The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay presents the Irish band Teada on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA. Appearing at major music festivals around the world, Teada has now grown to a six-member band with the recent addition of legendary singer and button accordion player…
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…
Nuala Kennedy, Wed Oct 24th
By Folk Department | Published October 22nd, 2012Nuala Kennedy, talented flute player and singer from Dundalk on the east coast of Ireland, will be in concert for the first time in the Santa Cruz area on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Don Quixote’s International Music Hall in Felton, CA at 7:30pm. Nuala started playing traditional Irish music at the tender age of…
Kabile, Sat Oct 20th
By Folk Department | Published October 18th, 2012The Kabile Bulgarian band takes its name from a small village just north of the city of Yambol in Thrace. One of the premier traditional Bulgarian bands, they are on tour in the U.S. and will be playing for a dance at the Cabrillo College Dance Studio in Aptos, CA on Saturday, 10/20/12 at 8pm….
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Tues-Wed Oct 2nd-3rd
By Folk Department | Published October 1st, 2012The duo of Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill will be playing Irish traditional fiddle tunes at two concerts this week, on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA and on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Chautauqua Hall in Pacific Grove, CA. Presented by the…
Colleen Raney Band, Tues Sep 25th
By Folk Department | Published September 24th, 2012The Colleen Raney Band will be playing traditional and contemporary Irish music at Don Quixote’s International Music Hall in Felton, CA on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 7:30pm. Colleen was raised in Seattle, but is currently residing in Portland, and in recent years has released well-received recordings of modern arrangements of classic Irish songs as well…
Darol Anger and The Furies, Sun Aug 19th
By Folk Department | Published August 16th, 2012An all-star string extravaganza will be led by fiddler Darol Anger at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 starting at 7pm. Darol has been pushing the envelope of modern American string music by combining elements of bluegrass, jazz, and world music traditions into his compositions. He has played with the David…
Pasatempo Thurs July 19th
By Folk Department | Published July 18th, 2012From the soggy town of Seattle comes Pasatempo, a band specializing in old-style music from the Greek underworld, known as “Rebetika” along with other music from the Balkans. They’ll be in concert at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 7:30pm. Led by the husband and wife team of Christos Govetas…
Aaron Jones & Claire Mann Wed June 20th
By Folk Department | Published June 18th, 2012The Celtic duo of Aaron Jones & Claire Mann will be in concert on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA. Aaron is the singer, bouzouki and guitar player in the popular band “Old Blind Dogs” and a recipient of an “Instrumentalist of the Year” award for Scottish Traditional Music….
Gourd Music Celebration This Weekend
By Folk Department | Published June 8th, 2012Santa 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…