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If Santa Cruz is about keeping it weird, then a quirky band like Coffee Zombie Collective is a natural choice as the musical entertainment for This Is How We Cruz, a celebration of all things Santa Cruz that will take place at The Rio Theatre on Wednesday, June 8th. CZC specializes in twangy, tongue-in-cheek adaptations […]
Along with creating rich, compelling music as a solo artist, local singer/songwriter Marya Stark plays in duos like Scarlet Crow and Stark Levity, works as a music therapist, teaches compassionate communication, practices Qigong and leads workshops for freeing up the voice. On the day that Local Santa Cruz spoke with Marya by phone, she had […]
Local Santa Cruz bids an affectionate farewell to R&B singer/songwriter Gina René, who relocated from Santa Cruz to L.A. in early May. As well as creating soulful, spirited original music, Gina has performed in the electronic soul group Soulstice with her brother Gabriel, sung backup for Michael Franti & Spearhead and appeared on The X […]
Join local band Edge of the West for their upcoming record release party at Moe’s Alley this Saturday, May 7th, 2016. May 7 marks the release of a new self-titled studio album from Edge of the West. The event will be celebrated with an official CD Release Party at Moe’s Alley in the band’s home town of […]
If you’ve heard his solo guitar adaptations of songs by The Beatles and Mason Williams that have been making the rounds on social media lately, you’ve undoubtedly uttered an expletive or two in appreciation of Australian-born fingerstyle guitarist Tommy Emmanuel’s gusto and technical prowess. A one-man band of sorts, Tommy simultaneously plays melodies, bass lines, […]
Santa Cruz-based singer/songwriter Heather Christie seems to spend every waking moment engaged in one creative project or another. Along with fronting the “bluestronica” duo Feral Fauna, she performs solo under the name of Cheraki, sings in the all-female soul/folk quartet Sirens of Soul and collaborates with artists like Subaqueous, Alia, David Block and SaQi. On […]
Between its sunny lyrics and its laidback reggae lilt, Love Eternal’s music sounds like the work of folks who lead lives of nonstop joy. Not so, according to vocalist/guitarist Jahred Namaste. “A lot of these songs, when I’m writing, ‘Everything is great; life is wonderful,’ that might not be what I’m feeling at that moment,” […]
Trying to fit That 1 Guy’s music into a preexisting category is like trying to hold a snake prisoner in a shopping cart. Simultaneously cutting-edge and rustic, it’s a quirky, inventive, utterly fascinating Primus/Beck/Ween/Frank Zappa/Reggie Watts/Keller Williams conference call. At the heart of it all is a Dr. Seussian contraption called The Magic Pipe. Approximately […]
Phutureprimitive is the performing name of Rain, a Bay Area-based electronic musician who will play in The Catalyst Atrium on Saturday, December 5th in support of his latest release, Searching for Beauty in the Darkest Places Part 2. Local Santa Cruz: Names like Dance Out Your Demons and Searching for Beauty in the Darkest Places […]
In his 1999 book “The Age of Spiritual Machines,” author Ray Kurzweil pointed out that things tend to change faster and faster as time passes. Based on this pattern, he predicted that “we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century—it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate).” A […]
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