The Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair is scheduled on Saturday, May 5th from noon till 5 pm at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park, next to the County Courthouse in Santa Cruz. Sponsored annually by the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society (aka Northern California Bluegrass Society) since 1987, this FREE event features four bands in…
Hip Hop Charts at KZSC
By Hip Hop Director | Published April 30th, 2012KZSC Hip Hop adds and playlist for this week, May 1. Enjoy, fellow hip hop heads! Playlist: 1 LIKWUID No Regrets 2 Hungry Bros 2 ODD FUTURE The OF Tape Vol. 2 Odd Future 3 BOBBY PHISHER Deer Hunting…
Jazz at KZSC
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published April 24th, 2012Here are the Top 10 jazz tunes in the groove right now on the Great 88. HAILEY NISWANGER: The Keeper [CALMIT label] BILLIE HOLIDAY: The Commodore Master Takes MADELEINE PEYROUX: Half The Perfect World [Rounder label] SNARKY PUPPY: Ground Up SWEET EMMA & HER PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND: New Orleans Jazz Classics Live [Classic Music…
Fresh Folk Friday, May 4th
By Program Review Committee | Published April 24th, 2012Local folk musicians and friends of KZSC Tumbleweed Wanderers and The Weatherveins will sharing the bill at The Crepe Place. Based in the Bay Area, Tumbleweed Wanderers are currently touring up and down the West Coast with new music. The Weatherveins are a group comprised of UC Santa Cruz students who share a love of acoustic…
Loud Rock Charts: April 23rd
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 23rd, 2012For those of you who like to bang your head until you bleed from every orifice, here are the newest, and dare I say the hottest, loud rock albums for the week. Also, look at that Torche album artwork. Just look at it. Bask in its pink and rainbow-barfing gloriousness. You done basking? Good. Now…
George Harrison May 3rd
By Michael Bryant | Published April 23rd, 2012To commemorate the U.S. release on DVD of Martin Scorsese’s film, “Living in the Material World”, KZSC will highlight George Harrison on the morning of May 3rd. Since the documentary covers George’s rise to fame during his time with The Fab Four, his experiences with Eastern religion & culture and life after The Beatles, we’ll…
Hip Hop Charts for April
By Hip Hop Director | Published April 23rd, 2012Here are the top new albums and singles being spun at KZSC this week in hip hop. For those of you who enjoy the new stuff you hear on the Great 88, check these out: Culture Cry Wolf- Dia de Los Muertos; Hawthorne Headhunters- Myriad of Now; Angelo Francois- Falling to Peaceis; Lushlife- Plateau Vision; Aesop…
Oh, the places you’ll go!
By World Music Director | Published April 23rd, 2012The umbrella term of World Music can be pretty daunting, especially for someone who is just getting into the genre, and has no idea where to start. What even constitutes world music anyways? While it is a term that is known to encompass both traditional and contemporary forms of music from different countries and cultures…
Toure-Raichel Collective, Mon April 23rd
By Folk Department | Published April 22nd, 2012The Touré-Raichel Collective will be performing twice at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA on Monday, April 23, 2012, starting at 7:00 and 9:00pm. Spearheaded by the unlikely pairing of Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré (son of legendary guitarist Ali Farka Touré) and Israeli pop superstar Idan Raichel on keyboard, they have created…
Interview with Black Tusk’s Andrew Fidler and Jonathan Athon
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 21st, 2012Your favorite metal guru, Bröötalisk (me), interviewed one of the biggest names in “punk metal” back on March 27th: Black Tusk. More specifically, I had something similar to a threesome with their guitarist (Fidler) and bassist (Athon). Also, look at that beard. How can you NOT interview that? My obsession with wizard-like beards beside the…