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April 2, 2025

A Melancholy Heartbreaker

Benmont Tench has performed with everyone from Stevie Nicks to Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash to the Stones. His journey is a true American tale. Performing April 4 at Kuumbwa.

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April 2, 2025

Call of the Wild

Saxsquatch brings to the stage a blend of EDM and jazz combined with a laser light show, overlaid by the sound of his signature saxophone.

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March 26, 2025

The Music Never Stopped

Music fans who have enjoyed David Gans’ books on the Grateful Dead have a chance to study the band in a Stanford extension course in April.

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March 11, 2025

Reel It In

Wake the Dead combines Irish reels with the music of the Grateful Dead. Coming to the Felton Music Hall on March 15

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March 11, 2025

Taking a Bow

Rebecca Roudman is the lead cellist of the rock band Dirty Cello. You read that correctly. Roudman plays the cello with the dexterity of...

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March 11, 2025

KSQD Fundraiser Fuels Community Radio in Santa Cruz

KSQD 90.7 is cooking up a colossal event for Squid Fest West: an all-day musical lineup with six bands, a music memorabilia auction, tasty bites, drinks and more.

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March 4, 2025

Back to Basics

Launched in Oakland in 1974 and still going strong more than a half century later, Y&T carried the banner of hard rock and heavy metal.

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February 25, 2025

Small But Mighty

Santa Cruz is a full house of musical riches. The seasons are often short and sweet, but the programming is always ferocious. Often transformative.

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February 18, 2025

Liberation Music

Julia Keefe is a Native American jazz singer, actor, activist and educator who grew up on the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Indian Reservation

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February 11, 2025

Warming Up

Rub your hands together and gather round ye olde Bret Harte Opera Hall, for there’s a fledgling musical festival that is ready to bake your heart, tickle your ears and move your toes.

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January 29, 2025

Sing Louder

With a brand-new release titled There’s a Ball of Fire in the Sky, debuting at Balefire Brewing Company on Saturday, Feb. 1, CZC has never sounded better.

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January 21, 2025

Beyond Baroque

If you think you’re not ready for pre-electronic music, you’re in for a mind-bending shock. Reddin works the pedals of the organ like a man possessed

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January 14, 2025

Rhymesayers

Coming out of Minneapolis set Atmosphere apart from their rap contemporaries both in terms of the subject matter of Slug’s raps and the production of Anthony Davis, aka Ant.

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