Possessed by Paul James is the project of 36-year-old musician Konrad Wert, banjoist/guitarist/fiddlist whose music blends the down-home lyin'-in-the-grass-while-the-summer-heat-buzzes-around-you-and-you-realize-just-how-big-the-world-is-so-you-decide-it's-time-to-go-explore-it feel of folk and bluegrass with the fiery passion of punk and blues to make a stunning set of songs collected…
When my friend first introduced me to Death Grips' Ex-Military it was rough going. I never really took a liking to them. Recently, Death grips released No Love Deep Web. After spending a month with it, the album has begun…
Music is the cultural bundle package. It defined the identity of post-war social movements and their countercultures; it also acts as a commodity consciously bought, sold, and made marketable to prospective general audiences in the form of fads or trends. Why…
In this week's edition of new metally things that you should care about, we have a group of bands that aren't quite as well known as the past few weeks' additions, but they're still just as awesome. Something noteworthy about…
After an amazing week in the CMJ festival in NY it was time to come back to the redwoods of paradise. So many new artists, people, and things to do, CMJ is not an event to miss to discover new…
The 23rd Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held several weeks ago, and KZSC will feature highlights from this show on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012. Recorded live at the historic Ryman Auditorium in…
Yesterday, I had the privilege of interviewing Rupa Marya, lead vocalist of the world fusion group Rupa & the April Fishes. Formed in San Francisco, the band has a very distinct, jazz-influenced style of music, overlaid with Rupa's soothing vocals…
Live interview with Bruce Van Allen about political campaigns and issues; and Bruce talks with UCSC Professor, John Brown Childs, on "Indigeneity" book. Click PLAY to listen!
If you haven't been to one of these before and you LOVE music, plan to join the crowd Saturday, November 17th for KZSC's Annual Ultimate Music Sale. Thousands of CDs & LPs will be available for purchase from bunches of…
Consider this: during any other year, almost every single album listed below would be an album of the year, and at the very least a top 5 record. However, 2012 isn't just any other year. I've said this time and…
"Hey Emma," you might ask, "is that your brother?" Wrong guess. It's 23-year-old up-and-coming Hollywood movie star, Jonny Weston. Jonny costars in the film Chasing Mavericks with Gerard Butler (remember Leonidas in 300, The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera--that…
On Saturday, October 27th the Santa Cruz Derby Girls' Boardwalk Bombshells will close out the league's home season with a bout against SoCal Roller Derby at the Civic Auditorium. This is the last chance to catch some action-packed roller derby…
John has guests Frosty Hesson on the film "Chasing Mavericks," and Dan Lane about City Politics. Click the play button to listen!
It is pledge drive week and Bruce has County Supervisor and all around cool guy John Leopold on the show! Click PLAY to listen!
This fall at KZSC we've had seem real great new records coming in each and every week. Ty Segall's third record of the year is perhaps his best, San Francisco's Dum Dum Girls have a great new album, and Australia's…
Nuala Kennedy, talented flute player and singer from Dundalk on the east coast of Ireland, will be in concert for the first time in the Santa Cruz area on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in…
It is the Pledge Drive Show on Closet Free, as well as a continuation of the LGBT History Month Profiles! Click the PLAY button to listen!
This week in metal comes some very interesting releases. Wintersun's newest album that was 6 years in the making, Time I, dropped last Friday. Can it live up to more than half a decade's worth of hype? Another notable release is…
Ship of Fools may make you think of a Grateful Dead song or a song from The Doors, but the history behind this 3-word phrase is really quite amazing. It first appears in 1494 as a book, Das Narrenschiff, written…
It's that time of year again - people are making costumes, buying candy, and starting blog posts in the most clichéd ways imaginable. That's right, anonymous internet stranger, it's time for Halloween! That can only mean one thing: time for…
The Kabile Bulgarian band takes its name from a small village just north of the city of Yambol in Thrace. One of the premier traditional Bulgarian bands, they are on tour in the U.S. and will be playing for a…