Would you like to see into the future? Let’s skip the clumsy conversation about your lost cat or car keys and get straight to important stuff-what’s going to be on KZSC this summer. We can tell you that The Great 88 will feature several new voices, others that will seem familiar and a string of…
Passing the Torch
By New Media Director | Published June 5th, 2013Every year for KZSC comes the bittersweet moment of our old governing board stepping down and being replaced by their mentees. Tonight is night that this transition completes. Know that regardless of this transition KZSC is and will always be committed to community radio and giving you, the audience, the best possible experience we can. For the most part…
Kat Parra June 9th
By Lani | Published June 4th, 2013Bay Area vocalist Kat Parra helps preserve a rare cultural treasure of the Sephardic diaspora, the Ladino language. An antiquated form of Castilian that includes Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish, Ladino is spoken in very few places today – mainly by older generations in Turkey, Israel and scattered homes across the globe. Besides Ladino, Kat performs in English, Spanish…
Loud Rock Charts: 6/4
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published June 3rd, 2013Break out the bongs. Psych/Stoner Metal band Thinning The Herd is leading this week’s adds for Loud Rock with the album Freedom From The Known St. Marks. Fans of old Black Sabbath, Annihilation Time, and Purple Mercy should be adequately pleased with this finely crafted piece of music. Production quality and recording goes out to…
La Conquête du Monde
By World Music Director | Published June 3rd, 2013Have you ever played the board game ‘Risk’? It’s actually pretty fun. This game, invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse, was originally released as La Conquête du Monde in 1957, and it is one of the longest board game you will ever play. Monopoly might also take a pretty long time to finish, but I wouldn’t know. (Seeing as…
Deerhunter – Monomania
By PSA Director | Published May 31st, 2013Deerhunter / Monomania / Out via 4AD on May 7th, 2013 Like any well-oiled pop machine, Atlanta’s avant-garage outfit Deerhunter knows when to slowly gas the psych propellers into an ambient blissout, and bust out pedal-to-the-metal spurts of pure punk rock as soon as the lighters get raised. The band’s fifth studio album Monomania dropped May…
Ledward Kaapana June 4th
By Lani | Published May 31st, 2013Attention “Led Heads”! Ledward Kaapana returns to the redwoods with Hawaiian slack key goodness and aloha spirit. Rounding out the sound will be Mike Kaawa on 12 string guitar and Fran Guidry on second slack key. Ledward Kaapana rolls into Don Quixote’s in Felton Tuesday, June 4th. Festivities begin at 7:30.
Labeling Music
By Michael Bryant | Published May 30th, 2013DJs at The Great 88 often mention having anxiety dreams where they are in the broadcast studio trying to play a record on the air only to find there’s nothing on it. A desperate attempt to find something else typically has one waking up screaming in a cold sweat (not the James Brown song). Yes,…
Big Basin Summer Fun
By PSA Director | Published May 30th, 2013During the summer Big Basin State Park will host weekend Redwood Loop Walks, fun and informative guided half-mile strolls through an old-growth redwood forest. Meet the famous Mother Tree, The Father of the Forest and the Chimney Tree on this one-hour walk. The Loop Walks are stroller and wheelchair accessible. Directions and more information are available by…
Electrical Issue…
By Michael Bryant | Published May 30th, 2013You’re probably listening to KZSC in an Internet cloud right now, but some people still cling to their radios. For those used to hearing The Great 88 at 88. FM, you should know that UC Santa Cruz is doing some electrical upgrades today at our broadcast tower location. We continue to bring music and more…