On Thursday August 12, Dane Drewis performed at Crawdad's on the River located at 1375 Garden Highway in Sacramento. Set on a floating stage that connects to a floating venue, the scene at Crawdad's is unique. River wakes cause the place to rock and roll.  Boaters out on the river can pull up and dock alongside the floating venue and join in the festivities. On this night, Drewis and his band were excited. Both Dane and his younger sister Janel are competing in the upcoming American Idol preliminaries being held first in Sacramento at Arden Fair Mall from 10am to 2pm on Tuesday August 17, and followed quickly by a round at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Thursday August 19. The Sacramen

  On Sunday, August 15, SBL Entertainment presents Warm Earth Records internationally acclaimed recording artists Te Vaka at Harlow's located at 2708 J Street, in Sacramento. Te Vaka is an amazing group of twelve musicians and dancers from Tokelau, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands, and New Zealand. The band performs music inspired by the sounds of the South Pacific. Branded South Pacific Fusion, their music blends the sounds of Polynesia and brings contemporary flavor to traditional island music in a selflessly dynamic expression of love under the leadership of vocal wordsmith Opetaia Foa’i. Te Vaka was recently named “Best Pacific Group” at the 2010 S3 Pacific Music Awards .  They also won

On Friday, April 30th, Dane Drewis delivered a solid performance at Harlow's.  The show was a CD release celebration for "Rock & Soul," appropriately named to reflect Drewis' colorful style that includes everything from Motown to Jazz, Reggae to Rock.  Indeed, music is in his blood.  Mere seconds into his opening set, the audience began to light up, move in closer, and smile.  If you haven't heard of him, and if you haven't heard his music, a simple exploration of his website will provide you with all the information you need. To say the depth of Dane's musical conversation with audiences is rich and diverse is an understatement.  Flanked by his father, Dale, on bass, and supported on sta

The hip-hop and jazz group Crown City Rockers will be playing an all-ages show at Beatnik Studios on Friday. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the band begins at 9 p.m. The five-piece band is self-described as a "genre-blending collective whose music is all together original, powerful and provocative," mixing an "organic blend of lush, funk-drenched grooves, riveting classic soul samples, sharp live instrumentation and old-school rhymes." Originally formed in Boston in the late '90s, the band later relocated to Oakland, Calif. where they currently reside. The band is scheduled for an album release this fall. Beatnik Studios is located at 1724 17th St. in Midtown Sacramento. Admission is $10