Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson — the core of the band Heart — have been heralded as two of the most legendary female performers in rock history. But that’s only partially accurate. The fact is, the Wilsons are two of the most legendary performers in rock history regardless of their gender. Heart first broke out […]
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ALT-ROCK | X Ambassadors
X Ambassadors hails from Ithaca, but this regional band is on the brink of breaking big. The group has already been touring with major acts like Imagine Dragons, Jimmy Eat World, and Panic At the Disco. It’s also featured on “Comfortable,” a great, slinky track off DJ group The Knocks’ latest release (a personal favorite […]
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CLASSICAL | The Gough Duo
Violinist Rachel Gough and her husband, organist Rupert Gough, have performed across the globe, including various European festivals, American national tours, and recently in Moscow and Hong Kong. Rupert Gough will be familiar to local classical-music fans for his contributions to “With Heart and Voice,” which airs on WXXI; Gough is the organist with the […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 6: Rap Battle Extravaganza
Confession: I’d been somewhat dreading this episode all week, ever since the 10-minute preview was released after “Snatch Game.” In that clip, the editors focused on building up a rivalry between frontrunner Ben DeLaCreme and Rochester’s own Darienne Lake, and specifically included Darienne making some pointed remarks about DeLa. I watched last Tuesday as social […]
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ARTS: RBTL announces 2014-15 season
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League unveiled its 2014-15 season Wednesday night. The new season definitely highlights the “Broadway” part of the RBTL’s title, as all six shows are major musical-theater hits of Broadway’s past and present. The six-show season subscription includes: –“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (November 11-16), Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 5: Snatch Game!
This episode, and its companion “Untucked,” were so stuffed with great moments that there wasn’t even time for a mini-challenge. RuPaul skipped the foreplay and got straight to the kaikai — Snatch Game, the challenge that separates the true queens from the pretenders to the throne. While the Snatch Game itself proved one of the […]
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Geva announces 2014-15 season
Geva Theatre Center Artistic Director Mark Cuddy unveiled the theater’s 2014-2015 season Monday night, referencing the tagline, “Your theatre, home grown.” That approach can be seen in both the Fielding Mainstage shows and the performances slated for the Nextstage, as many of next year’s plays are newer, critically lauded works never before seen in Rochester, […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 4: “SHADE! The Rusical”
Curtain up: the spotlight focuses on a gaggle of geeks at a gay bar in Rochester, NY. A lonely blogger among them downs not one, not two, but three Maker’s Marks on the rocks while worrying about if he will be able to sufficiently retain the goings-on of the episode playing on the multiple flat-screen […]
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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Fest unveils full 2014 line-up
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival today unveiled the full line-up for the 2014 edition of the event, which will run June 20-28 in Rochester’s East End. Among the 1200 artists who will be performing at the 13th annual fest (see press release below for the full line-up), blues legend Buddy Guy was announced as […]
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“Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 3: The horror, the horror…
After the (I think smart and successful) two-part premiere, the 12 remaining queens were thrown together for the first big challenge. The mixing of the two groups provided some interesting moments. Some queens, like Ben DeLaCreme, welcomed the others with open, fabulous arms. Others, notably Gia Gunn, were extra crispy bitchy. I like my drag […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 2: Meet the REST of the Queens
Monday night we got the second part of the Season 6 premiere, and it was worth the wait. While I absolutely enjoyed the seven queens in Group 1, the 10-minute preview of Group 2 that aired last week made it clear that most of the exciting queens (with the exception of Ben Delacreme and Laganja […]
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“American Idol” 2014: Top 13 Perform
Ohhhhhhhhh, dear… I went into Wednesday night’s performance episode debating whether or not to bother with this season of “Idol.” On the “pro” side, I like the judging panel. I liked most of the talent I was seeing before I took a few weeks off to watch the Olympics. And the line-up for the Top […]
