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New England has unexpectedly become a hotbed of the new folk scene that has emerged in the past decade. At first glance it felt like it was just a perceived and inflated importance caused by the Newport Folk Fest favoring regional bands in…

If there is always a lesson to be learned, then the one imparted to those in attendance at the Flour City Station in Rochester last Thursday night was simply: Lyrics are overrated.  Two rising young bands owned the stage on that night.…

Touring behind their early 2015 album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists brought their show to the Center for the Arts in Buffalo. It was their third time at the venue, but the first time that they sold it out.…

Boston three-piece The Ballroom Thieves will play two shows in Upstate New York this week beginning a tour that will surround the April 21 release of their anticipated debut album, A Wolf in the Doorway. Consisting of guitar, cello and…

For 10 days every year Rochester’s East End is transformed into a music lover’s playground. This week the Rochester International Jazz Fest released its full lineup, so we finally know what new “rides”, “swings” and “slides” will be…

Thursday March 26 - Consider the Source - a heavy hitting instrumental trio out of NYC, will bring their “sci-fi Middle-Eastern fusion” to Rochester’s Flour City Station. CTS has been on fire as of late - expanding their touring region and …

Aqueous - a four-piece out of Buffalo - has been making waves recently in the ever crowded and continually diversifying jam band circuit. Those waves hit my ears finally on a frigid night at the Flour City Station in Rochester. Flying out…

The members of Dr. Dog waltzed onto Buffalo's Town Ballroom stage all in varying levels of “disheveled-ness,” each with their own unique style. But one thing was uniform across the board. Saddle shoes. They all wore those dapper looking…