Ladies of R&B Playlist
Soothe your soul with some of the best female voices of R&B from the 80's and 90's!
Psychedelic Funk Playlist
A curation of hits, rarities, and similar sounds of the one and only Mothership Connection, Parliament-Funkadelic!
KZSC OUTREACH: @UCSC COLLEGE 9/10
KZSC collaborates with College 9/10! During this open tabling event that happened on April 26, 2019, students came in and learned how to DJ/spin, radio curriculum, music & news journalism, and most importantly, walked away with some KZSC merch! Big…
KZSC OUTREACH: @UCSC TERRY FRIETAS CAFE C9/10
KZSC collaborates with Terry Frietas Cafe at College 9/10! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLa5KoFDVI&w=560&h=315] During this open tabling event that happened on April 11, 2019, students came in and learned how to DJ/spin, radio curriculum, music & news journalism, and most importantly, walked…
KZSC hosts 2019 UCRN (University of California Radio Network) Conference!
KZSC hosts the Bi-Annual UCRN Conference! Directed & Edited by our Hip Hop Director RIZZYSTAYDIZZY. #GIVE2KZSC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNHlAqVFws&w=560&h=315]
KZSC @ 2018 UCRN (University of California Radio Network) Conference!
KZSC visits host 88.9FM KUCI (UC IRVINE) Radio for the Bi-Annual UCRN Conference! Directed & Edited by our Hip Hop Director RIZZYSTAYDIZZY. #GIVE2KZSC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EjNSF_vIyo KZSC Staff in attendance: Rizal Aliga, Neroli Devaney, Kavya Aswadhati, Maelin Rose, Duncan Ober, Alex Varelijan, Kathy Hermosillo,…
KZSC Alum Jesse Thorn featured in the LA Times
by Hayley Fox from latimes.com on November, 7, 2018
Overlooking MacArthur Park Lake, Jesse Thorn is recording tracks for his latest “Bullseye” podcast episode inside a recording booth that he bought off Craigslist for $3,500.
KZSC Santa Cruz Radio DJs spin at the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium for the 2018 Spooky Roller Disco Night!
WATCH: KZSC Santa Cruz Radio DJs spin at the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium for the 2018 Spooky Roller Disco Night! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBj5Ww9tBIk DJ Brandon Berry | DJ Rocko Directed|Shot|Edited By: Rizal Aliga Setup: Rocko Bauman | Ryan Cormack | Jasmine Stade | Jose Domingo | Sierra Grindstaff |…
KZSC Santa Cruz Radio DJs spin at the Annual UCSC Welcome Week Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Frolic 2018! *NSFW*
WATCH: KZSC Santa Cruz Radio DJs spin at the Annual UCSC Welcome Week Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Frolic 2018! *NSFW* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTvoh6HVV2k DJ Brandon Berry | DJ Kaviar | DJ RIZZYSTAYDIZZY Directed By: Rizal Aliga & Kathy Hermosillo Shot By: Rizal…
Sat 9/1: Vinyl Swap Meet at Verve Coffee Roasters in Seabright
Load up on vinyl records at the 6th Annual Verve Coffee Record Swap on Saturday, September 1st! Co-promoted by KZSC and Metavinyl
Join KZSC and other local music vendors and discover new music and old favorites—all on glorious vinyl!
The record swap starts at 9 am at Verve Coffee’s Roastery and coffee bar at 104 Bronson Street, in Seabright – a few doors down from the Pacific Edge climbing gym.
KZSC will be there till 4pm and there will be food trucks, live music, and a local yard sale going on, too!
Admission and neighborhood parking are both free
Concert Review: The Frights at the Catalyst Atrium (2.23.2018)
Review by: Lily Nauta With their first album debuting in 2013 and their second and most recent in 2016, indie-rock band The Frights are a quickly growing group. The band picked up traction quick with lead singer Mikey Carnevale’s captivating…
“Somebody’s Valentine” – A KZSC Valentine’s Day Playlist
"It's pretty cool there's a designated day promoting people to be overly loving toward a special someone. I mean, ideally, people would act like that every day but that's difficult; we can only spend so much time in our daily…
KZSC’s Voces Criticas/Critical Voices
KZSC is pleased to share with you this radio profile of UCSC Professor Sylvanna Falcon, host of Voces Criticas/Critical Voices. Tune in on Thursdays at 5:30 pm and catch archived programs on the show's website or on Radio Free America.
Jean-Luc Ponty Interview w/ Test of Time’s DJ Carol!
Carol of the Test of Time speaks with legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. A virtuoso violinist, Ponty was the first musician to treat the violin like a guitar, applying the use of distortion boxes, phase shifters and the wah-wah pedal to…
@Remedy415 interview w/ riz aka djrsd
On 5.26.17, @rizzystaydizzy got to interview one of the hottest musicians & producers in the Bay Area right now, @remedy415 right before he opened up on day 1 of 3 sold out shows headlined by SOB X RBE at the Social Hall in his…
LiKWUiD on Local Brew and Queen Beats
Did you miss this video of LiKWUiD?
Keep an eye on KZSC's facebook page with a quick like!
Saturday, Local Brew hosted LiKWUiD live on 88.1 FM, shortly before this performance at SubRosa Community Space.
Listen for more on Queen Beats, Tuesday at 10 pm. Don't sleep—Keep it locked on 88.1 FM or streaming.kzsc.org .
New KZSC items for your donation!
We just added KZSC stickers and one-of-a-kind handmade KZSC buttons and newly re-issued 88 point 1 tee shirts in all sizes to our website. It's not too late to grab some of these limited edition items as a thank you for your donation to KZSC. We'll put your gift to work, activating our volunteers and listener-sponsored studios to bring you the best local arts, culture, and news from the Monterey Bay!
Tycho at Treasure Island Music Festival
This past October, two of KZSC's DJs had the opportunity to head up to the Bay Area's annual Treasure Island Music Festival and sit down with Scott Hansen, the frontman and creator of the ambient electronic band Tycho.
Why We Should Be Listening to the Female Voices of Hip Hop
Hip hop is uniquely powerful because it sits comfortably at the borderline between poetry and song. It bridges the gap between the two, and in turn contains the qualities of both song and spoken word. Unlike poems (or any other…
JAZZ CHARTS NOVEMBER
Hello all you jazzy listeners and KZSC supporters! Here are the Jazz Charts for this week! Make sure you check out or jazz programming including shows like Clam Chops on Tuesdays at 12pm and Jazz Kitty on Saturdays at 12pm.…
Day N Night Hip-Hop Festival (Recap + Video)
Here's the recap video for the first annual Day N Night Festival in Orange County. This was actually the first music festival I'd ever been to, and while I'd love to comment on all the things I felt went wrong or…