Jason Cassidy

Aug 30, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

To live is to fly, low and high, so shake the dust off of your wings and the sleep out of your eyes—Townes Van Zandt, “To Live is to Fly”It has, as they say, been real, my friends. From age 33 to age 55, I’ve written, edited and worn many other hats at the Chico News & Review, but the time has come for me to move on to something else.

Jun 11, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

The land carries the scars and the stories of the many who make the journey looking for a better life. The fears, the loss, and the hopes are embedded in each step. The twilight’s soft glowing light, gradually declining in the sky, falls on them like a curtain of obscurity the sun sets below the horizon. An eruption of passion fills their hearts, but there are also feelings of uncertainty that cascade in their thoughts.

May 27, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

For 21st century audiences, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew can be confusing. It’s as fun and witty as any of the Bard’s comedies, but it does require a great deal of focus (and maybe a cheat sheet) to navigate multiple characters pretending to be other characters as they engage in various deceptions and wooings in pursuit of wives and dowries.

Apr 25, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

For the local music scene in Chico to remain vital, there has to be new blood injected from time to time. There also has to be a handful of people who are putting energy into keeping the happenings happening, and it’s a beautiful thing to witness the moment when a young instigator’s efforts break through, creating a new a new vein of possibilities for them and the scene. Derrien Evans appears to be on the cusp of his moment.

Apr 19, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

In 1945, Charlie Robinson scored his first guitar gig, playing Saturday night dances at The Diamond Springs Hotel, in the heart of California’s Gold Country, for $5 a week. “The band was booked to play from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., but I could only play until midnight because of the child labor laws,” Robinson said during a recent phone interview. “I was only 12 years old at the time.” —from “Just play music,” by Ken Smith [Chico News & Review, 11/29/2022]Butte County lost a legend last week.