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The Sacramento Bee
Mel Shields: Super Diamond plays the gems

Mel Shields: Super Diamond plays the gems

Randy Cordero, middle, and his band Super Diamond play Neil Diamond hits plus lots of other bands' tunes, often in a fun musical mash-up. They play Harrah's Tahoe on Saturday night.Even after 20 years, Randy Cordero, the lead singer of Super Diam...

The Sacramento Bee
On Sale: new and continuing ticket sales

ON SALE TODAY Josh Gorban: In the Round Tour, Oct. 6, Sleep Train Arena Mac Miller, with Action Bronson, Chance the Rapper, the Internet, Aug. 4, the Warfield, San Francisco RX Bandits, Northern Faces, July 5, the Regency, San Francisco ...

The Sacramento Bee
More than just a pale imitation: Petty Theft worth the cover

More than just a pale imitation: Petty Theft worth the cover

Petty Theft, from left, Monroe Grisman, Adam Berkowitz, Dan Durkin, Django Bayless, Michael Papenburg and Mike Emerson.Tribute bands routinely pack clubs these days, but few groups actually capture the vibe and spirit of the musicians they imitat...

AccessLocal.TV
Press Release! PCS Cast & Crew Call

May 9, 2013
Press Release! PCS Cast & Crew Call

Press Release – Local Film Production – 14th Year 2013 “A Place Called Sacramento” Cast & Crew Call – May 22   For the 14th ...

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Sacramento’s own Jackie Greene returns to Fairytale Town

Jackie Greene will play what has become his annual benefit concert at Fairytale Town on Aug. 24. It will be his fifth such yearly performance. Tickets will go on sale June 1 at www.fairytaletown.org. They will start at $25 in June and increase by $5...

Alison Toon
And so to bed… but first

May 7, 2013
And so to bed… but first

Just a reminder that I do still have to write about Brave.And Sounds That Can't Be Made. Coming soon.

Alison Toon
Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood (Edison’s Children and a little more)

May 7, 2013
Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood (Edison’s Children and a little more)

While I was expecting Saturday evening of the Marillion Weekend to open with Pete Trewavas performing a few solo songs (and very good they were too Pete, where's the CD???), I was surprised, happily and excitedly surprised, to see Eric Blackwood o...

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Alison Toon
… and Relish

May 7, 2013
… and Relish

Relish were the second opening act on the Saturday of the Marillion weekend.I don't know if it was because they were sandwiched between Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood's groovy twosome and Marillion's genius Brave performance, or because they told me ...

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Alison Toon
Aziz

May 7, 2013
Aziz

Another support act at the Marillion Weekend in Wolverhampton was Aziz: two-piece band comprising Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of Stone Roses, and Dalbir Singh Rattan, tabla maestro!  East meets west...  electric guitar, shredded and sliced, &...

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Alison Toon
Touchstone

May 7, 2013
Touchstone

One of the opening acts for the Marillion weekend were Touchstone, who opened the show on the Sunday evening of the weekend. I had not heard them before--but I will hear them again. Definitely.Touchstone list their influences on their Faceboo...



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