A running review of local artists, modern pop music and culture from Capital Public Radio.
October 6, 2022 | Randol White | Megan Manata
The Aftershock festival is starting Thursday, and it’s estimated to bring in about $30 million in revenue for the city and region. Sacramentan Tim McCord shares how he joined Evanescence, one the festival's headliners this weekend.
August 18, 2022 | Victor Corral Martinez
Front & Center is a hip-hop showcase in Sacramento's historic Oak Park neighborhood at the Black-owned Slim & Husky's, featuring local acts Yumz Awkword, EGDABEAST and headliner Nate Curry. Event producer Mendes tells us about Friday's event.
July 28, 2022
Entries to the Tiny Desk Contest tend to be incredibly creative and fun — maybe none more so this year than an entry from the singer-songwriter Lillian Frances.
May 5, 2022 | Nick Brunner
From bedrooms to studios, concert spaces to cliff walls, musicians from around Northern California shared their original songs in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. CapRadio’s 2022 panel rounds up (some) of our very favorites.
December 3, 2021 | Nick Brunner
How Shintoism, learning (almost) totally new instruments and Swedish abstractionist painting led to one of Sacramento’s most exciting new bands.
November 30, 2021 | Nick Brunner | Andrew Garcia
Matt Walsh and former Bay Area musician Majel Connery, the duo behind New York band Sky Creature, are debuting the music video ‘No One’ here on CapRadio. We connected with them about the video, touring and why they embrace being hard to categorize.
September 15, 2021
After thousands of entries, the Tiny Desk Contest judges have landed on this year's winner.
September 10, 2021 | Nick Brunner
La Luz is finally able to perform live again and the psyche rock band’s first show is the annual Red Museum fundraiser this Saturday.
August 30, 2021 | Nick Brunner
In anticipation for the winner of NPR’s annual contest, CapRadio contributors round up their favorite entries from Northern California.
August 20, 2021 | Nick Brunner | Andrew Garcia
Modern Music Director Nick Brunner connected with Basi Vibe to talk about repping Sacramento, staying motivated, and his new music video "Wallflower," which Nick called “Everything good about the moment, the groove feels like summer.”
