Music & Nightlife
Firehosed

How some Santa Cruz pranksters inadvertently inspired the now-reunited iconic band Firehose
Issue: April 11, 2012
read moreGood Source of Irony

Neil Hamburger’s struggling comic persona is funny in spite of itself. The comedian plays the Crepe Place on April 9.
Issue: March 28, 2012
read moreDefying the Limits

Blind musician Dayan Kai says thanks but no thanks to easy categorization.
Issue: March 14, 2012
read moreBig Blue Ball

On its 20th anniversary, the Blues Festival honors old-school blues and all the styles it spawned with a lineup that includes the Doobie Brothers, Joan Osborne and Los Lobos.
Issue: February 29, 2012
read moreA Case of You

Santa Cruz musicians pay tribute to Joni Mitchell at the Joni Show, March 3 at Kuumbwa.
Issue: February 29, 2012
read moreBaraat-o-rama

Welcome to the Indian-American fusion getdown known as Red Baraat.
Issue: February 22, 2012
read morePhnomenon

Dengue Fever creates ebullient experimental pop for a globalized, culturally borderless world.
Issue: February 1, 2012
read moreBird Taking Flight

Rachel Fannan, formerly of Birds Fled from Me and Sleepy Sun, returns to Santa Cruz with her new band Only You for a Jan. 25 show.
Issue: January 25, 2012
read moreRamblin’ Man

Perpetually touring folkie John Craigie knows how to spin a yarn. He plays Kuumbwa on Jan. 28.
Issue: January 25, 2012
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