music

Music in Downtown
Jazz-BluesView: Music in DowntownBy Eric Benson On we fall, we go, singing the last refrain from September’s Song. We look ...

Golden October
Golden OctoberBy Monica Barber October is a golden time in Modesto, not just for fall foliage and spooky decorations. It ...

MAMA 25th Celebration & Lifetime Award
MAMA 25th By Chris MurphyIt is a mind blower that it has been 25 years since the 1st MAMA Awards ...

Songwriter View: Emerging Payton Mahoney
Songwriter View: Emerging Payton MahoneyMattéa Overstreet One of the most exciting elements of being a “small town” artist is the ...

A Quarter Century and Beyond
MAMAView: A Quarter Century and BeyondBy Middagh Goodwin Chris Murphy and Ricci created the Modesto Area Music Awards, first at ...

Hot August Daze
Hot August Daze! By Monica BarberDays and nights, August brings with it the heat along with the final days of ...

Somebody Scream!
Somebody Scream!By Middagh Goodwin Modesto’s premier summer festival, ModStock, is returning, bigger and better than ever. On August 11th, 90 ...

Bluesy Kind of Summer
Bluesy Kind of SummerBy Eric Benson Ritual brings us comfort and meaningful patterns that fulfill our lives. One for me ...

Unplugged View: Fate SOI Étoiles
Unplugged View: Fate SOI Étoilesby Aaron Rowan I recently spent some weeks with a pub trivia team of Stanford students. ...

Wood & Wires: Songs, Freshly Sliced
Wood & Wires: Songs, Freshly SlicedBy Mattea Overstreet Summertime has already shot me out of the toaster as I write ...

Summer Fun at the StanCoFair
Summer Fun at the StanCoFair By Middagh Goodwin The Stanislaus County Fair is nearly here and will run from the 5th until the ...