This year’s observances of Susan B. Anthony’s 200th birthday celebration and the centenary of the 19th Amendment are momentous events, but at first glance they may not seem to inspire musical celebrations – but the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is prepared to prove otherwise this weekend and next.
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The F Word: Parkinson’s just got a little cooler
I’m certainly not in the “we’re not handicapped, we’re handi-capable” camp, nor do I want to give Parkinson’s disease too much deference in my life. But my jittery friends Ozzy Osbourne and Neil Diamond recently added their names to the list.
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Sunday’s Grammy winners included works featuring RPO, super-producer Bob Ludwig
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Ward Stare, and Eastman School of Music graduate and sound engineer Bob Ludwig, were a part of two winners at Sunday’s 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
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Joywave: satirical and sci-fi
Joywave is a rock band that embraces bounding, life-affirming electronic beats — with a self-awareness that sometimes approaches self-parody. The Rochester product plays the ROC Dome Arena on Friday, January 24.
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OPERA | Eastman Opera Theatre
Neither opera written by each composer — presented by Eastman Opera Theatre in its winter double bill — are well-known. Antonio Salieri’s “Prima la musica e poi le parole” (First the music and then the words”) and Mozart’s “Der Schauspieldirektor” (“The Impresario”) were premiered at the same 1786 competition in Vienna, and both works center […]
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AMERICANA | Aaron Lipp & Brian Williams
Multi-instrumentalist Aaron Lipp has a consistent angle he uses to wrangle all he explores: It’s bluesy, and country-politan, and it’s aaalright. Lipp moves between electric and acoustic guitars with a fluidity that’s loquacious and loose — he makes it look so damn easy. He’s played keyboards for Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Robert Randolph, […]
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INDIE POP | Julian Lynch
Julian Lynch is best known as the guitarist in the band Real Estate, Lynch’s formidable solo discography features lush chamber pop that might best be described as “synthetic-orchestral.” Though the music is often instrumental, Lynch’s use of ethereal of Garfunkel-esque crooning injects a sense of stability into deceptively dense and busy arrangements. Lynch’s most recent […]
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JAZZ | Mike Melito Trio
From the popular to the obscure, Mike Melito knows jazz classics so well that he can step into any situation. So it’s not surprising that he’s been the drummer of choice when jazz luminaries like Benny Golson, James Moody, Barry Harris, Eric Alexander, and many more have come to town. Over the years, Melito has […]
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CHORAL | First Inversion
Conductor and Eastman School of Music alumnus Lee Wright started the choral ensemble First Inversion in 2014 as a way to bridge the invisible divide in the local community between Eastman vocalists and singers who performed outside of the confines of the institution. In the years that have followed, First Inversion has gained recognition as […]
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Album review: ‘Something to Prove’
The Byways ‘Something to Prove’ Self-released bywaysroc.com There’s a lot of “wanna” — actual and implied — on The Byways’ new EP “Something to Prove.” It’s acoustically based, and hits its stride immediately on tunes like “Man I Wanna Be.” It all circles back to the quartet’s principal songwriter and quarterback Alex Goettel, and the […]
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Album review: ‘Superette’
5Head ‘Superette’ Self-released facebook.com/5headmusic It’s like trying to pick your favorite child when you’ve got only one life preserver. The children in this hypothetical exercise are the 13 tracks on 5Head’s new CD “Superette.” The problem here is that I can’t pick just one. 5Head has managed to run the engine clean, despite some grit […]
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KOPPS: pop plus
KOPPS is a three-pronged attack of techno-fection, but it’s not so sugary as to gum up the works in its live show, plethora of catchy singles, or the numerous music videos that capture the band’s intense visual irony.
