Harry & The Hit Men will be performing at Moe’s Alley (Santa Cruz, CA) on Saturday, June 16th! With their motown-esque hits, Harry & The Hit Men bring psychedelic dance music along with a little bit of classic soul. Covering tracks such as Jackie Wilson’s Higher and Higher, Smokey Robinson’s Tears…
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…
(((FolkYEAH!))) This April in Santa Cruz
By Program Review Committee | Published March 11th, 2012Get excited! (((FolkYEAH!))) Presents is bringing big names to Santa Cruz in April including: MAZZY STAR at the Coconut Grove Ballroom on Tuesday, April 10th tUnE-yArDs at the Rio Theatre and M. WARD with fIREHOSE at the Coconut Grove Ballroom both on Thursday, April 12th REAL ESTATE at the Catalyst Atrium on Monday, April 23rd More info…
Bill Staines Oct 8th
By Folk Department | Published October 8th, 2011Bill Staines, folk singer and prolific songwriter, will be performing at the Aromas Grange Hall, corner of Rose and Bardue Streets in Aromas, CA on Saturday, October 8, 2011, at 7:00pm (831) 726-2322. Sometimes described as a “modern day Stephen Foster” his songs have an enduring quality and have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, The…
Moya Brennan & Cormac De Barra, Wed Sep 14th
By Folk Department | Published September 14th, 2011The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay presents Irish harpists and vocalists Moya Brennan and Cormac De Barra in concert on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at 7:30pm at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, CA. Moya is a Grammy Award winning singer and harpist, and a lead vocalist in the popular and…
Iris Dement Sunday Sep 11th
By Folk Department | Published September 4th, 2011Iris Dement, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, guitar and keyboard player, will be performing on Sunday September 11, 2011 at 7:30pm at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, CA (831) 479-9421. Her earlier recordings in the folk/country genre were introspective, personal, and spare in presentation, and received great acclaim for her songwriting. Iris’s later…
Andrea Beaton July 28th
By Folk Department | Published July 27th, 2011Andrea Beaton will be performing at an intimate house concert in Bonny Doon at 7:30 pm on Thursday, July 28th sponsored by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay. Andrea is part of a younger generation of traditional musicians playing the Celtic music of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, music that was brought to that island…
Cafe Musique, Sunday July 24th
By Folk Department | Published July 22nd, 2011Café Musique will be performing at an afternoon concert starting at 1:00pm at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA (831) 603-2294 on Sunday, July 24, 2011. This local band from the Central Coast of California plays and sings with a European gypsy sound of its own, featuring original compositions as well as traditional and…
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Sat July 16th
By Folk Department | Published July 15th, 2011The Modern Mandolin Quartet will be performing at an outdoor Backyard House Concert on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 4:00pm in Santa Cruz, CA, in an intimate garden setting. This chamber group features Dana Rath and Matt Flinner (mandolins), Paul Binkley (mandola), and Adam Roszkiewicz (mandocello) playing contemporary as well as classical music arranged for…
Freshly Ground July 14th
By World Music Director | Published July 12th, 2011Being half South African myself, I cannot help but shout Yebo! for joy when I hear that the band Freshly Ground is coming to play in Santa Cruz at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center on July 14th!!! If I wasn’t driving across the country, I’d totally be there. This is their first-ever North American tour. If…