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August 31, 2011
The Best Friends
“Who threw away a perfectly good white boy?!” screams a rowdy passerby on Haight Street in San Francisco, addressing The Best Friends vocalist/guitarist, Aiden...
August 23, 2011
Nathan Dennen
Like the ebb and flow of the tide, singer/songwriter Nathan Dennen keeps getting pulled back to Santa Cruz. In what he says feels like...
August 16, 2011
The Outfit Makes the Band
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit talks bargain shopping, the 52 Week Club, and bringing the hootenanny to Don Quixote’sBackstage at a local dive...
August 8, 2011
Walk This Way
Renowned jazz pianist Keiko Matsui is on a journey to find and share hopeFor Japanese jazz pianist Keiko Matsui, life's a journey. Her 23rd...
August 5, 2011
Stryder Callison
Stryder Callison just got a new app for his iPhone. “Voice Tutor” is a vocal warm-up that helps singers like himself perfect pitch, and...
July 27, 2011
Ashwin Batish
Ashwin Batish breathes sitar. He wakes up every morning, puts on his shirt, then grabs his eastern axe. Bringing his self-coined musical fusion, Sitar...
July 20, 2011
Rock the Vote
Local musicians vie for the 3rd annual Teen Battle of the Bands titleWhen teen librarian Matt Lorenzo realized in 2009 that many of his...
July 6, 2011
Easy Breezy Ballyhoo!
These reggae groove masters school Cruzans on relaxationBallyhoo! is a band that wants your attention. Not because the members are needy or dependent, feeding...