Closing down three-plus decades of music, arts, and drinking with Leon Redbone.
Across the Universe
Jeff Spevak’s weekly column about all things arts. For prior columns before April 10, go to WXXI.
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Whiskey, surf music — and a bit of Hoochenanny
Tommy Brunett of Iron Smoke Distillery will host a fest of music and spirits in Geneseo this weekend.
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Lewis Black talks nice, for a moment
The comedian brings his “Off the Rails” tour to Kodak Center on Friday, October 13.
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Adding the final brushstrokes to Miché Fambro’s canvas
More than two years after his death — a tribute show for the multitalented artist.
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Violet Mary tries on Freddie Mercury for size
Mel Muscarella does not pause when asked to name her favorite singers. Freddy Mercury? “Between him and Bono,” she says, “those are my great musical influences.” She’s not talking Sonny Bono. Whittling down a list of favorite vocalists to between Mercury or U2’s Bono is enough to ask of anyone. Yet even then, for Muscarella, […]
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Farm-to-table jazz
The Bad Plus plays at The Little on Wednesday, August 30.
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Kelley’s Heroes, saving the world one song at a time
Local musicians John Kelley and Jon Gary take the stage – and the soapbox.
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The Reverend Peyton breaks free from the times
The Indiana-based trio plays Sunday night at Iron Smoke Distillery.
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The pop and peculiarity of Regina Spektor
The singer-songwriter, who plays Kodak Center on August 1, waxes poetic on forgetting the lyrics, butterfly chasing, and her Russian homeland.
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‘Rock the Locks!’ cross-pollinates Upstate New York
Local bands Aweful Kanawful, Jazz Goons and Low Spirits will play shows in Buffalo and Albany.
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VickiKristinaBarcelona returns to Rochester International Jazz Festival with music noir
The Tom Waits-inspired trio will play two shows at Temple Theater on Saturday, June 24
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Deer Tick is bitten by the maturity bug
The band plays Lincoln Hill Farms on Thursday, June 8
