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Thinking man’s metal
The guys in BML aren’t trying to be obtuse. They’re as perplexed as you are when it comes to trying to pigeonhole their sound — music that’s powerful and angular with shifty progressions that beg for Ritalin. Music that’s progressive, that’s heavy, funky, and complex. Call it thinking man’s metal. “I call it ‘fried-chicken core,’” […]
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Women’s work
A couple of years ago, Sylvie Beaudette conducted an experiment. In her music history class at Eastman, she played pieces by male and female composers from each major era (baroque, classical, romantic, etc.) back to back without revealing the composers’ gender. She paired an opera excerpt by Monteverdi with a cantata excerpt by Francesca Caccini. […]
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In the name of the father and the son
Ted Nicolosi is a guitar wizard. And, at a quiet 13 years, he lets his guitar do most of the talking. His fingers move swiftly over his Ovation’s neck as he weaves in and out of complex scales and runs. He makes it look easy. As half of the father-son duo Shared Genes, Ted first […]
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A diva takes action
Grammy Award-winning Jessye Norman flies to Rochester this week to sing a benefit concert for Action for a Better Community, a non-profit agency which helps local people in poverty. (It’s headed by her brother, James Norman.) In an interview, Ms. Norman reflected on the Grammys, her family, and Saturday chores with the Metropolitan Opera. City:Congratulations […]
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Bee Eater hits the ceiling
Meghan Taylor squirms in an old, torn-up beauty parlor chair in her band’s South Avenue rehearsal space. “Can I just say that I’ve had my bags packed for four years? So I’m ready whenever anybody’s ready,” she says. “My shit’s packed.” Taylor, a pink-haired popster, is the lead singer for Bee Eater, a furious hard-rock […]
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When worlds collide
For most musicians the worlds of classical and pop music move in different orbits, if not galaxies. But when he sits down Tuesday at the Steinway piano in Kilbourn Hall, Christopher O’Riley will bring these spheres together. O’Riley is best known as the host of From theTop(5 p.m. Sundays, WXXI FM 91.5). The program, showcasing […]
