The splendor of Spiritualized’s limitless space rock is in its relentless and familiar flow Wow! It’s like you’re next door now,” Jason...
Larry Hosford has been making music since the 1960s, and the reason he keeps recording and performing after all these years is...
Antsy McClain and his Flamingoheads get national attention with PBS concert series
Local bluegrass band Steep Ravine embraces a non-traditional sound
Janis Ian: still a voice for the marginalized
When Elliot Wright was attending UC Santa Cruz in 2006, he would show up at parties, plug his iPod into a sound...
Sacred steel whiz Robert Randolph reconnects with roots, finds inspiration
Strip away the religious ramifications of reggae music and it comes down to love and respect for all things. This is the...
The Doors’ Ray Manzarek and slide guitar virtuoso Roy Rogers on performing, grasping the infinite moment and teaching Jim Morrison to sing
Marc Lewis, guitarist and founder of Santa Cruz rock outfit Doors To No Where, is somewhat elusive about the band’s moniker. “The...
You don’t have to be high to appreciate High On Fire’s music…but it helps
On the eve of what could be its final run, “An Altared Christmas” founder Rhan Wilson looks back on the show’s eight-year...
The Punch Brothers flip traditional bluegrass on its head More than one hundred years ago, the songs and instruments of immigrants melded...
When Guitar Center launched its “Master Satriani” contest in July, more than 600 hopefuls sent in a video of themselves playing lead...
Local band sets its sights on Guam, then the world On the eve of Wooster’s CD release show, GT spoke with rhythm...
GT gets a shot in the arm from Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction
55th annual Monterey Jazz Festival wows, leaves enthusiasts craving more Festivals come and go, but for 55 years the Monterey Jazz Festival...
Though born in San Jose and raised in Ben Lomond, Jon Cattivera is now a mountain man of Boulder Creek and the...
Manager, roadie, singer, booker and promoter Nora Cruz enters the room like a woman in pursuit of a noble mission. With high...
Clint Eastwood’s son Kyle talks France, film and the Monterey Jazz Festival Children of celebrities often find it difficult to emerge from...
You might know Joe Ferrara from his cameo in The Lost Boys, or as the Yoda figure at Atlantis Fantasyworld who knows...
Jonny Troutner (a.k.a. Harpin’ Jonny) has been playing harmonica in Santa Cruz since 1992. “It was a character I created to publicize...
Every Tuesday for the last three years, the faithful have gathered at The Crepe Place, spurred on by resident funk band 7...
Cheb i Sabbah has the vinyl solution to global turmoil
From a short distance, Al Frisby looks like a classic Santa Cruz surfer: rich silver locks atop a lanky frame. But when...
UC Santa Cruz’s Grateful Dead Archive finally opens to the public It might be a slight exaggeration to say, “in the beginning...
Loudon Wainwright III talks family, folk music, and the art of being funny Aside from being a talented singer/songwriter, Loudon Wainwright III...
Playing in Primus has twisted Larry LaLonde’s mind for good
Back in 2008, local power trio Blue Soulstace came together in a very 21st century way: Craigslist. “I answered an ad that...
Over the years, Tater Famine has played on hundreds of punk rock bills in Santa Cruz with bands like The Chop Tops,...
