Tag archives: equinox

March 21st marks Ostara, the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere. A truly holy-day when we can connect with the opportunities for new beginnings, and we can celebrate the return of warmth and light. Surely, the energetic shift towards longer days – with budding blossoms offering their fresh fragrance and the chatter of birdsong starting […]

The Scottish bagpipes sounded loud and clear at the University Club when Susan Keller’s Santa Barbara Revels celebrated its seventh annual Equinox concert celebrating the changing seasons. The al fresco evening on the Sola Patio combined selections from three centuries of Spanish and Mexican music of the New World, in an echo of the Revels […]

We’ll leave it up to the listener to decide if the new CD from Mike Dawson & The Smokin Kills lives up to its title. But we can tell you that the guy fronting the band is the real deal: Dawson is the former longtime DJ, music director, and producer at KTYD, Santa Barbara’s classic […]