“Vegan” and “butcher” are not two words you expect to see side-by-side. But with the help of Grass Fed, a local purveyor of plant-based meat alternatives, there’s no reason a vegan lifestyle can’t be compatible with a BLT, some chicken schnitzel, or a Thanksgiving turkey.
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UUU Art Collective creates space for emerging creatives
One word to describe the UUU Art Collective and its three founders is legitimate, which is maybe not what you would expect from a company whose origin story includes house parties and bathroom kegs. Nevertheless, co-founders KC Sullivan, Dylan Niver, and Zac Lijewski have built something worthy of the word.
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Matthew Shipp-Michael Bisio Duo
There is little doubt that Matthew Shipp is among the most brilliant pianists in jazz. But over his three-decade career he has sparked no shortage of controversy due to his embrace of genres outside of jazz. In the 1990’s he put out records on punk rocker Henry Rollins’ 2.13.61 label. He later performed and recorded […]
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“If Music Be the Food…”
Carol Rodland’s biography as a classical musician is sufficiently impressive to be its own article. She earned bachelor of music and masters of music degrees from The Juilliard School. She won a Fulbright Scholarship. She has traveled to study, teach, and perform in Europe. She is an associate professor of viola at the Eastman School […]
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MUSIC FEATURE: Kingsley Flood
Sure, it neatly sums up everything with a beard, a flannel shirt, at least one acoustic instrument, and an allegiance to Johnny Cash. But perhaps when you’re done reading this article you can join me in putting the term “Americana” to bed. Are you with me? Kingsley Flood’s Naseem Khuri is — or at least […]
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PROFILE: Nathen Maxwell and The Original Bunny Gang
It’s unlikely that then-17-year-old Nathen Maxwell knew what the next 15 years of his life would be like as he was sneaking in the back door to the Los Angeles pub Molly Malone’s in 1997. Well, he did know it would involve music.
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PROFILE: Paul Smoker
Paul Smoker can trace his roots back to Berne, Switzerland, where the family name was Schmucker. That means jeweler in German, but there were no jewelers in the family. When the clan immigrated to the United States in the 19th century, the name was changed to Smoker. That means burning jazz artist in English, and […]
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PROFILE: Roger Ballen at the George Eastman House
Everything we experience in the waking world sticks with us; it tiptoes or rages about inside, or travels deep into the psyche only to be drawn out nightly in dreams and daily in unexpected reverie. Our brains work continuously to make sense of things, even things we might rather ignore. Dream-sense can be unsettling in […]
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MUSIC PROFILE: Tranquilatwist
"I’m confused," says Tranquilatwist’s programmer and bassist, Anthony Lanni. "What is a goth band in the year 2009?" On the surface it could easily be a band like Tranquilatwist. But despite dipping its toes in dark waters, this Rochester group’s use of atmosphere, space, and mood mirrors dreams more than nightmares. It’s buoyant; there is […]
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PROFILE: Julia Nunes
She’s a YouTube phenomenon. She’s a ukulele-wielding smartass and an incredible talent. She’s Julia Nunes – and she just woke up. Fairport native Nunes has been working her 19-year-old butt off lately. She just got back from a handful of dates opening for piano popster Ben Folds, she’s in the middle of recording her second […]
