Santa Cruz independent folk record label Gourd Music will be celebrating their 25th anniversary with two concerts; Saturday June 9th (8pm) at the Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz and a 2 pm matinee show Sunday June 10th at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Aptos. Founded by the “Duke of the Dulcimer,” Neal Hellman, Gourd specializes in…
Out for Summer Vacation: The Sleazy Wheezy G Eazy
By Program Director | Published June 7th, 2012It’s seedy, filthy, and so helplessly catchy you’ll discover yourself humming the lyrics in church. The hooks are countless and the samples are buoyant; pair that with seamless rapping and a Buddy Holly sample, and you’ve got the new G-Easy. Hailing from New Orleans’s bustling hip-hop scene, G opened for A$ap Rocky last month….
Goodbye Seniors!
By New Media Director | Published June 7th, 2012At The Great 88 we see many students walk in and out of our doors. As much as we would like to keep them locked inside to do all of our busy work for us, they (un)fortunately graduate and leave us. This year I have had the pleasure of working with all of these wonderful…
Men At Work
By Michael Bryant | Published June 6th, 2012KZSC will be performing some planned maintenance at our transmitter site during the month of June. Besides upgrading our power sources, The Great 88 will be repositioning our antenna. In order to do this, we’ll be interrupting our regular programming for periods of time between Tuesday, June 19th through Thursday, June 21st. Our expectations are…
Here Comes Summer!
By Michael Bryant | Published June 6th, 2012As most UC Santa Cruz students leave town and the tourists arrive, we know it’s time for program schedule changes. The Great 88 will unveil our super summer line-up this month. You’ll find a few old favorites in the usual lineup along with waves of new music shows. Your chance to surf KZSC’s 2012 summer …
Ray Charles Tribute June 7th
By Lani | Published June 6th, 2012Crossing any imagined boundaries between gospel, country, pop and soul music, he wasn’t called “The Genius” for nothing. Ray Charles’ impact on music still reverberates today. Fronted by vocalists Tony Lindsay of Santana, Glenn Walters from the HooDoo Rhythm Devils and legendary bay area keyboardist/vocalist Clifford Coulter, The Ray Charles Project pays perfect homage to…
Loud Rock Charts: June 6th
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published June 5th, 2012Let’s all pretend like I actually remembered to post the charts and adds for last week. Here’s my excuse: finals. Finals finals finals finals finals. So much finals. And studying. At least I get to see Scale the Summit this Saturday. If anyone else is going to be there, let me know and we can…
Dan Crary and Thunderation Sun June 3rd
By Folk Department | Published June 3rd, 2012Dan Crary and Thunderation storm into Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA for a performance on Sunday June 3, 2012 at 7pm. Dan is a master flatpicking guitarist who has played in numerous bluegrass bands including the Bluegrass Alliance and Byron Berline & Sundance. His solo career includes an album “Thunderation” that won an Indie award…
Heart Giveaway On Friday
By Michael Bryant | Published May 31st, 2012Friday during KZSC’s Test of Time program, we’re giving away our Hearts. Ann & Nancy Wilson’s band Heart has a new career-spanning box set coming out in June and The Great 88 has a few copies of a “best of” compilation from the collection to offer. We’ll also be airing a Heart Radio Special beginning…
Heart Special Friday
By Michael Bryant | Published May 30th, 2012Nancy Wilson joined her sister Ann in the band Heart back in 1974. Celebrating over 35 years of rocking on record and in front of millions of people, Heart will be releasing a career-spanning box set during the month of June. KZSC will air a Heart special during the “Test of Time” program this Friday….