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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 […]
Local musician Etienne David Franc is determined to capture his song ideas… even if it kills him. “Almost all of my writing happens—very dangerously—while I’m driving,” the bassist/guitarist/vocalist/rapper confesses. Franc does a huge amount of his composing on iMaschine, the phone app version of a drum machine/sequencer/controller that is changing the way producers make beats […]
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