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ESL Rochester Fringe Festival Celebrates 14th year
Another year, another Rochester Fringe Festival has come and gone — celebrating its 14th year with a dynamic array…
Southern Soul Shines in Macon: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule & Duane Betts…
The city of Macon, Georgia was alive all weekend as fans from across the country poured into town for a night that…
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Electric Energy as Modest Mouse Lights Up Kodak Center
On a cool autumn night in Rochester, music fans were treated to a block of 90s era alt-rock as Modest Mouse along…
Old Crow Medicine Show Honors John Lennon’s Birthday with “Happy Xmas…
To celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 85th birthday on October 9, 2025, Old Crow Medicine Show released…
Concert Reviews
Stereolab Mesmerizes a Sold Out Asbury Hall in Buffalo
Stereolab, the indie-rock band led by Briton Tim Gane and Frenchwoman Laetita Sadier, have been around off and on…
New York Series
New York Series: “Brooklyn Baby” by Lana Del Rey
Today, Lana Del Rey is seen as an icon of West Coast elegance and mystery, waxing poetic about her California home…
New York Singles
Old Crow Medicine Show Honors John Lennon’s Birthday with “Happy Xmas (War Is…
To celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 85th birthday on October 9, 2025, Old Crow Medicine Show released their cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." With this single, OCMS have also announced their upcoming Christmas album OCMS…
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Boys Don’t Fight Trade Synths for Acoustics in New Single “Jo”
Boys Don’t Fight, a solo project of Louisiana-based musician Chris Giarmo, has released their third single from their latest eponymous album, “Jo.”
Unlike their previously released singles, “The Megaman Song” and “Bolero,” “Jo” is a…
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Glom Announces New Album “Below,” Grunge-Gaze Single “Mirror”
On October 1, Brooklyn-based alternative rock artist Glom (a.k.a. Sean Dunnevant) released his newest single, "Mirror," in anticipation of his newly announced album Below, set to be released on January 9, 2026.
Below is said to be a…
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Hearing Aide: Leon Thomas’ Funk-Infused “Just How You Are”
On October 3rd, Leon Thomas, a Brooklyn native musician, surprise dropped his newest single “Just How You Are”. Earlier that week, Thomas announced his upcoming seven-track EP PHOLKS due out on October 24.
Leon Thomas got his start by…
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Book Reviews
Bob Dylan’s New York City Profiled in New Book
Ever wonder what it would be like to retrace the footsteps of Bob Dylan during his time in New York? To travel to the venues where he performed, wrote classic tunes, and crashed during his early years in the Big Apple? Now you can…
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The Band’s Talented and Troubled Richard Manuel Profiled in New Biography
No group may have shifted the direction of rock music more radically than The Band did at the close of the ‘60s. With their 1968 debut, Music from Big Pink, the Canadian-American quintet single-handedly put an end to the abstraction…
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Interview: Author Walter Kolosky on the Mahavishnu Orchestra
John McLaughlin and his Mahavishnu Orchestra were, alongside Miles Davis, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, the mightiest of the Four Horsemen of Jazz Fusion.
When he burst on the scene in 1971 with this band,…
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Flashback
U2 at SU: “The Joshua Tree” Tour Stops at The Carrier Dome – October 9, 1987
In 1987, the Carrier Dome in Syracuse hosted the breakthrough “The Joshua Tree” tour from Irish rock band U2. Spanning over 100 shows, the tour’s third and final leg made 5 total stops across New York State in the fall of ‘87, leading to…
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Phish In Albany Through The Years: 2018 and 2024
This is Part 4 of a series looking at the history of Phish in Albany. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here.
With 20 shows in Albany under their belt as of 2024, Phish has made it clear their affinity for the Capital…
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Dead ‘Stock: The Story Behind the Grateful Dead’s Forgettable Woodstock Performance
Even now, 51 years to the day, the performance by Grateful Dead at the legendary Woodstock Music Festival still leaves a mark. Although, for a variety of reasons, it's a mark that the band and any eyewitnesses that evening may not wish to…
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Gone too soon
D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Legend and Grammy Winner, Dies at 51
D'Angelo, the pioneering figure in neo-soul, known for three albums celebrated as contemporary masterpieces, passed away on Tuesday. He was 51 years old.
Photo via Soundcloud
The singer, real name Michael Eugene Archer, passed away…
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Rochester Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione Dead at 84
Legendary Rochester jazz musician Chuck Mangione, best known for "Feels So Good" and the the 1980 Winter Olympics theme "Give It All You Got," has died. The trumpet and flugelhorn master was 84.
His family wrote in a statement on…
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Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, dies at 76
Ozzy Osbourne, powerful rock front man of Black Sabbath and legendary solo artist, passed away on Tuesday, July 22 at the age of 76. Osbourne's legacy touched thousands of lives and hundreds of venues, especially those in New York State.
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