A remarkable piano meets Alexander Kobrin’s artistry, Ensemble Monterey opens an ambitious season, and local chamber ensembles offer more reasons to listen.
Ten years of workshops, literary friendships and creative discovery come together in the Círculo de poetas & Writers Anthology. Roz Spafford explores the poets, ancestral voices and community behind the collection.
Inside the restless musical mind of Todd Rundgren: an exclusive conversation about songs, creative surprises and collaboration ahead of his Oct. 22 Rio Theatre show.
Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan brings his powerful voice and desert-born solo album Weapons of Beauty to Felton Music Hall on Oct. 14. James Durbin explores the songs’ vulnerability and soulful pull.
San Lorenzo Valley’s teenage art-rock band Coyote Theater takes its adventurous songwriting, odd time signatures and theatrical performances to the Joshua Tree Music Festival.
An afternoon under the spell of a world-traveled voice, with a collection of songs newly gathered and refined during a breathtaking personal odyssey. All...
Santa Cruz’s first Porchfest brings 53 bands to 14 porches on Oct. 3. Organizer Darrow Feldstein turns front steps into stages for a free day of music and community.
The inaugural Duck Island Festival brings six music acts, food trucks and vendors to San Lorenzo Park on Saturday, Sept. 26. Gates open at noon; music starts at 1 p.m.
