The joy and the enthusiasm coming from The Suffers during its first set at Harro East Ballroom felt effortless. In the Houston soul band’s debut performance in Rochester, it was all about the presence of frontwoman Kam Franklin, whose delivery could be sensitive and understated but frequently involved first-rate vocal pyrotechnics. The band was nothing […]
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Jazz Fest 2015, Day 9: Frank reviews The Steep Canyon Rangers, GoGo Penguin, and Bobby Henrie & The Goners
Mother nature was a soggy, wet jerk for this year’s final day of the Jazz fest. Armed with my umbrella (which afore mentioned soggy jerk wrecked with a gust of wind) I ventured out into the Shangri-la-di-da one more time. Though I missed Steve Martin’s quips, The Steep Canyon Rangers put on one helluva matinee […]
