleas of KZSC’s listeners as their darling Ducktails reins in the top spot on our charts. KZSC Radio 200 Adds Rank Artist Recording Label 1 WANDA JACKSON The Party Ain’t Over…
Rockabilly Legends at KZSC
By Volunteer Coordinator | Published January 24th, 2011Here at KZSC we have a library filled with tens of thousands of cds of every genre under the sun. However, like all libraries, it is impossible to have everything. That’s why I am very happy to announce the arrival of two greatest hits compilations of some rockabilly legends, Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran. Buddy…