Did you know that you can follow your favorite local music radio show on Twitter? You can check out The Rising Tide on Twitter right here! By following us, you’ll be the first to hear announcements about our upcoming interviews, the first to see photos of recent performances we’ve put up on our Picasa page, and the…
Blackbird Blackbird, Old Arc & The Mystery Lights on The Rising Tide tonight!
By The Rising Tide | Published January 28th, 2011Friday night is just around the corner, meaning it’s that time again: Time for The Rising Tide on KZSC! Allow me to introduce the first of Friday night’s guests: Blackbird Blackbird. Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of Mikey S., a San Francisco-based electronic artist whose work has attracted the attention of the press (The Bay…
KZSC Special This Afternoon
By Michael Bryant | Published September 4th, 2010Paul Gilbert remembers when KZSC was a little 10-watt station on the UCSC campus. “If you lived off campus or near a hill, you practically had to climb on your roof to get a signal.” Back in 1975 when Paul was a DJ here, “Saturday Night Live” premiered on TV, Led Zeppelin was still recording…
Death of A Reggae Giant
By Michael Bryant | Published July 12th, 2010His name was Lincoln, but most of the music world knew him as Sugar. Starting a recording career in the late 1960′s as part of The African Brothers band, Sugar Minott became popular as a solo artist in Jamaica during the mid-70′s. Sugar was an early pioneer of reggae’s dance hall sound; he developed a…
Porterpalooza LIVE-ALL DAY on KZSC’s Online-Only Side Stream!
By Intro to Radio Instuctor | Published May 15th, 2010Porterpalooza is an annual event put on by Residential Life at Porter College. It’s a chance to showcase all of the talent concentrated at Porter plus innumerable bands and performers from across the UCSC campus, all of whom come out to play for free at Porter College. Ranging from acoustic indie songwriters to hip-hop ensembles…
Pledge drive – joy ride!
By Music Director | Published March 7th, 2010The time has come! This Saturday KZSC announced the arrival of it’s Spring pledge drive. This is the time when you can show us how much we mean to you. Your donation means that we can continue to broadcast over the air and through your computer year-round, without commercials, and and without sacrificing our completely…
Mason Jennings on KZSC!
By Music Director | Published September 19th, 2009Greetings KZSC Listeners! This is Benny Goodman Einstein of Sad Bastard Music speaking to you over the internet! I just wanted to let you all know that I will be interviewing Mason Jennings live in studio on Tuesday, September 22nd at 3:15 PM. He’s going to play a show at The Catalyst that night, and…
The new Summer Schedule kicks off tomorrow!
By Music Director | Published June 14th, 2009Here at KZSC, we’re all about the beauty of impermanence. And by beauty, we mean beauty. Tomorrow is the official start of our new Summer Schedule. Plenty of your old favorites will be sticking around for the sunny months, but a few are out on vacation. To fill their place, we’ve got an arsenal…