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Benefit concert alert: “Yes We Can – Songs of Peace and Change” -
A benefit for Francis House.

The event will take place on Friday, August 22, 2008 at the classic Crest Theater. Musical guests include Maria Muldaur & The Free Radicals with special guests: Tracy Nelson, Holly Near, and Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir. Yes We Can: Songs of Peace and Change is an all-star night of some of America’s greatest women vocalists singing songs by America’s best songwriters. Funky and uplifting, this annual fundraiser for Francis House will rock the house.

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The annual Sacramento Music Awards (The Sammies) were held on July 17th at the Crest Theater. You can view the results on the Sacramento News & Review site. Our friend and fellow music lover Mike D attended, here is his take on the evening:

The Sammies were different this year.  A different MC.  There were only about 6 or 7 groups that played.  But each group played about 5 songs.  I would rather have seen more groups playing 2 or three songs.  My favorite was Butterscotch, fronted by a black chick who did a bunch of base noises and brass noises just with her mouth, while playing another instrument and singing.  She could do the whole thing without any help, but on several of her songs she had a couple others filling in the cracks.  She did different things, some jazzy, some hip hoppity. 

Also saw The Losin’ Streaks (metal – a couple big guitars), The Evening Episode, An Angle (basic rock and roll – I liked them), Live Mannikins (four hip hop dudes – they were also good), Ricky Berger (kind of cute, softer, talented, somewhat quirky), The New Humans (I don’t remember much about them).  Some very attractive women called the Body something or other giving out the awards.

So did you go? And if so what did you think?

It’s almost here! This coming Thursday, the 17th, will be the annual Sacramento Music Awards (the Sammies) at the Crest Theater. Performers this year include Butterscotch, The New Humans, Ricky Berger, Live Manikins, Th’ Losin Streaks, An Angle and The Evening Episode. For more info, visit the Sammies site. See you Thursday!

This year marks the 17th anniversary of the Sammies, the Sacramento Music Awards, honoring the best of Sacramento’s music scene. You can see the list of this year’s nominees on the Sammies web site and vote for your favorites!

The 2008 Sammies will take place on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Crest Theater. Doors open at 7:00 for 8:00 show, according to the Crest calendar. Lots of local talent will perform and you can cheer for the winners. See you there. Now go vote for your favorites! NOTE: I wasn’t able to view the ballot page with IE6. Try Firefox.

Also, check out the Sammies Artist Showcase shows.

The nominees for the 2008 Sammies (Sacramento Music Awards) have been announced. We won’t list them all, you can see the full list here. Check it out!

There is SO much musical talent in this town. The awards show will be held on Thursday, July 17, at the Crest Theatre. See you there.

Twelve or so bands played on the main stage and another eight or nine on the second stage. Sure, they only played a couple songs each but still, what a great deal! Where else can you see that much good music for a price so cheap? And of course there are the awards too. With all the talent in our big city, it’s a pleasure to watch the artists be recognized.

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The Missus and I went to the Sammies folk/acoustic showcase last weekend to see the nominated artists in that category. The are holding a series of similar events for the different genres that they will give awards for. This one was at Marilyn’s on K Street, a really nice place that we will definitely go back to more often.

We saw the five nominees in the folk/acoustic category perform:

Justin Farren (he was great! Really hot on his acoustic guitar and very strong vocals, The songs were quirky, even odd,  but they were hella catchy and very entertaining)

Be Brave Bold Robot (interesting folk-pop-rock, they reminded me a bit of the Barenaked Ladies. They were good, above average, but a bit strange. In a pretty good way though)

Christopher Fairman (he was not folk, more rock. There was not much to grab me lyrically or musically, mostly just a couple chords extended into a song with no real hooks to speak of. The good news: the Daisy Spot guy played guitar and he can play that thing!)

Coolfield (heartfelt folk but kind of low-key. In all fairness, I should note that they were missing one of the two members due to illness)

Chelsea Wolfe (she has a great Fiona Apple style voice but her songs are more folky. They were good, intricate enought to hold our interest. Overall she was pretty good and should have performed more than four songs)

The awards will be given out at the Sammies show next month at the Crest Theater.

This year marks the 16th anniversary of the Sammies, the Sacramento Music Awards, honoring the best of Sacramento’s music scene.  You can see the list of this year’s nominees on the Sammies web site and vote for your favorites! While you’re there, check out the photos from last years event. It was a blast!

The 2007 Sammies will take place on Wednesday, July 18, at 7:00 PM at the Crest Theater. It’s cheap, only $8.00 in advance so get your tickets now. Lots of local talent will perform and you can cheer for the winners. See you there. Now go vote for your favorites here!