CITY music writer Frank De Blase encounters the thrash-metal Pez dispenser, hears his favorite song, and gets redacted.
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People
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Yonder Mountain String Band, Maceo Parker among Lilac Festival headliners
The 2019 Rochester Lilac Festival’s lineup, announced today, is a familiar mix of jam-friendly artists, legendary names, and popular tribute bands. There aren’t very many surprises, but there are plenty of acts that’ll satisfy the Lilac Festival faithful.
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Jazz Fest 2017, Day 9: Frank reviews Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People and The Hooligans
Shootin’ pretty pictures (instead of dirty pool) and trying to give solid testimony to the plethora of artists I’ve seen over the last nine days has left your boy a little punchy folks — tore up from the floor up; beat up from the feet up. But just the same, I once more lugged my […]
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Jazz Fest 2016, Day 6: Frank reviews Tia Brazda, Nikki Hill, Johannes Linstead, and Danielle Ponder
[IMAGE-1] Tia Brazda’s first show was sold out to the walls with a crowd forced to sit on old wooden chairs from the Marquis de Sade collection. But the charming Brazda made the pain in the ass worth it. Her just right amount of vocal flexibility was wrapped in coquettish velvet and sass — she […]
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I Scene It: The Cactus Blossoms, Kaki King, Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People
It was high time to visit that saloon outpost in the heart of Rochester, Wednesday night, for Minneapolis-based gunslingers The Cactus Blossoms. The Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers were in stride when I got to Abilene Bar and Lounge, and I arrived to hear the closer, a nifty rendition of the Sergio Mendes classic “Mas, Que […]
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Big Rib BBQ and Blues Fest
BBQ and the blues are salaciously synonymous in my sordid life. Both share a plethora of adjectives like smoky and juicy and hot, and indulging in both at the same time seems only natural. Sure, the Lilac Fest has the sweet smell of flowers and the Jazz Fest marks my favorite week on Earth each […]
