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Posts Tagged: Music
Ross Rock Goes Solo
Everyone expects a certain degree of bravado in hip-hop, but what if a rapper has too much? That was the question local rapper and Slop Opera crew-member Ross Rock, whose real name is Michael Ross, considered when working on his recent song “Lurk,” which has generated over 6,000 views on YouTube since getting uploaded last Halloween.
5 Things to Do in Santa Cruz This Weekend, March 1-3
Hummingbirds, Mother Hips, tapas and tequila are all on tap this weekend.
5 Things to Do in Santa Cruz This Weekend, Feb. 23-24
From dance at UCSC to the Boardwalk’s famed chowder cook-off, the best bets for Santa Cruz events this weekend.
Songwriter Contest Kicks Off Another Year
On evenings throughout February and March, dozens of fans will flood the pub, just as they do every year. They will erupt into raucous applause when their favorite player does well, and grumble and drink another beer when the score isn’t in their favor. Over the course of several weeks, they will witness wins, losses, and wild upsets. They will watch the pool of competitors narrow from damn near 100 down to 24, and then 16. And then the elite eight, the finalists who will battle it out for the win, the title…
5 Things to Do in Santa Cruz This Weekend, Feb. 8-10
Valentine’s Day prep, a benefit for a popular local surfer and filmmaker, and a hip-hop iconoclast are among our top picks for the weekend.
Club Kuumbwa Aims for Young Crowds
The Kuumbwa Jazz Center is the kind of space artists dream about playing. It’s classy and intimate, with top-notch sound and lighting. But if your band can’t draw 200 people at $25 a ticket, chances are pretty slim Kuumbwa has booked you. This is changing, however, with a new monthly series called “Club Kuumbwa” which aims to specifically bring in smaller local and indie bands.
5 Things to Do in Santa Cruz This Weekend, Feb. 2-3
From Jackson Browne to DIY winemaking to Super Bowl-related events, our top picks for this weekend’s happenings around Santa Cruz.
New Santa Cruz Art Exhibit Celebrates the Music of Tom Waits
The longer one talks to Bridget Henry about the subject, the more it becomes clear that what she’s really been building for the last 20 years is a Tom Waits obsession, one that will culminate this week with opening night of the ‘Cemetery Polka’ exhibit at the Felix Kulpa Gallery.
Hermit Convention Switches Sounds
The latest album by Craig Prentice’s one-man-band Hermit Convention, Cough Syrup Coffins, is his most experimental record to date—which is to say that it was recorded in an actual studio, with drums, guitar and backing vocals. For a guy whose previous low-fi recordings had him singing to bass guitar loops in his bedroom, this is wacky stuff.
