The UC Riverside Barn Concert series kicks off this Wednesday, September 30th with a night of live hip hop and funk, featuring Oakland’s Crown City Rockers, Slang (Soul Love ‘N’ Groove) and DJ Paul Barrera of KUCR’s Rap Up.

The Crown City Rockers fuse elements of jazz, soul & funk with hip-hop rhythms and their latest studio effort, The Day After Forever  will be sold at today’s show as it will be their Riverside CD release show.

Local favorites Slang will open up the party with funky jams, and DJ Paul B. will be spinning some fresh beats.  So be sure to come early and catch the whole show.

It’s been a long season without some live music going down at the barn, so we’re definitely bringing it back in style at a show you won’t want to miss! Doors open at 7:30pm, with music starting at 8:00. This is an all ages show. The Barn is located off University Ave. on West Campus Drive. Parking is $5 dollars. The Barn can be located on the campus of The University of California, Riverside 900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521.

FALL 2009 BARN CONCERT SERIES

09/30-Crown City Rockers / Slang (Soul Love ‘N’ Groove) / KUCR DJ Paul Barrera

10/07-Wailing Souls / Beyond Rhythm / KUCR Reggae DJ’s The Joint & Distant Drum

10/14-Darker My Love / Norse Horse

10/21-Kill Memory Crash / Biomass / walter ovtha woodz

10/28-The Start / Girl In a Coma

11/04-Abe Vigoda / Foreign Born

11/18- Fashawn / Aloe Blacc + Exile / Intuition & Verbs / DJ Jimbo Jenkins

THE BARN @ U.C. RIVERSIDE

ALL SHOWS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS START @ 8PM

FREE ALL AGES SHOWS OPEN TO STUDENTS & THE PUBLIC. FOOD, BEER & WINE / HAPPY HOUR

KUCR RADIO 88.3 FM in the Inland Empire

info: (951) UCR-KUCR / 827-5827 kucrinfo (at) kucr [dot] org

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Enter Via East on University Ave., Right on West Campus Drive, $5 Parking on RighT

University of California, Riverside

900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521

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Photo by Rodrigo Ramos

Hello Everyone, we here at KUCR would like to inform you that the Spring Quarter Barn Series makes it’s triumphant return April 1st. We will have the full quarter’s line up here in a few days, so do not fret. However, we can say this much, the headliner for our kick off show will be none other than Zion I.

You may remember Zion I from his last performance at UCR back in the winter quarter of of the ‘07-’08 school year. Click Here for a small video of Zion I at his last UCR performance. This time around the show will be much better as the Barn now has a new and improved stage which Zion I will be performing on. Not only that but he just put out a brand new CD, called The Takeover, which means he’ll have lots of fresh material to play at the upcoming show. To listen to some tracks from the new release, you can to go to Zion I’s myspace.

Not only that, but this show will be one of two shows Zion I will be performing on the campus of UCR. The other show will be a Nooner at the UCR Bell Tower being put on by ASPB. Also occurring at the Nooner will be the announcement of the line up for Spring Splash, so be sure not to miss it.

The doors for the barn show open at 7:30 and the show starts at 8:00. The show is free and open to the public, with happy hour specials running throughout the evening. Openers will be announced shortly so stay tuned and remember to check out Zion I’s new album before the show next week so you can sing along to all the new jams.