In the coming weeks, a lot of musicians are gonna feel the hit from the panic surrounding the novel coronavirus. So I’m encouraging an impromptu “support Rochester musicians” initiative.
Frank De Blase
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The F Word: Say when
Yeah, it was snowing sideways Friday night, so what? That wasn’t going to keep me away from hearing pop-indie femme fatale Caroline Vreeland open for hipster-popsters Roses and Revolutions at Three Heads Brewing.
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The F Word: Run from cover
I’ve been kinda live and let live when it comes to tribute bands. But the numbers are out of control, and these bands are setting listeners up for chronic complacency.
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The F Word: Giddy-up
I kissed the canvas twice this weekend with two knockout shows: The Tragedy Brothers at Three Heads Brewing and Kryst at Skylark Lounge.
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The F Word: Up against the grind
Last Friday night, while cruising around in my all-wheel drive, I found myself being pulled, being inexplicably drawn as if by a tractor beam to the Rosen Krown.
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The F Word: the neighbor of the beast
CITY Music Writer Frank De Blase catches an Aaron Winters photography show and a concert from The Iron Maidens at Montage Music Hall.
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The F Word: Parkinson’s just got a little cooler
I’m certainly not in the “we’re not handicapped, we’re handi-capable” camp, nor do I want to give Parkinson’s disease too much deference in my life. But my jittery friends Ozzy Osbourne and Neil Diamond recently added their names to the list.
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The F Word: Grandpa Presley
Celebrating what would have been Elvis Presley’s 85th birthday this past week, it’s getting harder and harder to keep up his legacy amid the fried banana and peanut butter sandwiches, and virtually everything from his square movie catalogue.
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The F Word: ‘No one will ever know’
“If All Rochester Wrote the Same Song” is nothing short of brilliant. But it isn’t just about the music. It’s about the community as a whole.
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The F Word: Ska brother number one
As a musical style, ska has its limits. Sometimes there’s not enough subtlety perpetrated by its purveyors…but as with Some Ska Band, sometimes there is.
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The F Word: A night for the blues
CITY music writer Frank De Blase catches some blues rock from the Allman Brothers tribute band Live at the Fillmore and local outfit Steve Grills and the Roadmasters — with mixed results.
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The F Word: Ka-ching
For the swingin’ side of things, I caught Big Bad Voodoo Daddy playing its holiday show at Kodak Center on the Ridge Sunday night. Though small in number, the audience ate up all the big bad voodoo the band could throw at it.
