Ithaca band Rose & The Bros delves deep into Cajun music on their latest album, “It’s Music.”
Blues
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Genesee Johnny navigates the Black roots of the blues
Is a white man playing the blues a quiet cultural appropriation?
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Music heals Hanna PK on new album ‘Blues All Over My Shoes’
Rochester blues musician Hanna PK reflects on the saving power of music before the album release show for “Blues All Over My Shoes” on Nov. 12.
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Hanna PK plays fresh brand of blues in Thursday virtual concert at 75 Stutson Street
Hanna PK will perform her brand of blues, pairing bubbly piano melodies with a riveting voice, on Thursday virtually via 75 Stutson Street.
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Three artists to watch
Local musicians The Low Spirits, Alex Patrick and the Noise, and Reverend Kingfish all modify classic popular music with a mishmash of genres.
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Music video review: ‘Pandemic Blues Improv’
For the video “Pandemic Blues Improv,” Rochester guitarist Sungmin Shin creates a Zoom-esque experience with plenty of note-bending fire.
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The F Word: Listen to the weather
On Saturday, I had an epiphany about music and the weather at the Steve Grills show outside the Inn on Broadway.
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Track review: ‘Keeping On’
On his latest single, Rochester singer-songwriter Mikey James gives a nod to Bob Dylan, achieving a vintage pop feel with smirking lyrical humor.
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Track review: ‘Love Ain’t Free’
On The Dirty Pennies’ new single, delivers a tighter take on its rough-and-tumble blues that’s a detour into “Can You Hear Me Knockin'” territory,
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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.
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Album review: ‘The Hard Side of the Blues’
Tommy Grills ‘The Hard Side of the Blues’ Self-released tommygrills.hearnow.com Rochester expat Tommy Grills stands ominous, lean, and mean — with nothing but a big guitar between him and the rest of the world. Grills’s name may sound familiar to some blues aficionados; he’s the big brother of hometown bluesman Steve Grills. On Tommy Grills’s […]
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Interview: Lucian Ban & Alex Harding
Pianist Lucian Ban is from the Transylvania region of Romania; baritone saxophonist Alex Harding grew up in Detroit. Their diverse influences converge beautifully on their new album, “Dark Blue,” and they’ll be bringing some of that music and more to Bop Shop Records on October 8.
