Being 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…
Solas
By Folk Department | Published February 21st, 2011Internationally acclaimed Irish band Solas performs at The Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, CA on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 7:30pm. Presented by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay, they will be celebrating the release of their 10th CD. The band includes multiple All-Ireland Champion on four different instruments, Seamus Egan…
Kleptograss
By Folk Department | Published February 19th, 2011The Kleptograss Power Trio, featuring Eric Thompson (guitar, mandolin, cuatro, banjo), Alan Senauke (guitar, mandolin) & John Haynes (percussion), will be performing at a Santa Cruz House Concert on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at 7:30pm. Acoustic picking and singing from sources around the world, including mountain music from Appalachia and Puerto Rico, blues from the…