Les Racquet looks like a power trio, and sounds all over the board, but it’s actually a comfortable fit among jam bands. The Brooklyn outfit incorporates three-part vocal harmonies, groove centric rhythms, elements of guitar-driven roots-rock, along with virtuosity, to make it coherent. Les Racquet also inherits the jam band aesthetic of connecting with fans […]
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What We’re Spinning: February 4
Maybe it’s a New Year’s resolution. Maybe we want to dispel the myth that newspaper editors live in a bubble and aren’t living, breathing people like everyone else. Or maybe we just want to share more music with the world. Whatever it is, City is proud to launch a new weekly feature, “What We’re Spinning,” […]
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Concert Announcement: 2014 Jazz Fest announces Steve Martin, Earth Wind & Fire
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced the first two headliners for its 2014 edition. Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers return after a successful appearance at the 2012 XRIJF. This year’s concert will also feature special guest Edie Brickell. The show will take place on Saturday, June 21, at Kodak Hall at […]
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Concert Review: From The Skies, Aggressive Betty at Montage
From The Skies was laying it down with a fierce brutality as I made my way into the Montage Music Hall Saturday night. I’m not the biggest metal fan — I do like it, though — but the sound fit my mood perfectly: cold and pissed. The music blasted out and up thick and angry […]
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Concert Review: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra “An Evening in Paris”
Thursday night’s performance by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra was essentially two concerts in one: the Stravinsky and everything else. The Stravinsky was pure RPO. The rest? It was billed as an “Evening in Paris,” but a better headline would be an “Evening in Russia.” Let’s begin with the performance of the Suite from “The Firebird” […]
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Pop/Rock | Goodbyemotel
Even when Melbourne, Australia’s Goodbyemotel unplugs there is still bristling electricity that comes off weightless, atmospheric, and ethereal. When things get plugged back in, it’s downright enchanting. And just as picturesque as this may sound, Goodbyemotel (currently residing in the Big Apple) is now presenting its 4D Experience, which, though visual onstage projections and lighting, […]
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Classical | Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: An Evening in Paris
“French music is a dream of the senses,” according to Claude Debussy, who wrote one of music’s dreamiest and most sensual pieces in his “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.” That very piece starts off this weekend’s “Evening in Paris” concert by the RPO, led by Fabien Gaubel, music director of the Quebec Symphony […]
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Jazz | Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Update: This concert has been reschedule for Friday, February 14, 9 p.m., at Bop Shop Records. When percussionist Kahil El’Zabar returned to Chicago from a trip to Ghana in 1972, he had a vision for a new sound: the fusion of American jazz with traditional African music. He realized that vision when he formed the […]
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The Swooners
FANTASY: It was early one enchanted evening not too long ago, as I rolled the Caddy up to the razzle and dazzle of the supper club. I got out, straightened my tie, shot my cuffs, and tossed the keys to the valet. I ankled over to the door where music from the swingin’ band on […]
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Folk | Kim and Reggie Harris
With an impressive concert lineup, Café Veritas is becoming a popular destination for music lovers in search of a laid-back vibe. Philly natives Kim and Reggie Harris will grace its stage for the venue’s February concert. The husband and wife duo produced numerous recordings, including “Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad,” which explores, among […]
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Country | Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell is well known for being part of the popular country band Drive-By Truckers, where he was the lead singer and guitarist for six years. Not long after leaving the band, Isbell released his first solo album, “Sirens of the Ditch,” on which he explored a more blues-infused country sound. After the release of his […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Rev”
Reverend Horton Heat “Rev” Victory Records On this his 11th studio album, The Reverend Horton Heat further cements his position in the rockabilly/neo-rockabilly/psychobilly pantheon. The situation or small problem faced with this album is the fact that Heat’s style, energy, and lyrical humor are uniquely his own. Nobody plays like this cat. But the challenge […]
