Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It’s the spring-in-my-step B9:
- Can you believe it? Santa Cruz playwright Kate Hawley has done it again. Her latest, “Under Ben Bulben,” opens at Jewel this weekend.
- So, uh, do I have this right? “Vegan soul food”? Yep, I suppose the brilliant kitchen wizard Toriano Gordon can show us all how.
- They’re both children of folk-music legends, but Jenni Muldaur and Teddy Thompson are taking on great country duets at Kuumbwa.
- Humor and edge — that’s the recipe that the great musical satirist Roy Zimmerman has mastered.
- Cellist Gaeun Kim leads the way as the Santa Cruz Symphony bids winter farewell and welcomes the exuberance of spring.
- Man, that Marsalis family has got some magic in the genes. Trombone master Delfeayo is the latest Marsalis to pay Santa Cruz a visit, on Monday.
- Who else is a sucker for the longing, moonlit-night vocals of Neko Case? She brings her gorgeously neo-Western gothic sound to the Rio next week.
- It’s now safe for yacht rock lovers to come out in the open in at least one place. Felton Music Hall is the place for all your Kenny Loggins/Doobies/Steely Dan needs.
- They are simply one of the finest Irish fiddle bands on this planet. They are called Lunasa. You discover them live Sunday.
