Shape-shifting Secret Center
In an hour talking to Jason Dezember and Scott Miller, two of the three founders of Sacramento’s Secret Center Records, the words “funny” and “fun”…
Read MoreIn an hour talking to Jason Dezember and Scott Miller, two of the three founders of Sacramento’s Secret Center Records, the words “funny” and “fun”…
Read MoreKicksville Vinyl & Vintage was open for just a week at its new location before public health regulations forced it to close temporarily during the…
La Noche Oskura released a new single and continues to spread messages of empowerment, racial equality Twelve years ago, Nando Estrada introduced Sacramento to La…
Sacramento bands help fans amplify in-person protests with online cash Since March, the online music platform Bandcamp has waived its fees on the first Friday…
Steel drum musician Shawn Thwaites is now a Recording Academy board member The beautiful and fluid echoes from the steel drum have been embedded into…
Sacramento musicians are still creating music, so here are new albums to vibe to Clevers’ self-titled album released May 2. CleversAlbum: Clevers Jam: “Hazel &…
We won 14 awards in the annual CNPA contest This week, the California News Publishers Association announced its awards for work that appeared in 2019….
Sacramento hip-hop scene honors dear friend through music and art Local rapper Paul Flames is torn up as he flips through photos on his phone….
Asked at Sunday Farmer’s Market at 8th and X streets: Which musical act would you like to see come to Sacramento? “Well obviously Billie Eilish…
Zach Van Dyck shoots for pop stardom There’s a certain infectious, “on-repeat” quality to Zach Van Dyck’s latest single, “Give It All.” It’s a pop…
It’s a weekend night at the Opera House Saloon where a sea of audience members donning cowboy hats and flannels crowds the stage as The…
A Tribe Quartet create ‘Black American Music’ A Tribe Quartet is canceling jazz. Although the band won the Jazz category in this year’s SAMMIES, they…
Musicians will not be silenced—neither will SN&R Sacramento’s cultural landscape includes so many of us. Our music and arts communities are just two of those…
If you want to support Sac bands during stay at home order, you can go to Bandcamp, an online music platform waiving its fees today…
Tab Benoit knocks the crowd back during his stop in northern California From the Mississippi Delta to the Cajun bayous, the sonic language of the…
Iron Maiden stopped at the Golden 1 Center on Sept. 9. Did the band live up to the legacy of the beast? The set begins…
Torchbearers of New Orleans jazz flash a searing side of themselves in Folsom Local crowds have flocked to bands offering a little taste of New…