Deb Jones has lived in Rochester for two decades, but is a native of Australia, where the landscape has been ravaged by fires since late July. Sheโs assembled โSongs for South Australia Bushfire Reliefโ; the January 31 show at Lovin’ Cup features the reunion of New Math.
Jeff Spevak
Joywave: satirical and sci-fi
Joywave is a rock band that embraces bounding, life-affirming electronic beats โ with a self-awareness that sometimes approaches self-parody. The Rochester product plays the ROC Dome Arena on Friday, January 24.
The soothsayer
Singer-songwriter Eric Andersen is a kind of folk music prophet, whose music has been performed by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, and Pete Seeger.
The F Word: ‘No one will ever know’
โIf All Rochester Wrote the Same Songโ is nothing short of brilliant. But it isn’t just about the music. It’s about the community as a whole.
Same title, different songs
January is Jeff Rialesโs month. Heโs in the midst of a month-long residencyat Abilene Bar & Lounge, and Friday night at Hochstein Performance Hall, he returns to the event that he inadvertently helped to create, โIf All Rochester Wrote the Same Song.โ
Swimming in Seth Faergolzia’s stream of consciousness
The official release date for the new, self-titled album by Seth Faergolziaโs Multibird is January 1, but you can get a few hoursโ head start at the official release show, at 8 p.m. on New Yearโs Eve, at Skylark Lounge.
Don Potter plugs into Christmas with the RPO
Don Potter is plugged into Christmas. He returns to Rochester this weekend for four Holiday Pops shows โ one Friday, two Saturday, one more on Sunday โ with Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
Comedian Bill Maher returning to Rochester
Politically-driven comedian Bill Maher returns to Rochester to perform standup on May 31.
Jake Clemons: Beyond E Street
Though multi-instrumentalist Jake Clemons is best known as the saxophonist for The E Street Band, he shouldn’t be ignored as a singer-songwriter. He plays Flour City Station on Thursday, December 19.
The Mighty High and Dry searches for a groove, the Televisionaries find one in 1963
What is it that Alan Murphy wants from his band, The Mighty High and Dry?
Leaving the stage
It’s a reasonable question to ask: What the hell were Bat McGrath and Tricia Cast doing in Nashville? True, the city is exploding, and fantabulous architecture can be found on many downtown street corners. When the hotel doorman asks, “Looking for the honky-tonks?” he needs to point only a couple of blocks up the street, […]
Joe Locke at The Little, and celebrating Joe Dady
Jeff Spevak previews vibraphonist Joe Locke’s return to The Little Theatre and shares more on Saturday’s memorial concert for Joe Dady.






