Vintage rock, Barrel Aged | E-R Sessions
California vintage rock band Barrel Aged began with Aaron Mathrole (rhythm guitar) and Mark Walker (drums). “Mark and I used to play in his gym basically every Wednesday,” Mathrole said....
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E-R Sessions: Mark McKinnon
Mark McKinnon, longtime leader of the Chico band Ha’penny Bridge, nearly reached the brink of total despair as he and his wife left their home in Paradise to drive through...
E-R Sessions: Stoning Giants
The morning of the Camp Fire, Paradise resident Larry Sawyer (front man for the band Stoning Giants) woke to what he first thought was a big, dark rain cloud in...
E-R Sessions: Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson is one of many local musicians who felt the need to express the emotions he felt after the Camp Fire through song. Thompson witnessed the turmoil and tears...
E-R Sessions: Kratom
Kratom is a local band trying to shake up typical metal music. The band consists of four Inspire High school music students: drummer Brad Messerschmidt (17, senior), vocalist/guitarist Joey Hail...
Banjo-ologist survives Camp Fire | E-R Sessions
If there ever was a local music legend in Butte County, Gordy Ohliger (known as The Banjo-ologist) is it.
E-R Sessions: ‘Fire and the Rain’
American Riviera, a Las Vegas-based band, formed when Sabe Robinson and Hugo Castillo met on a rock-climbing expedition at Red Rocks.
E-R Sessions: Skip Culton
"Paradise, you were everything to me / Paradise, the wind singing through your trees / Paradise, where my heart will always be / I always will be home in Paradise.”...
E-R Sessions: thin air
What began as an online experimental music project slowly emerged into one of the biggest collaborative efforts to take place in the Chico music scene in the last few years....
E-R Session: After Thot
Guitarist Danny Verdugo first met singer Natasha Keys while she was singing karaoke. Verdugo was amazed by Keys' voice and encouraged her to go beyond karaoke. One year later, the...