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You’ve been on the air for what, 40 years? Since you were an UCI student, yes? Forty-two years. Since I was a UCI undergraduate (1977), then alumnus (1979), then UCI graduate (1989), and then alumnus again (since 1992). How has the format of your show changed or evolved over the years? I started with a […]
(Above: KUCI’s Jazz Director Hobart Taylor and JALC’s Wynton Marsalis) Represent. That’s what I did for KUCI and our listeners at the Jazz Congress January 7 and 8 held at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center and later that week at NYC’s Winter JazzFest. Jazz Congress is a series of meetings,seminars, and presentations, bringing […]
In anticipation of their show at The Echo on February 1st, LA-based post-disco band De Lux is visiting KUCI for an interview and in-studio set with DJ Owen Chillson of Beach Daze. Tune in to hear De Lux perform brand new music that’s sure to make you dance on Tuesday, January 15th, from 6-8pm PST! […]
by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Tell us about the origins of your show. I was reading the “On The Radio” column in the Orange County Register one day and saw the words “Want to be a DJ?” With that I saw the opportunity to try something I always thought about, but never tried. After eight weeks of […]
Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder – This world of Dew – (Human Resource Records) This suite composed by Shragge who plays the dragon mouth trumpet, flugelhorn, and shakuhachi is based on inspiration by various poets, Issa, Basho, Li Po, Son, and Bukowski. Electric guitarist Monder, noted for his atmospheric and liquid style echoes Shragge’s evocation […]
John Petrucelli – Presence – (Self Released) Ambitious and astounding is this 2 CD suite by composer/saxophonist Petrucelli. Working in a variety of formats and voicings from solo sax to quintet with a string section, this relentlessly melodic composition with spiritually referenced titles , (“Field of Heaven”,”Summon the Spirit”), was recorded at a live performance […]