Sacramento-based indie rock band Jackson Road recently released their second CD “Take Flight”. You can hear samples on their web site.
Their shows are listed on their site, with more to come. So far:
January 13th (Wednesday) – 9:00 PM at Club Good Hurt 12249 Venice Blvd, West Los Angeles (310) 390-1076
Jan 16th (Saturday) – Harlow’s, Sacramento 9:00 PM 2708 J Street Sacramento, CA (916) 441-4693
The show last Friday night was big fun. Luna’s is a great place to see music. The headliner, Anton Barbeau (learn more), has finally returned from “across the pond” and he played a lot of recent material from his new “Plastic Guitar” album. He left out the old classics (Banana Song, Drug Free, Third Eye, etc) but his new material was strong. Weird (let’s say quirky) in spots, as he usually is, but good.
He shared the stage with local singer Allyson Seconds for at least half of his set. He recently produced and wrote her new CD and they performed a number of songs from it, all of which sounded very good. Clever and catchy folk-pop songs, nice harmonies, good stuff. Their duet on Leave It With Me, I’m Always Gentle would have been perfect except for the whistling. Haha! Their voices worked well together on all their songs and Anton was content to showcase her warm voice. As an example, they did one of his odder tunes, On A Bicycle Built For Bicycle Nine, and make it sound smooth and irresistable. Next time they perform together, don’t miss it.
Also on the bill were Julie Swan and Brian Valenzuela. Julie’s songs were well-received, especially the cover song she ended with. Brian showed off his new technology, recording musical parts on the fly and playing along with them. But for us, Anton and Allyson were the stars of the evening.
And we got some crappy cellphone pictures too! (After the jump)
Legendary local singer-songwriter Anton Barbeau has finally returned from The UK and Europe after many months. Let’s hope he wasn’t expecting warm weather here in Sactown. He’ll be playing at Luna’s Cafe on Friday December 11th, let’s welcome him back. The show also features Natives Are Restless (Brian Valenzuela), and Julie Swan. It’s at 8PM and there is a small $6 cover charge.
Alton will be promoting his latest album “Plastic Guitar” but if past shows are any indication he’ll include a variety of other Ant-tunes, maybe even his “Xmas Song”. Luna’s is located at 1414 16th Street in Sacramento.
On Saturday, December 26th, Izabella will appear at the great local venue the Palms Playhouse in nearby Winters, CA. The show kicks off at 8:00 PM and the ticket price is $12. Local friends 2Me will start off the evening. A canned food drive is in the works to benefit a local non profit.
Izabella’s April release, Drugs & Apple Pie has been warmly received throughout the West. In addition to a solid studio presence, Izabella’s live performances are brimming with energy. Halloween weekend, the band set the bar at the 4th annual Las Tortugas Festival.
Of course, we like the music best, but the whole event will be fun and it’s free!
Local musicians Ricky Berger, Autumn Sky, Katie Jane, and Drew Walker will be playing. For a schedule of who plays when, what art will be there, fashion, crafts, and other info, go here. They describe it as “A creative block party, hosted by Westfield Downtown Plaza, featuring artists, craft vendors, live music, food, drinks, a beer garden and more. And it’s all free. Twenty to 30 local artist/craft/fashion/pet vendors.” What’s not to like?
Saturday, 11/21, 12-6pm at Westfield Downtown Plaza.
The rocking band Ape Machine from Portland, Oregon will be here in Sacramento at the Press Club (Club Pow) on November 16th. The band includes former Evening Episode (web site, wikipedia) member Brian True. Check ‘em out, they will rock your socks.
The Press Club is at 2030 P St, Sacramento in Sacramento and the show starts around 8:00. Check out music and video from Ape Machine on MySpace.
Come to Marilyn’s on Sunday October 11 and help celebrate the birthday of local singer-songwriter Autumn Sky. She is described on the Marilyn’s site thus: “beautiful jazz voice major, composes, sings all of her songs, plays a lot of instruments and is performing with a full band which she has not done in a long time”. She’s also calling it her “Anti-Folk Festival” and will be supported by local acts Walking Spanish, Clemon’, Todd Morgan and the Emblems, All on Seven, Ryan McCarroll, and Dante Romandia.
More free concerts in parks! Is this a great town or what?!! Gather round Fremont Park at 1515 Q Street on Thursdays for free music from some fine local bands and artists. Food will be available from Hot Italian also. Shows run from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. The lineup:
Aug. 20 – Blvd Park – alternative folk
Aug. 27 – Kate Gaffney – country folk blues
Sept. 3 – Richard March – country
Sept. 10 – Ricky Berger – jazz folk
Sept. 17 – Syncro – funky soul
Sept. 24 – Walking Spanish – Americana blues rock
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