The Boston punk scene has given us many great bands over the years, and Far From Finished is another testament to Beantown's mighty musical legacy. This weekend the band is opening for The Queers and The...
MUSIC PROFILE: Kristen Shiner McGuire
When you grow up as an only child with two high-profile performing artists for parents, your...
It's not hard to find examples of jazz records dedicated to great songwriters. Miles Davis...
Rochester Jazz Fest announces 2012 headliners
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced four of the headliners for the...
Slew of new concerts to add to your spring and summer music festivities: Foxy Shazam Tuesday, April 3. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. 7 p.m. $13-$15. 325-5600, waterstreetmusic.com. Beach Boys Friday, June 29. Darien Lake Performing...
CONCERT UPDATE: Iron Maiden, Foxy Shazam, Country Megaticket
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When Imani Winds comes to town, the group will be performing works by Pavel Haas, Brian DuFord, and Valerie Coleman, well as arrangements by Debussy and Stravinsky. Composers you may not know? Arrangements of the great masters? What's that all...
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Julia Nunes strolls through the door of the rock joint du jour with her ukulele and into a world of misperceptions, misconceptions, assumptions, and pigeonholes. The world is full of female singer-songwriters. The world is full of ukulele...
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CLASSICAL: Itzhak Perlman With the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Violinist Itzhak Perlman has been a legend for decades. Depending on which story you select, the oldest you can consider Perlman as "famous" is age 13, when, on November 2, 1958, Ed Sullivan introduced Perlman to the television viewing...
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MUSIC PROFILE: The Anderson Stingrays
"I mean, who's going to write a song about Judge Reinhold?" asks Matthew Mischief, drummer for The Anderson Stingrays. The Anderson Stingrays is a relatively new local pop-punk trio that adheres to the sacred rule of three chords, speed, and...
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MUSIC PROFILE: The Electro Kings
It's the same all over: everybody's got the blues. Every major metropolis, jerk-water burgh, or wide spot in the road has its share of legends, mavericks, and mainstays. There's no shortage of guitar slingers, harp blowers, and howlers. But...
I'd say that Perry Farrell, lead singer of Jane's Addiction, is a creative visionary and...
If you're bored with watching the Academy Awards from the couch, or your space is too small to...
David Wax, one half of David Wax Museum, sings and plays jarana, a type of guitar. Suz Slezak...
Ba dee ah - say, do you remember? Ba dee ah, dancing in, um, February! That's right, the disco...
Mike Doughty has never been one to take his craft too seriously. Whether as lead singer of...
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Jon Donofrio said:
I was in town just for the weekend and I thought the first band rocked. They need a place downtown to play like Bug Jar. Other 2 folk bands were...
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Willie..you have terrible taste.jesus rays are amazingggg
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Kristen, You are a great person, great player and now you have a great CD. Congratulations. John Beck
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