On May 19, Pan United Youth Movement and TunesWork will be presenting a concert to benefit Hiram Johnson High School Youth Empowerment Steel Orchestra. The Y.E.S. Orchestra is Sacramento’s first steel pan orchestra, and the benefit concert will be their first public appearance. All proceeds from ticket sales, sponsorships and…
Jonah Matranga feels active disdain when he hears anyone say things along the lines of, “I used to be an artist/musician/performer, but now I have kids.” His daughter was born early in his music career, and the two have commingled to define his existence ever since. “The last thing I’d…
The fourth annual weekend long celebration of local music, art, comedy and culture known as First Festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 at North Natomas’ Tanzanite Park (2220 Tanzanite Ave., Sacramento). There will be five stages hosting more than 40 bands, plus stand-up comedy, dance,…
Built to Spill’s music is at once atmospheric, raucous, hard-hitting and pensive. It’s the kind of incredible dichotomy that gets you banging the dashboard at the same time as thinking about the meaning of life, and because of that, it’s been in constant rotation since the ‘90s in my life’s…
So much of what we conceive of as the artist is cloaked in the myth of the “natural,” the effortless being who becomes one and the same as the character perceived in the midst of their work, whether it be on stage, screen or elsewhere. It is a concept that…
If you’ve been paying attention to pop culture news or simply skimmed Twitter over the last three months, chances are you’ve seen or heard SOB x RBE circulating. Featured on the Kendrick Lamar-curated soundtrack for Black Panther—alongside artists such as ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz and Travis Scott—the Vallejo-based rap group…
DJ and producer Lady Kate has spent most of her life behind a set of turntables. Growing up, she would tag along with her teenage sisters to the skating rink in her native Southern California neighborhood. On Friday nights, there would be a skate party featuring a DJ, and Kate…
On April 26, self-produced Mexican-American solo musician Cuco will be coming to Sacramento State. Cuco plays a style of jazzy, trippy hip-hop that is relaxed, optimistic and endearing. He started playing music when he was eight, and now at the age of 19, he’s mastered a one-of-a-kind sound that combines…
It’s the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Nao is about to perform her popular song, “Bad Blood.” Not to be confused with Ms. Swift’s ditty of the same name, sweaty fans erupt in a frenzy of anticipation for their falsetto goddess. While the first wonky synths enter…
You heard it here first! Grammy-nominated electronic/ambient/rock group Tycho, who originally formed right here in Sacramento, will play their first headlining hometown show since 2014 on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at The Sofia, the new home of B Street Theatre. The intimate seated theatre holds less than 400 people, and…
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