Led by renowned country and bluegrass musician Mark O’Connor, this truly is a family band — with his wife Maggie and daughter-in-law Kate joining him on fiddle along with son Forrest on mandolin. In the three years since the O’Connor Band began, the accolades have poured in, with a Grammy win for Best Bluegrass Album, […]
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SPECIAL EVENT | ‘Snap Ya Fingers’ Open Mic
Open mics can be ideal venues for performing artists to cut their teeth and sharpen their skills. Record Archive on Tuesday will provide that opportunity for musicians and poets alike with “Snap Ya Fingers.” Collaboration and networking are highly encouraged — a meet-and-greet is built into the evening. Spoken word artist Symphonie will also perform. […]
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RECREATION | Cumming Nature Center
Getting out of the house to enjoy the fresh air can be a great way to break through the winter doldrums, and a great way to embrace the current weather is skiing or snowshoeing. Rochester Museum & Science Center’s Cumming Nature Center has you covered — with more than 900 acres to explore, you can […]
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DANCE | inspireDANCE Festival
The inspireDANCE Festival returns to the University of Rochester for its eighth year, starting this Saturday and running through Friday, January 26. The weeklong celebration of offers numerous opportunities for local dancers to hone their craft with more than 30 master classes. The range of classes — encompassing varied movement styles and techniques — covers […]
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INDIE | Ramona Córdova
Ramona Córdova makes the kind of atmospheric, enigmatic music that mesmerizes. The electro-pop sound is so beautifully layered that it’s hard to believe it’s all made with only a Casio keyboard and a digital delay pedal. On Córdova’s latest album, “On Paper,” the vocals float through the synthesized landscape a la Jónsi or Graph Rabbit. […]
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John Valenti perfects a suave persona on Passive Aggressives Anonymous’s ‘The Mauve Album’
When John Valenti sings, he sounds like a man who perpetually walks around with cocktail-in-hand as he haunts some candlelit speakeasy.
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Theater review: Kingfisher’s overhauled “The Devil, The Witch, and the Blacksmith”
The Kingfisher Theater’s annual holiday production of “The Devil, the Witch, and the Blacksmith” is now in its third year, and though the play has had its shortcomings, the latest iteration has considerably more charm. A decidedly bizarre Christmas tale adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s story “The Night Before Christmas,” Amy Canfield and Kevin Dedes’s telling […]
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North Star Players celebrates Frederick Douglass’s legacy through multimedia production
Two hundred years have passed since trailblazing abolitionist and famous Rochesterian Frederick Douglass was born. And while his bicentennial is cause for celebration, it’s also a sobering reminder: It’s 2018 and mass incarceration of African Americans and police brutality are still national maladies; civil rights advocates from Black Lives Matter to professional athletes are still […]
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Fresh Cut: ‘Little Lost’ by Gold Koa
CITY is debuting Gold Koa’s first single, “Little Lost.” Gold Koa, the collaboration of Cammy Enaharo and Oh Manitou’s Kamara Robideau and Matt Battle, have created an infectious dance tune that’s great for fighting back the winter blues.
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CLASSICAL | Doug Hanson and Philip Nash
This week, Eastman at Washington Square kicks off its Thursday Lunchtime Concerts in the New Year with pianist Doug Hanson — also the accompanist with Genesee Chorale — and flutist Philip Nash. The half-hour recital focuses on 20th century selections, with illustrious composers Francis Poulenc and Sergei Prokofiev at the forefront of the program. In […]
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FOLK/ROCK | Singer-Songwriters in the Round
Cafe Veritas’s Singer Songwriters in the Round series is an ideal way to hear the meanings behind the original music being crafted by talented locals. This Saturday, the lineup is a loaded one, with four distinctive songwriters throwing their creative hats into the ring. Folk-soul chanteuse Cammy Enaharo (pictured), up-and-coming Madeleine McQueen, WXXI radio host […]
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Album review: ‘Go Outside’
Liana Gabel “Go Outside” Self-released lianaband.bandcamp.com Rochester-area native Liana Gabel’s latest album, “Go Outside” — written during a residency at the Sanctuary Arcata in California — is surprising. The music is more than just standard indie singer-songwriter fare. The exuberant Gabel sings about love gone awry, ecological preservation, and the nature of creativity, all while […]
