Darick Campbell, one of the trio of brothers who made up the scintillating Rochester sacred-steel band The Campbell Brothers, has died.
Music
Posted inMusic
Album review: ‘Magnolia/Wrecking Ball’
Rochester’s Dangerbyrd has just unleashed a new single, “Magnolia” — with “Wrecking Ball” as the B-side — which gives a good, albeit short look under the band’s hood.
Posted inMusic
HomeStage: Kearstin Piper Brown
Before the shutdown, soprano Kearstin Piper Brown was scheduled to sing in a new opera at Lincoln Center. So now, she’s performing on HomeStage.
Posted inMusic
The F Word: There are no shows, but Alison Coté’s rock ‘n’ roll art goes on
Before the pandemic, artist Alison Coté was designing 10 to 15 posters a month for local and traveling concerts. Now, most of her work is coming from quarantined musicians who are suddenly recording more.
Posted inMusic
The F Word: Bernunzio Uptown Music is still strumming
The showroom at Bernunzio Uptown Music on East Avenue is officially closed right now, but that’s not to say owner John Bernunzio has completely shut down the operations.
Posted inMusic
Album review: ‘First Week Here’
Seven-piece pop outfit Nancy’s debut EP “First Week Here” is an excellent calling card for a band that seems tailor-made for a spot in future Rochester jazz festivals.
Posted inMusic
Album review: ‘Just Name It’
Rochester-based rocker Greg Townson hits the bullseye with the new album “Just Name It,” his third stab at pure pop sugar.
Posted inMusic
The F Word: Sound engineers are suffering
When COVID-19 struck, the infrastructure of the live music scene in Rochester collapsed like dominoes. And sound engineers who run the venues’ sound systems have become a casualty.
Posted inMusic
HomeStage: Benton Sillick of The Heavy Love Trust
Benton Sillick of the alt-country project The Heavy Love Trust plays the only song he’s written during the quarantine for HomeStage.
Posted inMusic
Album review: ‘Three’
“Three,” Gilfema’s first album since 2008, is world-jazz music at its best.
Posted inMusic
Album review: ‘Chamber Jazz’
On “Chamber Jazz,” Eastman School of Music professor Charles Pillow filters elements of great French Impressionist composers like Ravel and Debussy through a jazz sensibility.
Posted inMusic
Two jazz fest headliner acts rescheduled
The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival has set new October dates for its headlining shows featuring Puss N Boots and Spyro Gyra.
