Former RPO double bassist Gaelen McCormick’s struggles with hearing loss inform her new book with Sraddha Prativadi, “The Pandemic of Creation: Recognizing freedom in Loss and Opportunity in the Void.”
Across the Universe
Posted inCulture
Going online with cocktails, cannibals, and witches
With Rochester Cocktail Revival postponed, historian Maya Rook is filling the void with her History Happy Hour series online.
Posted inMusic
Party responsibly: The drive-in concert comes to western New York
Fanatics Pub owner Jim Shelly is bringing the live concert experience back to the region with a new drive-in blues concert series this June.
Posted inMusic
The Fox Sisters, Greg Townson, and love in the time of coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus, new albums by both The Fox Sisters and Greg Townson are internet-only releases, for the time being.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Virtual museums link the broken arts chain
COVID-19 has disrupted in-person visits to the MAG and other museums, but you can experience some exhibitions and other highlights online.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Virtual arts as the new normal, and Brokaw’s Exquisite Quarantine Poems
COVID-19 is teaching us to slow down, but not so much that we ignore the burgeoning virtual arts scene in Rochester.
Posted inMusic
Ponder’s ‘Poor Man’s Pain’ catches the ears of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
Rochester’s powerhouse soul singer, Danielle Ponder, has caught the attention of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest with her song “Poor Man’s Pain.”
Posted inMusic
The ‘Angels in the Rafters,’ just when we needed them
“Angels in the Rafters,” a new song and video by Rochester musicians Tommy Brunett and Elvio Fernandes, acknowledges those who are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis.
Posted inMusic
The internet fills the void
WXXI’s Jeff Spevak shares what he’s been finding while surfing web streams lately and previews the upcoming new album from Rochester surf band Harmonica Lewinski.
Posted inMusic
Rochester music runs up-‘stream’ during pandemic
The trend of online performances by local musicians continues as plans for a Rochester Livestream Music Festival take shape.
Posted inMusic
Joywave’s ‘Possession’: a prophetic take on isolation
Joywave was not thinking of social distancing as it was writing and recording “Possession” in a studio barn outside of Rochester. But the new album is prescient in these isolating times.
Posted inMusic
Caroline Vreeland’s an open book, and it ain’t the Bible
“Notes on Sex and Wine,” the new album from singer, actress, and model Caroline Vreeland, doesn’t heed many rules. Vreeland plays a sold-out show at Three Heads Brewing with Roses and Revolutions on March 6.
