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Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, is the 2024 UCSB Reads selection.
In its 18th year, the UC Santa Barbara Library and Office of the Executive Vice…
Larry Bellorín & Joe Troop (Photo by Tommy Coyote, courtesy the artists)
Larry & Joe is the Venezuelan-Appalachian folk fusion duo of Larry Bellorín, a Venezuelan Llanera music legend, and Joe Troop, a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass musician from North Carolina.
They will be performing at the…
☆Join KCSB FM in Corwin Pavilion, Tuesday, January 16 at 7pm for our Winter Orientation as we introduce attendees to all the opportunities we provide at the station! All deadlines and meeting times for the quarter will be announced, along with information about…
KCSB's Fall '23 Assistant Music Director, Amber Cooper, reviews Vyva Melinkolya's second album Unbecoming. Read on to learn more!
Words by Amber Cooper
Vyva Melinkolya's Unbecoming feels like it slowly sucks the air out of your lungs; it carries a lot of weight,…
Our Assistant Music Director, Liam Hogan, takes KCSB on a voyage through American instrumental master Jim O'Rourke's discography. Keep reading for Liam's recommendations, reviews, and guidance on how and where to get started.
Words by: Liam Hogan
Jim O’Rourke is one of those…
Words by: Bella Genolio (External MD), Marion Suchowiecky (Internal MD), and Ryan Tabib (Music Librarian)
The music department at KCSB is constantly looking for the best music from diverse, underrepresented, and independent musicians. As the year comes to a close, we wanted…
Fall quarter is over, and winter break is here! KCSB’s Executive Committee assembled a playlist of the chillest songs they know to accompany your winter activities. Whether you’re ice skating, decorating cookies, or walking on the beach (Santa Barbara Winter is very similar…
Words by Marion Suchowieky
Our Internal Music Director explores the artistry of December 2023's Add of the Month and dives into the music department's reasoning for adding Subsonic Eye's "All Around You" to the KCSB library.
Singaporean shoegaze heroes Subsonic Eye released their fourth…
Words by Tere Arenas (AKA Linda) and Angel Lopez (AKA musititlan)
KCSB programmers Angel and Tere hit Los Angeles for the 2023 Bésame Mucho Festival. Keep reading for their review and photos.
Wow, wow, wow. This was the festival of the year!
Bésame…
Our News Director attended the AS Senate meeting to report on the passing of a resolution to condemn Hamas, amid a walkout protest for Palestine. Find the transcript below.
JOYCE: On Wednesday, November 15th, the Associated Students of UCSB Senate convened at Corwin Pavilion…