Music

[ THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED; REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE ] Will Oldham, the odd yet charming singer-songwriter also known as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, has been a fixture of the independent music scene since 1993. Oldham’s prolific output of lo-fi rock-Americana songs is well documented over the course of eight albums from various iterations of his […]

Celtic-infused music is a fairly straight-forward cocktail, typically intended to spark some revelry. But Sisters of Murphy’s excellent songs are more than just fun, bar-polishing drinking anthems, but real rock ‘n’ roll to get you moving. Sisters of Murphy play Friday, March 13, 8 p.m. at Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Avenue. 244-1224. $5. threeheadsbrewing.com; […]

[ THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED ] Inventive pianist and accordionist Simone Baron leads Arco Belo. A band that employs strings and other non-traditional jazz instruments, Arco Belo also combines eastern and western influences along with folk, classical, and ethnic strains. Compositions on the group’s debut album, “The Space Between Disguises,” seamlessly flow from the […]

[ THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED ] Trecento (fourteenth-century) Italian music is “complicated, beautiful, astonishing, with a freshness that still sounds compelling,” Pegasus Early Music’s Artistic Director Deborah Fox says. “The Panther and the Rose” is a program of Trecento vocal pieces and dances by Johannes Ciconia, Francesco Landini, Donato di Firenze, and others that […]

Linda Rutherford & Celtic Fire played at Woodstock ’99 but picked the wrong seat on the proverbial Titanic. It was at Woodstock where the local band became friends with groups such as Korn and Muse, who broke out colossally despite the industry-wide meltdown. Linda Rutherford & Celtic Fire’s debut album, “Stop The Rain,” lit up […]

Toronto wonder-band The Sadies play at the heart of multiple musical genres. Hell, if you’ve ever seen them live, you’d swear they play at them all. For the past 20 years the band has crisscrossed the planet, playing with notable peers and legends like Neko Case, Jon Spencer, Andre Williams, and Neil Young, to rattle […]

[ Updated and revised ] From March 4 through 7, Rochester will be humming with vocalists from all over the northeast for the American Choral Directors Association’s Eastern Region Conference. Students, conductors, and aficionados will grapple with issues ranging from copyright law to working with LGBTQIA+ singers in daytime workshops (acdaeast.org.) On March 4, Bobby […]