A running review of local artists, modern pop music and culture from Capital Public Radio.
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.”
July 30, 2021 | Nick Brunner | Andrew Garcia
Sacramento songwriter and vocalist Camilla Covington knocked us out with their 2019 Tiny Desk entry. Their debut EP released earlier this summer and she lets us in on what inspired this new collection of songs.
July 12, 2021
Known for its deft handling of canonical classics and contemporary music, the Attacca Quartet breaks new ground on a major-label debut featuring music by Flying Lotus, Squarepusher and other EDM acts
July 6, 2021
The Pulitzer-winning, Kanye-collaborating composer began her career with a creative blank check, but she's spent much of the past decade moving sideways. Her latest trick: reinventing as a songwriter.
