(Playlist for) Driving Along the California Central Coast in December
by DJ Bugs This playlist is inspired by my (somehow) 12-hour roadtrip from Santa Cruz to LA. I had a 3 hour detour on the 1 (there was a rock slide near Big Sur and I had to turn…
Playlist: Covers That Might Be Better Than The Originals
Beautiful covers for classics we all know and love. By: Alex Lund Landslide by The Chicks (Fleetwood Mac cover) Coat Of Many Colors by Sierra Ferrell (Dolly Parton cover) Just Like Heaven (feat. Shamir) by Christian Lee Hutson (The Cure…
Oldies Playlist for Spring
by Ryan McLean Davis Springtime is approaching and so are finals. Take a break from everything and listen to some music! If you're looking for a relaxing playlist of oldies for spring, look no further... Two Winters Long by Irma…
Playlist for the Winter Blues
By Ryan Davis The winter weather is settling in, and as the nights begin to get longer and the days become shorter, a lot of people experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The lack of sunlight can take a toll on…
Rain Songs
By Lindsay Rule Here are the top 10 songs with "rain" in it, in no particular order. Except for "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" because it is my all time favorite song with "rain" in the title. I…
Sophomore Albums From Artists That 2018-Indie-You Forgot
By Jules Champion 2018 was an insane year for music. With the rise of Bedroom Pop and the peak of SoundCloud rap there was a new song every minute and a new artist every week, but just as quickly as…
An Introduction To City Pop
By Evan Jones For those uninitiated with the city pop genre, it is a loose label describing Japanese music from the late 70s & 80s featuring heavy western influences from rock and funk to jazz-fusion and disco. In an effort…
This Blessed Osmosis: A Playlist by Alyce Thornhill
“Save the Children,” Gil Scott-Heron “We've got to do something, yeah, to save the children/ Soon it will be their turns to try and save the world” Gil Scott-Heron’s spoken-word lyrical style and blending of genres such as jazz and…
In Session: Sir Froderick (Feature Interview)
Story and Interview by DJ Mixolydian DJ Mixolydian is back with another feature interview for In Session. This time, KZSC presents to you: Sir Froderick. A laid-back beatmaker, record store (and label) owner, hip-hop connoisseur, and king of the tape…
In Session: David Hood
By DJ Mixolydian For this week's In Session feature, we're traveling to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to acknowledge the terrific bass work of Mr. David Hood. Hood was a member of Rick Hall's "Swampers", a group of studio musicians in the Muscle…
In Session: Ron Carter (Feature Interview)
By DJ Mixolydian For this installment of In Session, KZSC was blessed to sit down (via Zoom) with legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter. Hailing from the greater Detroit area, Carter began his career as an upright bassist by playing gigs at…
In Session: Bob Babbitt
By DJ Mixolydian For this week's In Session feature, KZSC presents to you the music of Bob Babbitt. A legendary studio bassist who traded off sessions with James Jamerson of Motown Studios, Babbitt spent considerable time with both the Funk Brothers…
Avant-Garde Jazz Playlist
Celebrate the birthday of the late Alice Coltrane by enjoying some spacey, complex psychedelic jazz!
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 Jazz&Blues 8/9-8/17
Check back every Sunday for a playlist full of our jazz and blues spins of the week !
KZSC Jazz/Blues 7/27-8/3
Check back every Sunday for a playlist full of our jazz and blues spins of the week!
A Talking Heads Playlist
by DJ Mixolydian We all know the 7-on-A baseline of “Psycho Killer”, or the chorus to “Burning Down the House”, but here are some tunes that may have slipped by you that definitely deserve a listen. Though David Byrne recently…
KZSC End of the Decade Playlist
By DJ Maybe A little bit ago I asked some KZSC DJ's what their favorite songs from the decade were. A complicated question. Kind of hoping for a "first thought, best thought" bunch of instinctual answers. Instinct compiled this playlist,…
Me The Cowboy
Love got you down? Put on those cowgirl boots and let’s take a ride. DJ Maddie’s lonesome cowgirl playlist, “Me the Cowboy” features prominent, female classic country singers from the likes of Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton whos sugary,…
DJ Rocko Soundtracks the Giant Dipper
by Rocko Bauman Towering in red and white by the seaside sits Santa Cruz’s greatest untapped musical potential. Since its construction in 1924, millions of people have taken the ride of their lives on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s historic…