Kendra Deutsche Rascal Flatts’ newest album, released April 4, continues to top the national Billboard Top 200 chart for the third week in a row. They also debuted in the No. 1 position on the Top Country Albums chart. Their…
Acclaimed violinist to dazzle Poly
This Saturday at 8 p.m., the Christopher Cohan Center will come alive with the sounds of David Kim, celebrated solo violinist, when he joins the San Luis Obispo Symphony in its final concert of the season. Kim will perform Piotr…
'Say No More' rocks Battle of the Bands
nick camacho Fans of friendly musical competition were out in full force Thursday afternoon to support the Battle of the Bands winner Say No More and other contestants. The event took place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the…
'Tribute' concert celebrates both
ryan chartrand It’s amazing to think that it’s taken more than two decades for a concert featuring music from Japanese animation (anime) and video games to gracefully make its way into the Christopher Cohan Center. Thankfully, the first and hopefully…
Anim-azing music
Ryan Chartrand When I first heard about “Tribute,” a concert that will feature music from Japanese animation and video games, I was very doubtful. “It’s just going to be three or four disorganized nerds without talent,” I thought to myself.…
Jonah rocks a cold Monterey night
nick coury CSU Monterey Bay was built on Fort Ord military base, which was used during the Vietnam War. Many of the original buildings have been remodeled for the campus to use, as is the Black Box Cabaret, a campus…
Bands battle for the top spot
Christina Casci Battle of the Bands will take place today at Downtown Brew. It is a benefit concert for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation organized by students involved in Rotaract, the college student form of Rotary Club. Five bands…
Out of this world but making it to SLO
Christina Casci Valient Thorr is out of this world – literally. Valient Thorr, a rock n’ roll band straight out of the planet Venus, will be coming to San Luis Obispo Monday to play at Downtown Brew. The band consists…
DiFranco 'not so soft'
Ronnie Meehan While other artists were playing benefit concerts and riding the wave of patriotism that swept the country following the 9/11 attacks, fem-rocker Ani DiFranco took the stage in April 2002 at New York’s Carnegie Hall to express her…
A "Tribute" to Japanese anime and video game music
Ryan Chartrand Cal Poly’s Japanese Cultural Exchange will present “Tribute,” a groundbreaking Japanese animation and video game concert on Saturday, April 29. “Tribute” will feature original arrangements of popular melodies drawn entirely from Japanese animation and video games, performed as…
Singer comes back for more
Lauren Zahner After a record-setting attendance at his Backstage Pizza performance in January, Sacramento musician Corey Nitschke will be filling the pizza parlor with music again today from 11 a.m. to noon. “He’s got a great sound. He’s great on…