RIZ aka RSD is reppin’ KZSC @ Hiero Day 9.4.17!
DJ RIZ aka DJ RSD will be heading to Hiero Day 2017 on behalf of KZSC! More information on the event can be found at the HieroDay website. Riz hopes to see you all there!
Dirtybird Campout is moving North
After two years in Southern California, Dirtybird Campout is moving up North this year making the festival only a 2 hour drive down from Santa Cruz county! The location has moved to the south section of Lake Antonio in the…
RPM’s August Festival: HARD Summer
Destructo is back once again with a hot lineup to heat up your summer! The event will be moving to the Glen Helen Amphitheater & Regional Park this year and will be taking place over the course of August 5th-6th. The…
Lightning in a Bottle 2017: My Experience
This Memorial Day Weekend was another unforgettable Lightning in a Bottle (LIB). Festival attendees started showing up on Wednesday to set up camp and feast their eyes on the giant lake bordering the festival grounds. Thanks to Northern California's recent rains, last year's dry lake bed was now a home for hundreds of inflatables and a hand full of floating DJ structures...
Portside II @ UCSC’s Porter College hosted by @burgundytrees & interview w/ riz aka djrsd
Portside II is the second installment of a collaborative art show at UCSC, hosted by @burgundytrees. The goal of Portside is to bring artists of all different mediums together to display and share their passions. Portside is a free and…
Trio Balkan Strings, Santa Cruz House Concert Thurs May 25th
Trio Balkan Strings will be appearing at a house concert in downtown Santa Cruz at 7:30pm on Thursday, May 25th, 2017. They're a virtuosic guitar trio from Belgrade, Serbia who perform a unique fusion of Balkan music, crossing various genres…
Molly Tuttle Band, Wed May 10th
Molly Tuttle grew up playing bluegrass with her family members in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is now an award-winning songwriter (first place in the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at Merlefest) and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist. Molly has been gaining broader recognition…
Kevin Burke, Solo House Concert, Fri May 5, Soquel, CA
Kevin Burke, traditional style Irish fiddler, will be performing in an intimate house concert in Soquel, CA on Friday, May 5, 2017 at 7:30pm. Kevin was the fiddler of the acclaimed Bothy Band, teaming with the late and legendary guitarist…
RPM’s June Festival: EDC
RPM is hyped for Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas this June... Here at KZSC we represent every genre of music and talk imaginable. This year’s Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) brings together some of the biggest and best names in…
Wobbleland Round 3
For the last three years, I have been honored to attend one of San Jose's biggest bass festivals of the year Wobbleland. Every year Vital Events brings us bigger surprises and this year was no different. The bass festival extended…
KZSC at the Santa Cruz Music Festival
Over President's weekend, 10 KZSC staff members took to the streets of downtown Santa Cruz to interview and document the musical festival for our listeners. Throughout the day, we aired interviews and updates for those of you who could not…
SOB X RBE Interview & Concert Review by riz aka djrsd of KZSC Santa Cruz
I caught up with the hottest artists on the block right now, from my hometown Vallejo, located in the North Bay Area, SOB X RBE. The group was on tour with Platinum recording artist and producer Sage The Gemini, and…
Activism in Santa Cruz County
The Artists on Art show for January 18th, 2017, featured spiritual activist and author, Ami Chen, community activist Miriam Stombler and Didje Koffa to talk about the protests happening in Santa Cruz County in response to the inauguration of the 45th President…
Wobbleland in San Jose: back for 3 days!
Wobbleland 2017 back at the City National Civic in San Jose, February 17, 18 and 19 Wobbleland is back for three days this year! One of the most well known bass festivals of NorCal is back in San Jose. Last year,…
Looking forward to another year at Lightning in a Bottle
Lightning In a Bottle 2017 Prepares for Early Ticket Sell Out with New Presale Release Plan We are very excited to announce that Lightning in a Bottle is coming back to San Antonio Recreation Area just a two hour drive south of Santa…
All is Bright: Anuhea, with Justin Young At Moe’s Alley
Anuhea's Coming to Town! And she's bringing Justin Young! Playing Moe's Ally Thursday, December 15th, a show that features holiday jams direct from the Hawaiian Islands. In the cold of midwinter, this might be the touch of warmth you can use.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Outside Lands 2016
In San Francisco, the foggy summer is host to the annual Outside Lands concert, held every August in Golden Gate park. The event takes place over one weekend, starting on Friday and ending on Sunday and draws crowds who enjoy…
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…
Hear Larry Coryell on KZSC’s Test of Time
On August 26, Carol from KZSC's Test of Time spoke with prolific guitarist Larry Coryell who pioneered the progressive jazz fusion movement, integrating free form jazz with elements of rock, rhythm and blues. Larry reflects on the vibrant music scene during the sixties and the first time he heard Jimi Hendrix. Other highlights include Larry's diverse interest in music, the reunion of The Free Spirits and the first new studio album for The Eleventh House since 1976.
Explosions in the Sky and Preoccupations: KZSC Show Reviews
Ah, the Mountain Winery: a venue always been defined by its excellence. On the night of August 29th, there was a fantastic show featuring the impeccable post-rock band, Explosion in the Sky, and Calgary post-punk outfit, Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong). Both bands had just played FYF Fest in Los Angeles and this show was a very stark contrast to the festival setting they played the weekend before. Although the Mountain Winery is an amphitheater, the very little amount of space between the seating and the stage allowed a more intimate performance from both bands throughout the night.
Aug 26 (1 pm): Larry Coryell interview
Tune in to KZSC's Test of Time this Friday at 1 PM for Carol's in-depth discussion with virtuoso guitarist and jazz fusion pioneer Larry Coryell. His upcoming release, Seven Secrets, has Larry regrouping with members of The Eleventh House—once again exhibiting their collective power of collaboration and creation.