November 22, 2017
Four Native American acts performed live on Friday night at the Native Night Concert on Friday, as par...
October 18, 2017
A night of music and fun overtook the Recital Hall as the Sacramento Baroque Soloists performed along...
May 3, 2017
Was it the outrageous price of beer, the line it took to get inside or the two hour wait for the show...
Kristine Yabumoto, Staff
April 24, 2017
Filed under Features, Reviews
Music is a necessity; to work out, to drive to work, to get through hard times. It’s rare that someone doesn’t have an Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora or SoundCloud account. But which platform is the best?
Apple Music was created in June of 2015 and has taken off ever since. Verto Index, a website that rates top perfor...
Kristine Yabumoto, Staff
April 5, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Opinion
Cage the Elephant will be coming to Sacramento on April 15 at the Crest Theatre. Many fans are excited to see their favorite band, but they might be surprised when they find out what the band will ask of them.
The event will require all audience members to put their phones in high tech lock boxes made by the compan...
April 5, 2017
After a snafu of a year, 2017 was given the expectations of being the messiah. It would rise from the...
February 9, 2017
From Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to Green Day’s “American Idiot,” music has been used t...
December 4, 2016
For an up and coming band, practice is extremely important, and watching local band The Color Wild not w...
Andrew Flores, Staff
December 3, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Most Recent, Reviews
Coming off his top-charted album “Beauty Behind the Madness” a little over a year ago, Abel Tesfaye, also known as “The Weeknd,” has released his third studio album: “Starboy” LP.
The album, which was released digitally and on streaming services Nov. 25 and in CD form on Nov. 28th, is set to reach the No. 1 debut o...
Ashley Navarro, Editor
October 10, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Reviews
Lead singer Laura Jane Grace, of pop-punk band Against Me!, belts words of heartbreak and longing in the band’s seventh full length album, “Shape Shift With Me.”
It was only a few years ago when Grace came out to the public as transgender and started the process of gender change. The previous album the band released, ...
February 29, 2016
“My deepest fear is being average,” is just one lyric that embodies the ideals and lifestyle of up-...
October 12, 2014
MF DOOM one of, if not the most, influential rappers of the early ’00s has returned for the collaboration album “NehruvianDOOM”...
Darren Allen, Staff Writer
December 9, 2013
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features
Pop artists Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus have recently released albums, sparking a competition between the ladies. While they display their different styles and wardrobes, their music is what will finalize the decision between who is the most talented popstar.
Lady Gaga’s new album, “Artpop,” is a bizarre take on ele...
November 17, 2013
With an electrifying atmosphere that rumbled the body and deafening music that stunned the eardrums, th...
October 17, 2013
Drake’s new album, “Nothing Was the Same,” released on Sept. 20, doesn’t have a distinct gen...
March 15, 2013
In a crammed living room in suburbia, folk songs of heartache and human experience filled the practice...
Latisha Gibson, Connection Staff
December 5, 2012
Filed under Opinion
I remember being a kid in the 90s listening to the radio and every song that came on was a sing-a-long.
There was no need to change the station because a smile would start to spread across my face and bring back good memories.
Artist like Tupac, Biggie, Too Short etc. brought radio worthy tunes to fans all over the worl...
Zachary Hannigan, Connection Staff
January 30, 2012
Filed under Features
New Cosumnes River College audio visual technician James Lovett can not only set up any event, but also liven them up with his own music.
Lovett was exposed to music at a young age and credits that to his love of music.
“Back in those days, parents didn’t use babysitters, so they took you to the bar with them,” Lovett...
