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 to share our favorite mu [...]

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 to Santa Barbara summer, [...]

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.  https://open.spotify.com/album/0V1dIAje2IVpyBQp6byOwi?si=46ZZ2TNyQi69s [...]

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 Mucho Festival took place on December 2nd at [...]

Words by Ryan Tabib (Music Librarian 23'24') KCSB’s music library is a holy grail for finding forgotten and underground albums but also an archive of some of the best parts of the slowly dying medium of CDs: art and liner notes. So to show some of our collection off, I took a bunch of different CDs [...]

The KCSB-FM Music Department is celebrating Native American Heritage Month! As students living and learning on occupied Chumash land, it is especially important to celebrate and learn about the traditions and living legacy of Native Americans in the United States. We have put our heads together to b [...]

Words by: Bella Genolio For November's add of the month, KCSB's External Music Director, Bella Genolio, highlights the album "Wallsocket" by underscores Wallsocket, MI is a rural midwestern town rich in history and community. Historically, Wallsocket was a highly profitable area for horse breed [...]

KCSB-FM’s Internal Music Director, Marion Suchowiecky, sat down with Nick Kinsey. Kinsey’s newest project, Going, Going, Gone - The Rare Recordings of Connie Cunningham and the Creeps Vol. I, was released under Earth Libraries, and was recorded in his Hudson Valley home. This record has a distinctly [...]

October is here and Halloween is just around the corner! KCSB’s Executive Committee put together a playlist of spooky songs to accompany all of your Fall activities. Whether you’re carving pumpkins, getting lost in a corn maze, or doing a seance, this playlist is the perfect way to get in a Hallowee [...]

words by Will Bacaj photos courtesy Life Is Beautiful KCSB’s Promotions Director Will Bacaj attended the Life is Beautiful festival in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada Sept 22-24, 2023. Here’s his report from the scene. Having never been anywhere in Las Vegas beyond the Strip, going to Las Vegas [...]