All posts tagged "music"
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976A&ESanta Cruz’s Varro Vivyds Embraces Her Inner Pop Diva
Songs feature rock, R&B and soul vibes, with footing in catchy pop
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8651A&EMusician Kaethe Hostetter Navigates a Year of Uncertainty
Santa Cruz’s Kaethe Hostetter built a life in Ethiopia with acclaimed ensemble QWANQWA—until Covid hit
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2.3KA&EFelton Music Hall and Roaring Camp Team Up for Summer Concert Series
Outdoor concert attendees can rent socially distanced pods
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971A&EQuentin Shaeffer and Zuzu West Release Collaborative Single
Cabrillo students create catchy dance floor anthem
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1.2KA&EThe Crepe Place’s Chuck Platt Makes Plans for the Return of Live Music
Crepe Place owner revamps indoor performance space for return of live music
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961A&EKite Hands Glowing’s Latest Songs Consider Nostalgia and Identity
Profound, emotional songs seek to explore the deeper truths about life
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728A&ELocal Father-Daughter Music Duo Release First Album
Wild & Blue duo release first full-length record
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1.9K2Cover StoriesSanta Cruz’s James Durbin Returns to His Metal Roots on Solo Album
Durbin couldn’t be happier about larger-than-life classic metal album
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4.5KA&ENew Owners Take Over Iconic Live Music Club Moe’s Alley
New owners promise 'the soul of Moe’s Alley will remain' as they grow the venue
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1.0K1A&ESanta Cruz’s Dark Ride Keeps Local Punk Frightful
Horror-punk group Dark Ride dabbles in metal, synth-wave
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976A&ESinger-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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1.5KA&EEat 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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3.4K5Cover StoriesSanta Cruz Legend Snail Reunites, Releases First Album in Four Decades
They were the biggest rock band in Santa Cruz in 1980, set to break nationally
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1.4KA&EVocalist Christie McCarthy Rereleases Jazz Christmas Album
McCarthy hopes album will help give holiday spirits a boost
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1.2KA&EBe Natural Music Makes Students’ Accomplishments High-Profile
Company adapts to offer full band rehearsals online
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1.6KA&EDancer 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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1.4K1A&EElectronic 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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1.2KA&EHow 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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1.3K1A&EHow 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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1.2KFeaturesLocal 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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1.5KA&ELocal Rockers Time Spent Driving Make Their Return
Group helped spearhead an emo scene in Santa Cruz
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1.2KA&EBonny Doon’s Olright Creates Tribute to Community After Fire Evacuations
Song titles evoke strong emotions of the fire and displacement
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1.4K1A&ESanta 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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3.4KA&EHow 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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1.3KA&EHow Wolf Jett Finds Redemption in Troubling Times
Band is releasing singles off their debut album
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1.5KA&EThe 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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1.4KA&EDirty 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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1.6KA&ERapper 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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2.4KA&EChris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club Releases Memoir
Drummer shares his influences and dishes on Talking Heads dynamics
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1.7KA&EAurore Sibley Comes to Grips With Pandemic Grief on Debut Solo Album
First album 'Book of Song' debuts on July 24
