When asked, “What’s up with the Filthy McNasty’s?” the band’s guitarist, Greg Cole, copped a big shrug coupled with a whaddaya-want-from-me? face. But put a guitar in the man’s hands, along with a glass slide, and he knows exactly what to say. Cole was guesting with The Greener Grass Band at Sticky Lips Thursday night. […]
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Concert Review: RPO: Christopher Seaman, Berlioz, Beethoven, and Bruckner
In a season filled with guest conductors, it was nice to head to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday night with calm expectations for a pleasant evening, lead by RPO Conductor Laureate Christopher Seaman. The program selected by Seaman included a massive Bruckner symphony, a Beethoven piano concerto, and a short Berlioz overture. In all, the […]
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Concert Review: Jessy Carolina and the Hot Mess at Abilene
Talk about a buzz; there was a big one coming from the Abilene hive Saturday night. I made the scene and wiped the steam off my cheaters to the dulcet tones of the Charlie Mitchell Quartet as it wound up its set by cruising through a creamy rendition of “Autumn Leaves.” The group added a […]
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Concert Review: Air Traffic Controller, Mochester at Lovin’ Cup
With my valentine in tow, I traipsed out to Lovin’ Cup Friday night to see two bands. One I knew rather well — Mochester — and one I had never heard — Air Traffic Controller. This is where my curiosity and writing shines, according to my editor. And I have to agree; when I have […]
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Concert Review: Greyhound Bandits at La Casa
For some people Valentine’s Day is about candy, hearts, chocolate, and love. For others it can be about pints of ice cream and sitting at home missing something they used to have, or never had at all. Or I guess it could come down to a combination of the two options. My choice this year […]
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Concert Review: “Echoes of the Middle Ages” at Memorial Art Gallery
A sustained — and deserved — applause rang through the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery following Thursday night’s concert, “Echoes of the Middle Ages,” presented by the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church and organist Naomi Gregory. The program, centered on the music and art of the 14th through the 16th centuries, was beautifully […]
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Concert Review: Falling Hollywood at Lovin’ Cup
Saw quite an interesting band Saturday night at Lovin’ Cup. Interesting in its poppy meld of genres, interesting in the strength of its songwriting, interesting in its rhythm and lead guitar flip-flop, and interesting that all of that overshadowed the group’s growing pains. Hailing from Erie ,PA, Falling Hollywood came out with a reserved swing, […]
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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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Concert Review: Steve Pavia, Mad Cow Tippers at Monty’s Krown
If the profane brilliance I’ve read in his Facebook posts is any indication, Steve Pavia is this town’s Charles Bukowski: a tragic, self-effacing figure; a no-club lone wolf; a lonesome stranger with a lonesome guitar. Pavia was a stalwart fixture on the scene back in the day, as they say. Many years ago (I’m figuring […]
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Concert Review: Some Ska Band, Break of Reality, 5 Head, metal at the Montage
It was my first-ever trip to The Thirsty Turtle in Victor to dig some ska band called Some Ska Band, led by the stingy-brimmed man of the saxophone and poison pen, Charles Benoit. The place was packed and pleasant as the band rocked steady at a comfortable gallop and volume. More than a few in […]
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Concert Review: RPO’s Beethoven’s Ninth
Thursday night’s Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concert was the one to attend if you were in the mood for “big.” Big, huge orchestra filling the stage.Big, 100-plus-voice choir on risers. And big-voiced soloists, front and center. It was a night of Beethoven’s Ninth and a Boulanger Psalm. The RPO was led by guest conductor Hugh Wolff. […]
