TOKiMONSTA ticket giveaway
The TOKiMONSTA show is just around the corner! She will be playing at the Catalyst this Sunday, September 21. Tune in this weekend for a last chance to win a pair of tickets to her show. This will be in…
RPM Charts – Mid-September
Top 10: 1. RUSTIE - Green Language / Warp 2. JIM-E STACK - Tell Me I Belong / Innovative Leisure 3. FALTYDL - In The Wild / Ninja Tune 4. MNDSGN - Yawn Zen / Stones Throw 5. BASEMENT JAXX…
Charts and Adds: Second Week of September
Summer may be ending, but things are really heating up with in terms of Jazz in the area. The 57th annual Monterey Jazz Festival has come to to town as well as some great sounds to KZSC. The charts remain…
Rose’s “Most Impossible Secret Dream” wrapping up after 29 years
September. The sunny season is winding down, and fall is approaching. Many proud gardeners and groundskeepers find themselves bidding farewell to blooming flowers, and preparing for seasonal change. We here at KZSC are also bracing for change. Come October, we will be saying "farewell" to the amazing programmer Rose Lobel. Rose deejays "What's New", which airs Thursdays at noon. Her program showcases the recently released music of up-and-coming artists from a multitude of genres. An earful of Rose's "What's New" proves that great music is alive, kicking, and here to stay.
Rock Charts – Second Week of Sept.
This week three SUB POP releases made it into our top 10 at numbers 2, 8, and 10 and we gave Death From Above 1979's first album in 10 years a top add. Top 10: 1. ALLAH-LAS - Worship The…
RPM Charts – 2nd Week In September
Top 10: 1. RUSTIE - Green Language / Warp 2. JIM-E STACK - Tell Me I Belong / Innovative Leisure 3. LONE - Reality Testing / R&S 4. FALTYDL - In The Wild / Ninja Tune 5. MARTYN - The…
Rock Charts – 1st Week of September!
This week everyone got really excited about the new Allah-Las record and Ty Segall's new album shot up to #4. Top 10 Adds: 1. ALLAH-LAS - Worship The Sun 2. TOTAL CONTROL - Typical System 3. WHITE FENCE - For…
RPM Charts – Beginning of September!
Top 10: 1. RUSTIE - Green Language / Warp 2. JIM-E STACK - Tell Me I Belong / Innovative Leisure 3. LONE - Reality Testing / R&S 4. SOPHIE - Lemonade/Hard / Numbers 5. SAINT PEPSI - Fiona Coyne/Fall Harder [7-Inch]…
Groundation’s Harrison Stafford interviewed by DJ Tiffany
Professor Harrison Stafford, the leader of Groundation, was speeding across the California desert when he connected with KZSC's DJ Tiffany on "Joy in the Morning." He lays down a history and culture of reggae music and discusses his documentary called…
Rock Charts – Last Week of August!
This week White Fence rose to the top of our charts and we added a new record from the Rentals. Top 10: 1. WHITE FENCE - For The Recently Found Innocent 2. MATT KIVEL - Days Of Being Wild 3…
Students! Join our Environmental News team
Classes at UC Santa Cruz start on October 2nd, and KZSC is putting together a local environmental news report for the fall schedule (which starts October 20th). We'll train a small group of UCSC students to report on local environmental news. You'll learn to research, write, and report for the radio and web and you'll quickly become an expert in the environmental history and issues facing the Monterey Bay, Salinas Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains, Big Sur and beyond. No course credit can be offered yet, but internship, service learning, or independent study credit may be arranged.
Bowl’o BOLO
The charming and personable BOLO Mikiela Rodrigues plays Hawaiian Latin Classical Fusion, and he will be performing locally at the end of August! Here, overlooking the soft green seas of the Monterey Bay, Bolo hopes to come on up to our little redwood-grass shack on…
The 2014 Summer Music Sale is THIS Saturday
The Verve Coffee / KZSC Summer Music Sale is THIS Saturday, Aug 30! We're selling an eclectic mix of LPs and CDs for just 25 cents each. Groove to live music by Pyromids, Palmz, Burnt Palms, and others while you dig through rare and collectible music from many…
57th Monterey Jazz Festival Ticket Giveaways!
The Monterey Jazz Festival is held every September on the Monterey County Fairgrounds, where the event was first presented in 1958. Holding the title of the longest running jazz festival in the world, The Monterey Jazz Festival presents the best of…
Jazz Adds & Charts, Second Week of August
Greetings Jazz fans and aficionados alike. A lot has changed since I last checked in, in the great big bad world that is jazz here at the Great 88. Emerging young artist Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio have notably climbed to the…
Reggae on the river
Reggae on the River! what a joy and a blessing to share,Singer/songwriter/activist Janine ‘Jah9′. She has been credited as the creator of the Jazz on Dub genre. Her vocals blend the Jazz melodies of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone with…
Programmer of the Month: Henry Bertheaud (Roux)
August's Programmer of the Month, Henry Bertheaud, is bringing back talk radio to KZSC! Henry began his career as a programmer at KZSC this past spring on the classical music program, "Machauts Circus." An incoming sophomore at UCSC, Henry is spending…
Rock Charts – 2nd Week of August!
Top 10: 1. WHITE FENCE - For The Recently Found Innocent 2. OBN IIIS - Live In San Francisco 3. SHABAZZ PALACES - Lese Majesty 4. NAOMI SHELTON AND THE GOSPEL QUEENS - Cold World 5. HOW TO DRESS WELL…
Come to the 2014 Summer Music Sale Aug 30th
Tired of that cruddy mp3 sound? Got a quarter to spare? Come load up on record bargains at the Verve Coffee / KZSC Summer Music Sale on Sat, Aug 30! We're selling an eclectic mix of LPs and CDs for just 25 cents each. If that's…
RPM Charts – 2nd Week of August
Top 10: 1. JIM-E STACK - Tell Me I Belong / Innovative Leisure 2. LONE - Reality Testing / R&S 3. FLUME - Flume Deluxe Mixtape / Mom And Pop 4. MARTYN - The Air Between Words / Ninja Tune…
State senator Bill Monning cleans KZSC’s windows and interviews on Talkabout!
This week on Talkabout, State Senator Bill Monning showed up with a bucket and squeegee ready to clean the windows and talk with Santa Cruz residents about the issues facing them. Bill Monning is the representative of the 17th district,…