SacMusicBlog

Local weekly paper Sacramento News and Review has released it’s annual “Best-of” edition. Here at SacMusicBlog we concentrate on the music-related (mostly), so we’ll just concentrate on their music-related picks. The reader’s favorites are:

Best open-mic night

1. Luna’s Café & Juice Bar
1414 16th Street, (916) 441-3931
www.lunascafe.com

2. Fox & Goose
1001 R Street, (916) 443-8825
www.foxandgoose.com

3. Sacramento Comedy Spot
1716 Broadway, (916) 402-5747
www.saccomedyspot.com
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Our music correspondent Mike D saw some music here in town recently. Here is his report:

Went to Rhythm and and Ribs at Raley field and saw Zepparella, a female Zeppelin cover group. Loved them. The guitarist, Gretchen Menn was excellent, using her violin bow to scratch out the middle guitar bit of Whole Lotta Love. She left a couple of Jimmy Page notes out there, but all in all did a great job of covering one of the greatest ever guitarists.

And she was good looking and you could tell she loved what she was doing. The lead singer, Anna somebody was also very good; didn’t try to be Plant, but delivered in a sexy sort of way. The bass guitarist and drummer had hair hanging in their faces, so never got a good look. The drummer had a ton of energy; must have lost ten pounds during the set. I enjoyed the earlier covers more than the later ones. They play in Sacramento occasionally (the Blue Lamp last February). They’re currently on a West Coast trip, playing in Sparks, Nevada on Saturday. I’ll go see ‘em out next chance I get.

Did anyone else see this show? It sounds like a winner…

The annual Sacramento “Sammies” music awards show is coming up, and several showcase shows have been announced to show off some of the nominees. Here is the schedule:

Friday, June 6 – Old Ironsides
21+, $5, 8 p.m.
Be Brave Bold Robot, The Ancient Sons, Rowdy Kate

Sunday, June 8 – Press Club
21+, $5, 8 p.m.
Pets, The Happy Medium, Two Playa Game, Resynthesize

Wednesday, June 11 – Press Club
21+, 8 p.m.
State Cap, Tribe of Levi

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