Ben Lomond native turned Texan transplant Jesse Daniel plays a homecoming show Friday in support of his new live album, “My Kind of Country Live At the Catalyst,” recorded at the downtown Santa Cruz music venue last year. The album has drawn praise from Rolling Stone and Billboard. It’s an amazing trajectory for Daniel, whose career almost never happened because of an opioid addiction.
The Catalyst
Coverage of The Catalyst nightclub and music venue in downtown Santa Cruz.
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‘I like to think I’ve bottled that feeling’: Windser set for Santa Cruz return with Catalyst gig
Jordan Topf returns to his hometown Friday under his stage name, Windser, and on the strength of his EP “Where the Redwoods Meet the Sea,” inspired by his childhood in Seabright.
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Santa Cruz police investigating officers accused of racism during response to alleged nightclub assault
A blog post this week by a Black Muslim woman details an alleged violent attack by security guards at the Catalyst Club on Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue — and a “rude, callous, patronizing and racist” response by police.
