Singer-guitarist Sean Walsh has a firm belief in the power of music to bring people together. Based in Brooklyn, Walsh is backed by guitarist Jon LaDeau, bassist Matthew Stoulil, and drummer Brian Geltner under the moniker The National Reserve. This quartet is a summery party band you’d expect to catch under a beer tent, keeping […]
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Gary Lamaar and Cammy Enaharo release new albums
For Rochester musicians Gary Lamaar and Cammy Enaharo, September is a time to celebrate new artistic creations. They’ll each release their latest records at a joint show at UUU Art Collective on Saturday, September 21.
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Album review: ‘The Unfortunate Case of Mortis Rocksalt’
Moses Rockwell ‘The Unfortunate Case of Mortis Rocksalt’ Self-released mosesrockwell.bandcamp.com Heavily influenced by John Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme," Rochester rapper Moses Rockwell brings a sophisticated blend of jazz, R&B, and hip-hop in his beats. Rockwell has put out ten albums since 2012, including his latest, "The Unfortunate Case of Mortis Rocksalt," which was released in […]
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Album review: ‘The Big Sound’
Wyatt Coin ‘The Big Sound’ Rockshow Records wyattcoin.bandcamp.com Wyatt Coin is a down-home punk, country, and rockabilly quartet currently based in Buffalo. Formed in 2014, the band has since released an EP and two live albums, and has played the vans Warped Tour twice. Wyatt Coin’s first full-length studio album "The Big Sound" – produced […]
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GRUNGE FOLK | Aaron DeRuyter and The Confluence
Former frontman of the late 90’s post-grunge band Pompous Pilate, local singer-guitarist Aaron DeRuyter expands the boundaries of Americana music by combining acoustic and electronic elements. He released his sophomore album “Astral” in 2016, and performs solo and with a rotating collective of musicians known as The Confluence. DeRuyter writes haunting soliloquies like Townes Van […]
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JAM BAND-JAZZ | John Medeski’s Mad Skillet
If you thought you heard some NOLA sizzlin’ in John Medeski’s Mad Skillet, you’d be right. One-third of Medeski Martin & Wood, the wild keyboardist shoehorns some Big Easy guns – saxophonist Kirk Joseph and drummer Terence Higgins, both from Dirty Dozen Brass Band – into this side project. See? I told ya. The band […]
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JAZZ | Gray Quartet
The Spirit Room has joined the ranks of Rochester-area venues including 80W and Via Girasole Wine Bar in hosting weekly jazz concerts featuring local musicians. Every Tuesday, The Spirit Room hosts the Jazz Session Series, featuring the talented Eastman School of Music students and alumni in the Gray Quartet. Consisting of pianist Max Greenberg, guitarist […]
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BOSSA NOVA | Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers
Bossa nova’s kind of laid-back like a gentle breeze, but once it migrated from Brazil to our shores in the 1960’s, it never quite let go. Everyone knows “The Girl from Ipanema” and the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim, but there’s so much more. And that’s where the Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers come in. With […]
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STEEL GUITAR | Susan Alcorn
This ain’t the typical home to roam for the pedal steel. There’s no country twang or deep dish blues. The sound Susan Alcorn gets out of her instrument can best be described as nouveau classical. The complex chord structures are brilliant. The way Alcorn plays, it’s as if she creates the notes she’ll play by […]
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Album review: ‘False Pockets’
False Pockets ‘False Pockets’ Self-released falsepockets.bandcamp.com Formed in the summer of 2018, False Pockets features singer-guitarist Erik Happ, drummer Ben Chesnes, and bassist Zack Parker. The band is about to release its self-titled debut EP, a culmination of math rock songs created in less than two months. The album is an experimental story told mostly […]
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Pegasus Early Music’s season opener features works for viol
The early string instrument known as the viol (rhymes with “smile”) can frequently be found in Renaissance and Baroque art, usually in the hands of princesses, saints, or angels. For Pegasus Early Music’s September 22 concert “Viol3,” however, three viols will be in the hands of musicians Beiliang Zhu, Lisa Terry, and David Morris.
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Album review: ‘Krypton 88’
Krypton 88 ‘Krypton 88’ Self-released Krpyton 88 on facebook.com The Rochester rockabilly raconteurs of Krypton 88 have really gone and done it now. I ran into guitarist Jim Via and he handed me the trio’s new eponymous record, which he kind of dismissed as “three old guys playing honky-tonk in the basement.” Age is arbitrary, […]
