The 10th annual event brought together Fagan, Majestics, and even Eagles.
Jeff Spevak
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With 2020 in the rear view, can we reconnect with arts and culture in 2021?
Before COVID-19, I would be out four or five nights a week — at concerts, restaurants, or a friend’s house. Now, I’m uncomfortably out of touch.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Virtual museums link the broken arts chain
COVID-19 has disrupted in-person visits to the MAG and other museums, but you can experience some exhibitions and other highlights online.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Virtual arts as the new normal, and Brokaw’s Exquisite Quarantine Poems
COVID-19 is teaching us to slow down, but not so much that we ignore the burgeoning virtual arts scene in Rochester.
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Ponder’s ‘Poor Man’s Pain’ catches the ears of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
Rochester’s powerhouse soul singer, Danielle Ponder, has caught the attention of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest with her song “Poor Man’s Pain.”
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The ‘Angels in the Rafters,’ just when we needed them
“Angels in the Rafters,” a new song and video by Rochester musicians Tommy Brunett and Elvio Fernandes, acknowledges those who are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis.
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The internet fills the void
WXXI’s Jeff Spevak shares what he’s been finding while surfing web streams lately and previews the upcoming new album from Rochester surf band Harmonica Lewinski.
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Rochester music runs up-‘stream’ during pandemic
The trend of online performances by local musicians continues as plans for a Rochester Livestream Music Festival take shape.
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Joywave’s ‘Possession’: a prophetic take on isolation
Joywave was not thinking of social distancing as it was writing and recording “Possession” in a studio barn outside of Rochester. But the new album is prescient in these isolating times.
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Caroline Vreeland’s an open book, and it ain’t the Bible
“Notes on Sex and Wine,” the new album from singer, actress, and model Caroline Vreeland, doesn’t heed many rules. Vreeland plays a sold-out show at Three Heads Brewing with Roses and Revolutions on March 6.
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Two Rochester musicians take part in February Album Writing Month
We’re in the midst of FAWM: February Album Writing Month, in which participants are tasked with writing 14 songs in the 29-day span. Rochester musicians Kelly Izzo Shapiro and Sarah Eide are up to the challenge.
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Joe Pug, middle-class troubadour
Joe Pug writes narrative songs with what a kind of “rough-hewn poetry.” He’ll play Good Luck on Monday, February 17.
