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Amy Cavalier

When she’s not on the dance floor, you can find Amy Cavalier living in Rochester, New York where she makes a living as a marketing and communications specialist, freelance writer and (figurative) cruise director. Her free time is dedicated to resisting adulthood through cross-country and downhill skiing, ice skating, yoga, tennis, kayaking and anything else that involves being outdoors.

Alternative/Indie

Interview: Jon Lewis discusses his band’s latest album, making a living as a full-time artist…

Amy Cavalier May 22, 2018

Rochester’s Jon Lewis Band is experiencing its fair share of notoriety on the heels of releasing their eighth album in four years, Get Wild Somewhere. In the month of May, lead singer Lewis made the media rounds, appearing on WXXI’s…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Jon Lewis Band ‘Get Wild Somewhere’

Amy Cavalier May 17, 2018

Everyone loves rooting for the hometown star to catch a big break. Rochester’s very own Jon Lewis Band's latest offering Get Wild Somewhere has the potential to expose them to their widest and most diverse audience yet. It has nothing…

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Hearing Aide: Ripe ‘Joy in the Wild Unknown’

Amy Cavalier Apr 8, 2018

Boston’s seven-piece phenom Ripe attacks funk-infused rock, groove, jazz, R&B and even ska, with passion, precision and purpose, leaving a wake on the dance floor with their debut offering Joy In The Wild Unknown. The album, due out…

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Hearing Aide: Jon Lewis Band’s ‘Baby Brother’

Amy Cavalier Nov 14, 2017

One of the best parts of reviewing albums is being exposed to music that you most likely would have never discovered on your own. At first, I listened to the Rochester-based Jon Lewis Band’s recently-released EP Baby Brother solely for…

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Hearing Aide: Yoko Miwa ‘Pathways’

Amy Cavalier May 17, 2017

Without a word, jazz pianist Yoko Miwa and her longstanding trio's newest album Pathways waltz you from the dance floor to the back alley with hints of everything from standards to show tunes and a few surprising renditions in between.…

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Hearing Aide: Mike Powell’s “Tied to the Rail”

Amy Cavalier Dec 13, 2016

Singer/songwriter Mike Powell has no shortage of inspiration for writing music. Raised in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, he taught himself guitar at the age of 13, boasting a catalog of 20 or so songs by the age of 15. Powell…

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Hearing Aide: The Nth Power “To Be Free – Live”

Amy Cavalier Nov 13, 2016

The Nth Power’s latest release To Be Free - Live is exuberantly funky, bursting with spirituality, and clearly on a mission to inspire! After touring to promote their 2015 release Abundance, The Nth Power obliged their fans by creating this…

Alternative/Indie

Project/Object Kicks-Off Northeastern Tour

Amy Cavalier Oct 5, 2016

New Jersey-based Frank Zappa tribute band Project/Object will be touring the Northeast United States through October 23rd with stops at Mavericks in Ontario, Canada on Friday, October 7; The Garrison in Ontario, Canada on Saturday, October…

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Hearing Aide: Tasha Taylor “Honey For the Biscuit”

Amy Cavalier Jul 18, 2016

Tasha Taylor is bearing her heart and her love of soul and blues in her third album Honey for the Biscuit. Daughter of American vocalist Johnnie Taylor, Tasha released her third album in February 2016. The 13-track disc infused…

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Hearing Aide: Devon Allman’s ‘Ragged and Dirty’

Amy Cavalier Jun 11, 2016

Life on the road, the sights in the rearview mirror and the hard lessons learned along the way, Devon Allman’s latest album Ragged and Dirty is the perfect soundtrack to crank on the speakers over a nice long summer road trip, perhaps one…

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