Ithaca band Rose & The Bros delves deep into Cajun music on their latest album, “It’s Music.”
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Folkfaces Fest V features charismatic storytellers, regional roots bands
Tyler Westcott presents the fifth annual Folkfaces Fest, a high-energy roots music weekend, from Sept. 30 through Oct. 3 in Darien Center.
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Bluegrass specialists Benny Bleu and Max Flansburg team up for Sunday livestream
Two of the Finger Lakes region’s top bluegrass musicians, Max Flansburg and Ben Haravitch, will collaborate in a live-streamed concert this Sunday.
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The Crawdiddies play ‘Front Row at Bop Shop Records’
Onย Dec. 4, Rochester roots band The Crawdaddies bring its take on deep Delta blues and heartwarming Americana to a virtual show at Bop Shop.
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Track review: ‘We Gonna Get Through’
The Medicinals’ new single “We Gonna Get Through” use lush, roots-reggae textures and tones to promote community optimism and resilience.
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Album review: ‘One Time..’
Papa Herb and The Sol Vibration ‘One Time’ Self-released herbheins.com You might as well give into where Herb “Papa Herb” Heins is gonna take you with his new album with The Sol Vibration, “One Time..” It’s hard to keep it cohesive and not repeat yourself, but Heins offers eleven tracks with variety and some serious […]
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Album review: ‘Fat Ol’ Rat’
Folkfaces ‘Fat Ol’ Rat’ Self-released folkfacesmusic.com Somewhere along the Erie Canal, a bit west of here, there lives a quartet of musical ruffians who call themselves Folkfaces. Comprised of guitar, saxophone, washboard, upright bass, and other stringed things, this Buffalo band of eight years has mastered old-time jazz with a progressive twist, and has a […]
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Prominent regional bands to make GrassRoots Festival debuts
The 2019 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is assembling a formidable lineup of bands familiar to GrassRoots audiences as well as groups that have, surprisingly, never played the festival before.
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Album review: ‘The Old Family Farm’
Brian Mulligan and The Lonesome Angels “The Old Family Farm” Self-released brianmulliganlonesomeangels.com “The Old Family Farm” is so pleasant, warm, and inviting it’s as if it were recorded on flannel. Brian Mulligan and The Lonesome Angels’ new album plays out like yesteryear without getting too stuck in the syrup. It all kicks off with some […]
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Nikki Hill
All hyperbole aside, St. Louis-based soul shouter Nikki Hill is one of the best roots-rock singers I have ever seen. And I’ve seen quite a few. And I’m not just talking about the stars of now, but of all time. I rate her up there with Wanda Jackson, Barbara Pittman, Etta James, and Ruth Brown. […]
