Summer tours are beginning to roll around. Just last week I was at the Death to All Tour, this week I’ll be seeing Russian Circles, and the following month I’ve got The Contortionist (hopefully) and shortly after Summer Slaughter (insert metal roar here). If you’re into mosh pits and bleeding out your ears, you’ve got…
Great 88 Vacation Postcards
By Michael Bryant | Published June 21st, 2012Last summer we asked fans of The Great 88 to send us a postcard while on summer vacation. We received beauties from Scotland, St. Louis, Paris and prison to name just a few of the 50-some exotic locales. Since we’re here and you’re going there, this traveling season KZSC is making the same request. We’ll…
Summertime Blues
By Michael Bryant | Published June 21st, 2012Don’t let summer get you down. Tune in to The Great 88 for flashbacks, throwbacks and more during our summer quarter program schedule. Tastier than a deep-fried Boardwalk Twinkie, KZSC’s got rock on vinyl from the 60′s, folk & bluegrass tunes, Brazilian music, film scores and tons more music and local talk shows. And since…
KZSC Back On The Air Today @ 4 PM
By Michael Bryant | Published June 21st, 2012As many die-hard fans of The Great 88 know, we’ve been part of a campus electrical upgrade project for the last several days. Looks like we will be returning to our usual unusual summer program schedule at 4 pm California time today. Thanks for your patience; stay tuned for the fireworks!
Rock Charts – Summer
By Rock Director | Published June 21st, 2012Here’s some hot New albums that’ll rule your next beach day. The ladies of Grass Widow hit #1 this week with their unique brand of harmony-driven post-punk. Beach House’s Bloom has been hanging out near the top for the past couple weeks; once you give it a listen you’ll know why. Killer new records from…
Summertime Schedule
By Michael Bryant | Published June 21st, 2012Starting June 18th, KZSC begins our longest programming quarter of the year. Tastier than deep-fried Twinkies, our summer program schedule features the premiere of new folk and bluegrass shows, Brazilian music, film scores and more. And since the days are longer, many of your long-standing favorites have expanded timeslots. Take a peek at the outstanding…
James Hunter 4th of July
By Michael Bryant | Published June 21st, 2012What better way to celebrate America’s Independence Day than with British blue-eyed soul singer James Hunter? His solo recordings feature a musical style wedged somewhere between early rock & roll and early soul. His 1994 solo debut “…Believe What I Say” had guest appearances by soul legend Doris Troy and Van Morrison and Hunter appeared…
Jazz Charts/Adds
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published June 20th, 2012Hey everyone, hope you’ve enjoyed your first official week of summer. While things cool down for you, we keep pushing forward here at KZSC; here’s the Top 10 Jazz albums for this week along with the newest additions to our library. Keep it cool, keep it groovy. Charts/Top 10 1 APRIL HALL Room For Two…
Aaron Jones & Claire Mann Wed June 20th
By Folk Department | Published June 18th, 2012The Celtic duo of Aaron Jones & Claire Mann will be in concert on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA. Aaron is the singer, bouzouki and guitar player in the popular band “Old Blind Dogs” and a recipient of an “Instrumentalist of the Year” award for Scottish Traditional Music….
Loud Rock Charts: June 19th
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published June 18th, 2012Congratulations to all graduates of UCSC 2012! I personally went to my college’s (Crown) gradutation ceremony to see some of my closest friends move on to bigger and better things. It’ll be sad seeing some of them go, but I am very excited for what is in store for them. Once again, congrats to each…