Driftwood frontman Dan Forsyth shifts away from his band’s sunny Americana to overcast folk songs on his solo debut, “Friday Night Nowhere.”
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Ithaca musician Janet Batch brings small-town songs to Abilene for CD release show
Ithaca-based country-folk musician Jan Batch writes songs inspired by her small-town roots and brings them to Abilene Bar & Lounge on Nov. 4.
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Aaron Lipp has ‘Nothing to Lose’
Meet the musical chameleon at the forefront of the Finger Lakes roots scene.
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Max Flansburg brings classic country sound to solo debut ‘Long Hard Year’
Dirty Blanket frontman Max Flansburg goes solo with “Long Hard Year,” a collection of first-rate country songs that showcases his singing voice.
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Country artist Claudia Hoyser is in the driver’s seat with debut album
On “Red Light’s Turning Green,” Rochester singer-songwriter Claudia Hoyser trusts her instincts with her best music to-date.
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Big Logic & the Truth Serum colors outside the genre lines with new singles
Since COVID-19 began, Justin Gurnsey and his band have released seven new singles, ranging from rock and reggae to folk and country.
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Alyssa Trahan’s ‘We Used to Be Happy’ has a Nashvegas veneer
On the new single “We Used to Be Happy,” a glossy pop-music sheen dulls the authenticity of Alyssa Trahan’s country tune.
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Three Heads Brewing streams Brian MacDonald’s Tom Petty tribute show
On Sunday, Three Heads Brewing will stream The Honey Smugglers frontman’s concert tribute to the classic Tom Petty album “Wildflowers.”
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The Painted Birds play album release show at Photo City Music Hall on Friday
The Rochester pop-soul band releases the album “Under the Wing” at a live show, also available virtually, at Photo City Music Hall on Friday.
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Ben Morey scales back and settles down
Since his first album with The Eyes, Ben Morey married, bought a new home, and opened a music school. At 33, he has settled down.
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Benton Sillick: the sober expectations of a non-rock star
Rochester musician Benton Sillick has been clean and sober from drugs and alcohol for six years, and has just released his debut album. So why has he given up on “making it” in music?
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Album review: ‘Gene and Ginny Volume I’
Alex and Alison Coté’s “Gene and Ginny Vol. I” ebbs and flows as if legendary country music producer Owen Bradley were calling the shots from the big chair.
