"Sunday Paper" delivered an exceptional performance in Downieville, benefiting the local Fire Department.

On Saturday, July 6th, the annual Firefighter’s Muster BBQ and Street Dance will bring a special treat to Downieville as it hosts a legendary band led by long-time Santana bassist David Margen.

Last weekend provided a much-welcome dose of sunshine and events in the (mostly) Lost Sierra, and we decided to take full advantage of both.

GRASS VALLEY — The Center for the Arts is pleased to welcome local singer-songwriter Ayla Nereo to the Marisa Funk Theater on April 27, 2024. Ayla Nereo is a singer, composer, producer, dancer, and visual-poetry creator raised among the Northern California forests and rivers. Called a “bridger of sound,” Ayla dances between timeless and modern, with a particular joy for cross-pollinating musical styles. Her songs seem a genre unto their own, as she moves between vocal looping, produced beats, live drumming, orchestral string arrangements, Celtic melodies, disco rhythms, electronic soundscapes, and even dashes of hip-hop wordplay.Having an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, Ayla's music is an ode to the wonder of being human, inviting us deeper into the exquisite and innately psychedelic dream of this moment. The Huffington Post said Ayla Nereo has “one of the most poignant voices currently floating about and she is an otherworldly artist who shares the

Frightwig performs at The Ritz Lounge in San JoseBAY AREA — If you heard drum beats echoing in the Sierra last week, they might have originated from The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco or The Ritz Lounge in San Jose.Bay Area underground punk rock iconoclasts The Avengers, Kid Congo, and Frightwig scorched audiences last Wednesday and Thursday nights with power chords and political anthems.Downieville shares a cosmic connection.Frightwig’s original drummer, Cecilia Kuhn, better known to friends as Saint Cecilia, was a longtime Downieville resident and served as Sierra County county clerk before transmuting into the celestial in 2017. Her defiant nature and relentlessly positive aura still pulsate within Frightwig today.Reminiscing about Frightwig’s original lineup, founding band member and bassist Deanna Mitchell jokingly described their trio together as comprising the ideal woman. “Cecilia had the legs. Mia had the ass. I had the tits.”They were