It would be easy to mistake Scout Parker for a new artist. At 26, the fresh-faced musician—who goes by Scout on record and stage—looks even younger than that. Plus, the local singer/songwriter’s fresh electronic/hip-hop-influenced brand […]
Lately, Michael Bone has felt lucky, sort of. Like so many of us, the well-known local musician is sheltering in place and working from home—teaching music and art, now online only, to his students from […]
We are all individual planets. At least it feels that way right now for many of us as we spin in orbit around the COVID-19 at the center of our lives and long for communing […]
When Smokey the Groove hit the stage for its May 23 performance at Lost on Main, it had been the first gig in more than two months. Not just the first gig for the local […]
I own a lot of music. I’ve managed to turn this goofy obsession into gigs as a record store clerk, a music journalist and, for more than decade, a DJ around Portland, Ore. (OK, it’s […]
I broke quarantine for band practice. And so did my bandmates. (Sorry, fellas. I ratted you out.) I don’t regret it. Before getting together, we charted our connections for any sketchy contacts, an ad hoc […]
What do you miss most as you wait out the coronavirus? If the answer is dancing, then Chico disco-pop duo Astronaut Ice Cream has solved one of your problems. Guitarist Kirt Lind and singer/beat-maker Heather […]
Chico’s shelter-in-place soundtrack has some new tracks this week: Longtime Chico music dude Cameron Ford splits his musical time these days between his solo pop-rock works and his chill Yoga Beats releases. For his latest, […]
“I want my Chico music scene!” We hear you. We miss it, too. During this time of coronavirus disconnection, stay connected with multiple eras of the local scene by visiting the Chico News & Review’s […]
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