Features
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445Singer-Songwriter Katie Ekin Returns to Santa Cruz and to Making Music
Writing process helped her work through emotions around a move and breakup
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1.0KEat the Sun Releases New Instrumental Album with Santa Cruz Inspiration
West Cliff waves and local poet Gary Young among album influences
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1.4KBryn Loosley Releases First Album in Seven Years to Benefit Fire Victims
Self-titled album came out of a special recording session from May 2019
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1.1KVocalist Christie McCarthy Rereleases Jazz Christmas Album
McCarthy hopes album will help give holiday spirits a boost
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934Be Natural Music Makes Students’ Accomplishments High-Profile
Company adapts to offer full band rehearsals online
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1.3K‘Love You Madly’ Fire Relief Livestream Adds Steve Earle, More
Livestream features more than two dozen music performances, along with artwork, photos and more
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1.2K‘Love You Madly’ Livestream Features Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs and More
Fire relief campaign bringing out eye-opening efforts from local and national musicians
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1.2KDancer and Artist Makana Goes Poet with First Hip-Hop Release
Debut EP includes four hip-hop songs, eclectic in their influences
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1.2K1Electronic Artist Hex Wolves Builds Epic Tales Out of Soundscapes
Music on recent album evokes cold tension, with grimy, retro electro-sounds
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958Santa Cruz Sisters Team Up for Holiday Song and Debut EP
Maddie and Jackie released their debut EP of light-rock indie-pop songs
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1.0KHow Local EDM Artist Kr3ture Found His Sonic Path
Kr3ture will release his second full-length album on Nov. 5
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936How Physical Space Shaped the Sound of Local Quartet Majk
Majk's debut self-titled album delivers lush blend of instruments and vocals
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1.0K1How the Musicians of WaxFeet Discovered an Audience for Ambient Music
WaxFeet delivers gentle melodies with lo-fi beats and ambient overtones
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1.0KLocal Rappers Reinvent Their Sound for Stress Nada’s First Single
Upcoming self-titled full-length will be released in early 2021
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1.3KLocal Rockers Time Spent Driving Make Their Return
Group helped spearhead an emo scene in Santa Cruz
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1.0KBonny Doon’s Olright Creates Tribute to Community After Fire Evacuations
Song titles evoke strong emotions of the fire and displacement
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1.4KWatsonville’s Kabwasa to Release Debut Full-Length Album
Kabwasa's music continually harkens back to his hometown
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1.1K1Santa Cruz’s Alex Wand Chases the Music of Butterflies
Musician rode his bike for 50 days, following the monarch migration path
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2.2KHow Gulch Attracted A Rabid Following For Its Merch and Music
Gulch’s music is having a breakout moment in the national scene
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1.4KBonny Doon’s Dan Frechette Loses Studio to the Fire
Singer-songwriter Dan Frechette recorded 33 albums in his shed, now lost to the fire
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1.1KHow Wolf Jett Finds Redemption in Troubling Times
Band is releasing singles off their debut album
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1.3KThe Orange Peels Rerelease Breakthrough 1997 Album ‘Square’
Record was a hit with ’90s indie-rock fans who loved salty-sweet Beatles-pop
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1.2KDirty Cello Finds Unique Ways to Play During the Pandemic
Roots-rock band Dirty Cello has played for Facebook ads and zoo animals
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1.3KRapper Alwa Gordon Has Breakthrough on New Song ‘Loving Yourself’
Therapy leads to epiphany and the most vulnerable track Gordon has ever recorded
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1.2KCabrillo Music Festival Connects Artists Virtually in Bold Experimentation
Season to include 60 musicians recorded from their homes all over the world
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1.9KChris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club Releases Memoir
Drummer shares his influences and dishes on Talking Heads dynamics
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1.4KAurore Sibley Comes to Grips With Pandemic Grief on Debut Solo Album
First album 'Book of Song' debuts on July 24
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1.2KGrant Summerland Explores the Creepy Side of Mountain Life
Grant Summerland releases debut album 'Bigfoot Museum'
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1.3KJames Durbin Returns to Live Music With Acoustic Show
The local singer-songwriter picks up where the pandemic had cut him off
