McClure traveled to Antarctica to study changes in the ice. He’ll use the data in a new project, the latest in his history of combining math, music, and nature.
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Mrs. HD takes a step back on ‘Analog’ and makes it raw
Geoff Dale is a gregarious gadabout. This is a character with little sleep in his background — or foreground for that matter. The man fronts two bands and brews beer. Along with his latest band, Mrs. HD, Dale leads the nine-piece jam band Extended Family and acts as one of the heads at Three Heads […]
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Local bands pay tribute to promoter Tim Avery
Rochester musician and Bug Jar booking impresario Tim Avery is fighting the good fight with the big C. And musicians and music fans alike are rallying behind the man with several benefit shows. As a booking agent and promoter, Avery has proved himself indispensable in filling the void between musicians — whether local, national, or […]
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The Coffey achiever
Parked beneath an ever-present chapeau, mild-mannered Nate Coffey is a superhero without the cape and tights under his street clothes. Despite his encyclopedic knowledge of the guitar, bass, and more, this unassuming cat is steeped in modesty. He plays loud but isn’t what you’d call a boisterous person. He plays his own guitar but doesn’t […]
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Honest Folk shakes the concert up
A simple group of folk music lovers, Honest Folk, has started bringing touring acts to Rochester for intimate pop-up shows, like Tow’rs (pictured) playing The Metropolitan next Monday.
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Eastman Audio Research Studio merges expression with technology
Oliver Schneller can smell fear. As an Eastman School of Music professor of composition and the director of the Computer Music Center, Schneller aims to alleviate this dread by extolling the virtues of electronic music and its place in the acoustic music realm via EARS — the Eastman Audio Research Studio. EARS embraces electronic music […]
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‘Cotton Toe’ Scrivens goes beyond the blues
Rochester bluesman Mike “Cotton Toe” Scrivens laughs at the rumors and scuttlebutt surrounding his nickname. As the story goes, Scrivens was minding his own affair, playing a solo gig on a riverboat near Gretna, Louisiana, when a 12-foot gator suddenly appeared on deck, snarling and snapping and thrashing about. Patrons were running every which way. […]
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Stefan Murphy returns to Rochester as Count Vaseline
“It may have been the morning that David Bowie died, my flat mate was going off to make a record, and I said to myself that I need to start doing something new because someone’s going to have to take over and continue making weird music,” Stefan Murphy says over the phone from his home […]
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Mr. Loops reluctantly thrust into the spotlight
Jon Lewis is an astute singer-songwriter who wistfully bears witness to the quirks and foibles of this mortal coil. As a solo musician and bandleader, Lewis has been a fixture on the local music scene, playing marathon sets of music in coffee houses, gin joints, and night clubs. These protracted evenings of three or more […]
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Saxophonist Jon Irabagon is ready to step out
Jon Irabagon had earned a master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music, he’d studied with top saxophonists Dick Oatts and Victor Goines, and he’d paid his dues gigging around New York. It was 2008 and he was ready for the top contest in American jazz, the Thelonious Monk Competition. The competition, held in Los Angeles, […]
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Jon Nakamatsu will be a common sight this classical season
For Jon Nakamatsu, performing in Rochester has been “a lot of fun,” as can be seen by his career. Since his first appearance with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in January 1999, the prizewinning pianist has returned time after time, performing as a soloist with the RPO and as a chamber musician with the Society for […]
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Ghost does the devil’s work
Those in the metal world, especially ones more nefariously centered, present core beliefs and behaviors couched in theatrical evil: lightning speed, crushing volume, and gruesome lyrics emitted from somewhere deep within the vocalist’s bowels. It’s all about the head-bang. But through this bombastic display, it can frequently come off as a lampoon of evil, a […]
