The annual Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair will be held in San Lorenzo Park at the Duck Pond Stage in Santa Cruz on Saturday, May 4, 2013 from noon-5:00pm. A cavalcade of local bands will be featured: Homefire, The Earl White Stringband, Bean Creek, and The Harmony Grits. This free event is presented by the Santa…
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…
Bluegrass Music Awards Show on Backroads, Sun Nov 4th
By Folk Department | Published November 2nd, 2012The 23rd Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held several weeks ago, and KZSC will feature highlights from this show on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012. Recorded live at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, Laurie Lewis and Del McCoury co-host this year’s show that includes performances by…
Local Santa Cruz band North Pacific String Band releases debut album “Steak & Eggs”!
By Talk Programming Director | Published August 31st, 2012photo by Blake Goodmacher; featured image by Yasamine June “Sure, sure…fersherrsure,” the boys of North Pacific String Band mumbled enthusiastically when asked to play some more tunes on my show, Pickin on the Porch with Auntie Em, a few weeks back. The five-piece string band consists of Steven Stubblefield on mandolin and vocals, Jeff Wilson…
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…
Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair May 5th
By Folk Department | Published May 1st, 2012The 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…
Seabright Stringfest on Saturday
By Folk Department | Published February 10th, 2012The First Annual Seabright Stringfest will be held at the Seabright Brewery and Java Junction in the Seabright neighborhood of Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 11th from 11:30am-11:30pm. Yep, that’s right – 12 continuous hours of music (plus a square dance) starting with a kids show by Bob Reid and followed by a cavalcade of…
Special Consensus Tues, Jan 24th
By Folk Department | Published January 24th, 2012Special Consensus, the mighty four-person acoustic bluegrass band from the Chicago area, will be in concert Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA, performing songs from their CD “35,” named after the band’s 35th anniversary, and more. While band members have changed over the decades, they’re still led by ace banjo…
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Sun Dec 4th
By Folk Department | Published December 3rd, 2011The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band will be performing an afternoon concert at the Digital Media Factory in Santa Cruz, CA on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 4:00pm. You can be part of the audience for this concert to be filmed in HD for later TV and internet broadcast as part of the Santa Cruz Live…
Bluegrass Music Awards Show on Backroads, Sun Oct 23rd
By Folk Department | Published October 22nd, 2011The 22nd Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held a few weeks ago, and KZSC will feature highlights from this show on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Recorded live at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, Sam Bush hosts the show that includes performances by Steve Martin &…