CITY sits down with Stephen T. Lewis, whose biography of The Band’s Richard Manuel is out in June.
Daniel J. Kushner
Album Review | ‘Illuminate’
Synth-pop group The Heroic Enthusiasts delivers New Wave-indebted songs in the vein of New Order and Depeche Mode.
‘Mountain Stage’ unites national acts and local legends in Rochester
The long-running NPR show will feature Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Beard and more at a Mar. 21 live taping.
Album Review | ‘Cherry Town’
Rochester native Agathya Visveswaran makes musical non sequiturs appear as smooth transitions.
Album Review | ‘I Am’
Pluck frontperson Brock Saltsman’s solo EP channels ’70s folk balladry and an emotionally direct approach to songwriting.
Album Review | ‘III’ by Fuzzrod
Fuzzrod delivers rough-and-ready garage rock on its newest collection of tunes.
A void in the local music scene
Rochester concert promoters weigh in on the solution.
Album Review | ‘American Paranoid’ by Beef Gordon
Post-punk crooner Beef Gordon explores conspiracy theory tropes on his new concept album.
Album Review | ‘Soul Vacation’ by Ellen Pieroni
Saxophonist Ellen Pieroni jaunts into funk, jazz, the blues — and soul, of course — on her second solo record, “Soul Vacation.”
Album Review | ‘Prismatic/Plasmonic’ by Laura Lentz
Fivebyfive flutist Laura Lentz finds a fluid blend of acoustic and electronic sounds on her latest solo release.
German theater, inspired by Kodak
“From Darkness a Morning Glory” runs Sept. 14 and 15 at the Rochester Fringe Festival.






