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In early March, the new venue in the East End of Rochester, Anthology, will host a two-day celebration of roots and Americana music called Rochester Revival 2016. Pennsylvania's emergent jam-grass heroes Cabinet will return to Rochester to…

The Avett Brothers have continued to release some of their summer plans, and two New York dates were just added to the slate. Among the handful of announced dates for the rock star bluegrass/folk mavens is a Northeast swing in early July…

It was a study in contrast Saturday night at the F Shed in Syracuse. Two bands took the stage, each playing their own electro-infused brand of instrumental rock. Two bands at the opposite poles of the same current. Listening to recordings…

On Friday, the Tedeschi Trucks Band released their fantastic new album, Let Me Get By. They gave the public just the weekend to absorb all the new tunes before dropping the dates for the follow-up to their superb 2015 Wheels of Soul tour,…

Update 2/23/2016: Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers and Gregg Allman have been announced as the final headliners for this year's Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Bruce Hornsby, who performed last summer with the remaining…

On Saturday January 30, almost a year to the day from last year's visit to the F Shed at the Market, Lotus is set to return to thaw the bitter cold Syracuse winter, for one night at least. The jam-tronica quintet, just back from a…

Hot off the heels of the release of their new EP, Captives (out January 15), Baltimore's AMFMS will embark on a winter tour that kicks off at the Bug Jar in Rochester. The 4-track EP, available to stream over at Exclaim, showcases the bands…

In what has become a bit of a tradition, afrobeat-dance-pop partiers Rubblebucket once again worked Rochester's Water Street Music Hall into their New Year's weekend plans this year. Though their visit is never quite held on New Year's Eve,…

At 8750', nestled in the beautiful San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival will summon the bluegrass gods for a 43rd time next summer, June 16-19, 2016. Four-day passes sold out in a mere 30 minutes…

Nashville's All Them Witches played an hour-long set at The Bug Jar in Rochester that got started with a couple songs off their latest release, Dying Surfer Meets His Maker. Lead vocalist Charles Michael Parks, Jr. played the opening…