Beautiful track from Kauflin’s latest album
Hey everyone. Listen to this beautiful, dexterous solo by Justin Kauflin. This sweet song is dedicated to Kauflin's mentor, Clark Terry. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5w4zBGPiY
“Irish Christmas in America” guests on ShamRock, Wed Dec 3rd
Oisin Mac Diarmada, All-Ireland Fiddle Champion and one of the producers of the "Irish Christmas in America" traveling show, now in its 10th season, will be joining DJ Sophaloaf in a live interview on KZSC's "ShamRock" show this Wednesday, December 3,…
Interview with Alexandra & the Starlight Band
Alexandra Starlight and Zachary James of Alexandra & the Starlight Band stopped by the station to do an interview with our own DJ Soul Patch during his program Not-so-distant Relatives which airs every Thursday from 2pm-4pm. Listen for Alexandra's rocking acoustic…
Poet Gabe Kittle, Live on KZSC–Thurs July 17 at 7PM
Thursday July 17th be sure to tune in to "Happy beyond words" with me, DJ Roux, to hear a special live poetry reading with Gabe Kittle, a local poet and teacher! He will be sharing his poetry with us as…
Synapse(!) @ Club Kuumbwa
If you weren't at Kuumbwa Jazz Center for progressive jazz-fusion group Synapse(!) last Saturday night, you surely missed out! The dynamic, sharp styling of saxophonist Nikki Mokover and trumpeter Nick Bianchini was backed by an amazing rhythm section; featuring percussion…
Chris Webster and Nina Gerber Live on Backroads Sun, Dec 15th
Chris Webster and Nina Gerber will be visiting the Backroads show live on KZSC on Sunday, December 15, 2013 between noon and 2pm prior to their concert appearance at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA at 7pm that evening. They'll be…
The War and Peace Tour
September 6th I had the great pleasure to attend the War and Peace Tour at the Catalyst here in Santa Cruz, Ca. The tour had all-star underground headliners Immortal Technique and Brother Ali speaking their mind about the injustice and…
Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole May 22nd
Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole is the eldest son of Kekuhi Kanahele and descends from a distinguished hula family. "Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai" (a Wiki Wiki Wednesday favored song) was composed by his great grandmother, Edith Kanahele Kanaka'ole; his family's music traditions…
The World of GWAR !!!
For the second time in my life, I have attended a GWAR show. This most recent time was also @ the Catalyst and on the eve of the election. Naturally, both candidates for president appeared as puppets in the show…
Local Santa Cruz band North Pacific String Band releases debut album “Steak & Eggs”!
photo by Blake Goodmacher; featured image by Yasamine June "Sure, sure...fersherrsure," the boys of North Pacific String Band mumbled enthusiastically when asked to play some more tunes on my show, Pickin on the Porch with Auntie Em, a few weeks…