It's Day 7 of Fund Drive 2021, and we have one more treat for you! KCSB's Music Directors, Yousef & Finnegan, have traveled back in time to the year that station was founded (circa 1961, Isla Vista), just to find some psychedelic music for you to donate to! They've put together this playlist [...]

We present to you: A KCSB Winter Playlist, "Yousef & Finnegan Like Winter"! "Happy holidays from your Music Directors here at KCSB! Sadly, we can’t give you any gifts in person this year, but we’ve curated a very special **wintertime** playlist for your listening pleasure. Cozy up by the [...]

DJ DARLA BEA's PLAYLIST: AS HEARD ON KCSB* (1 HOUR EXACTLY) (*songs Sunday night programmer DJ Darla Bea discovered by listening to KCSB-FM Since 1993; featuring songs played by Prozac Cat show Das Williams guest, Ryan Ealum, Ted Coe, Adam Korn, Smiley Smile, DJ Marcelino, Gardens & Villa [...]

Happy halloween, ghouls and fools! This Halloween, your Music Directors here at KCSB (Yousef & Finnegan) have decided to give you a bag of treats in the form of a *spooky* HALLOWEEN PLAYLIST! In this eclectic mix of songs, prepare to entrance yourself with sounds that are sure to strik [...]

In this installment of KCSB's Artists Playlist Series, the New York-based artist, Ntu, curates a playlist that channels the idea of "the happening": the feeling that music was recorded in a real place and time, as opposed to a vacuum. Photo Credit: Saint A About Ntu: Sultry vocals, sputtering [...]

In the first installment of KCSB's Artists Playlist Series, we present a playlist curated by the Los Angeles-based band Alms! About Alms: Alms was started in 2017 by Roman Zangari as a recording outlet for songs he had written while attending college in Santa Cruz. It grew from a solo-project to a [...]

It seems we've almost reached the end of one of the craziest summers in history. Here at the ~temporarily virtual~ station, we've cooked up a playlist to commemorate this last month. KCSB's Executive Committee was asked to contribute a few songs they've been listening to throughout August 202 [...]

happy valentines from dj dolce n lilsp000k! we share this with you in hopes you can share this with those YOU love

Enjoy this month's Spotify playlist, featuring the first songs played by the DJ's of the multiple new shows from our Winter 2020 schedule! Congratulations to all who made it onto FM! Artwork by Mauricio Collado, KCSB Publicity Ambassador. Listen to the playlist >&g [...]

Written by Nicoletta Browne of Hardly Strictly Americana, SATURDAYS 12-4pm  It’s time for our last new programming schedule of 2019. How’s the Americana (and Hardly Strictly Americana) of 2019 been so far? It’s been pretty great, and here’s some songs to get started with if you’ve been a [...]