Fringe Beat

Fringe Beat

KCSB at 50

Free-form radio at UCSB turns a half century. Read story.

Opera and Esperanza

Baroque Opera and Radio-Friendly Jazz

Opera Santa Barbara and UCSB Opera Theatre will present baroque operas on successive weekends this May. Read story.

Radiohead or Reich?

Constant Musical Goodness Hard to Schedule

A very exciting weeks await Santa Barbara’s fans of live music. Read story.

Tierney Sutton Coming to the Lobero

Jazz Singer Brings New All-Star Trio

Tierney Sutton loves the Lobero, and the feeling is mutual. Read story.

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Voices Carry, and Lift

Choral music of many centuries will be performed all over town this week. Read story.

NAMM Time, Plus Upcoming Jazz

Regina Carter, Yellowjackets, and More

The annual music convention known as NAMM could have been renamed “iNAMM” this year after all the Apple-friendly products on display. Read story.

Harmonic Convergence

Music Docs, Live Soundtracks, and More

SBIFF serves up a great array of interesting music movies and related events. Read story.

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Several Blues Shows, and Some Big League Bach

Fringe catches up with early 2012. Read story.

Fringe Beat Listomania

2011’s Greatest Fringe Hits

As the year turns, the mind reels back, especially for those of us synched to the clock and calendar as cultural obsessives trying to make sense of a given year gone by. Read story.

Berlin Enchantment

Ontario For Architecture, Berlin for Jazz

Fringe Beat ranges worldwide this week, in search of authentic experiences of the architectural and musical kinds. Read story.

New Noise and Sings Like Hell

S.B. Events and Series that Seriously Rock

New Noise takes over downtown while Hell raises itself at the Lobero. Read story.

Where the World and the ‘Hood Connect

World Music Comes to Town from Mali, Iran, and Cuba

Santa Barbara imports and sometimes exports some of the world’s most eclectic music. Read story.

Where the World and the ’Hood Connect

World Music Comes to Town from Mali, Iran, and Cuba

Santa Barbara imports and sometimes exports some of the world’s most eclectic music. Read story.

The Gary Burton New Quartet at the Lobero

Jazz at the Lobero Returns on Tuesday, October 11

Legendary vibist Gary Burton’s New Quartet includes the young guitar phenom Julian Lage. Read story.

Grounds for Jazz Uplift

Fringe Beat Ventures North to Take in the Monterey Jazz Fest

Josef Woodard ventures up the Coast for one of the world’s premiere and most highly anticipated jazz festivals. Read story.

Little Owl

Record release and tour-kickoff party for S.B.-based pop folk group, ... Read More