Brent Faiyaz performs during Sol Blume Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Aug. 19, 2023. Courtesy Sol Blume. All other photos: Marisela Delgado/STAFF. SACRAMENTO — A flood couldn’t stop soul and hip-hop fest Sol Blume from returning to Discovery Park. Postponed from the spring due to last winter’s…

Beyoncé, ‘Renaissance’ The problem Beyoncé created for herself when she released Lemonade back in 2016 was it was instantly regarded as her best project. It was lauded by critics, showered with awards and consistently ranked as one of the best albums of the year, decade and—sometimes—of all time. How…

Sabrina Claudio performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on Sept. 26, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Sabrina Claudio can pass for a pop star, but her music is unlike most on Top 40 radio. Rather than writing for massive hooks and thumping choruses, her songs take…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello, Shawn Robbins and Mike DeWald SAN FRANCISCO — And then there was Janet. The final day of the 2018 edition of Outside Lands closed out with legendary pop icon Janet Jackson. Jackson proved to provide immediate heat to a crowd starting to feel one of the chillier…