Here’s a peek at the interior of our new web shop. On display inside is a separate wing for KZSC Merch (shirts, hoodies, hats, etc) and a separate Pledge Drive Shop where we’ve also selected some special music that will make your ears happy. Sadly, The Great 88 Flying Car is still in the beta…
Looking At A Glass Onion…
By Michael Bryant | Published March 7th, 2013DJ Prudence displays her artwork, a painting entitled “Glass Onion”. It’s her re-imagining of the classic Lennon song from The White Album. This one-of-a-king piece will be offered today on The Beatles’ “Here, There & Everywhere” program, along with other Fab Four thank you gifts and of course your requests. Thursday mornings without George, Paul,…
French/African Music Show March 16th
By Michael Bryant | Published March 5th, 2013Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal will be performing at the First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz at 8 pm on Saturday, March 16th. Sissoko is a Malian Kora player; Segal is a French cellist. The fusion of the two resulted in a collaboration of soothing chamber music featured on their newest album, “At Peace”. NPR…
New Growlers Album: Hung At Heart
By Rock Director | Published March 5th, 2013Self-branded as “Beach Goth”, the Orange County crew The Growlers are road warriors. Playing a seemingly endless string of dates, the quintet wander the country like modern day pranksters delivering a tight set of their jaunty organ-infused surf rock. Costa Mesa’s psych-surf garage outfit took time off the road to produce their third LP, a collection of…
Unseen Beatles From 1968
By Michael Bryant | Published March 5th, 2013The Beatles recorded 25 takes of “Hey Jude” at Abbey Road Studios in two nights, July 29th and 30th, in 1968. Here’s a new find from the film archives of this recording session. If you love The Fab Four like we do, you’ll want to listen in Thursday mornings from 6-9 each week when The Great…
Martin Hayes and Masters of Tradition Tues Mar 5th
By Folk Department | Published March 3rd, 2013An all-star lineup of extraordinary Irish musicians are touring as the “Masters of Tradition” and will be in concert at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 7:30pm. This is a unique opportunity to hear Martin Hayes, All-Ireland fiddle champion six times over, Dennis Cahill, Martin’s guitar accompanist of choice…
Calling All Cars…
By Michael Bryant | Published March 2nd, 2013Broadcasting music from the UC Santa Cruz campus started back in 1967. As you can see from the picture, we faced some pretty stiff competition back then. Technology has marched on in the last four decades but The Great 88 remains a resource for local talk and fine music. KZSC asks that if you have…
Has College Radio Changed? [Part 1]
By Michael Bryant | Published February 28th, 2013There have been student broadcasters at UC Santa Cruz for 45 years, but what was college radio like before that? Is it very different now? Here’s an interesting look at college radio from 1956. Notice standard student attire at the station included suit and tie. Some things never change.
Loud Rock Charts: 2/26
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published February 25th, 2013Thursday night, I witnessed one of the greatest acts on metal this world has seen. No, it wasn’t any big name bands like Opeth or Gojira. It was just a small three piece band, who use nothing more than 2 lights, a little bit of fog, and three instruments to create one of the most unbelievable live…
Seabright Stringfest March 2nd
By Folk Department | Published February 24th, 2013The 2nd annual Seabright Stringfest takes place this Saturday, March 2nd outdoors on the Seabright Brewery/Java Junction patio in Santa Cruz on. This day-long FREE event is a cavalcade of bands performing from 11 AM until midnight. The day begins with a kids’ show by Bob Reid, followed by a variety of bluegrass, old-time string band, Celtic, folk and…