After a three-year hiatus, the venue in downtown Rochester reopens and invites jazz artists Adam Hawley and Judah Sealy to take the stage.
Water Street Music Hall
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Funk ‘N Waffles to open in former Water Street Music Hall
The joint formerly known as the Water Street Music Hall has been shut down for a while now, nothing floating out to the street but the ghosts of the memorable music it presented over the years as one of Rochester’s choice venues. Soon however, rock ‘n’ roll will once again spill out along with the […]
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Water Street issued a conditional entertainment license
Water Street Music Hall on Friday was issued a conditional entertainment center license from the city, and may start hosting events again. The music venue, at 204 North Water Street, was denied renewal of its license at the beginning of March due to eight violations of the City Code and the police chief’s Rules and […]
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Water Street Music Hall denied license renewal
Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli has notified the Water Street Music that it must stop hosting events immediately. The popular live music venue, located at 204 North Water Street, was denied renewal of its entertainment license, because “there are justifiable concerns” regarding its ability to operate in compliance with all State and Local laws,” Ciminelli […]
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Wild about Weiland
Give Scott Weiland a break. Really. It’s easy to dismiss the 47-year-old singer for the erratic behavior, drug drama, and endless quirks, but those are the same elements to the man’s on-stage chaos and flamboyance — chaos and flamboyance that have solidified him as one of this generation’s great front men. Weiland and his band, […]
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Last call for Chopsie
Rochester institution and at one-time, the city’s longest running bartender Angelo “Chops” Speranza has died. Speranza, a veteran of D-Day, was also a veteran of the live music scene where shows at the Water Street Music Hall — when it was known as the Country Warehouse and later as the Horizontal Boogie Bar — went […]
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Lake Street Dive
It’s in some of the smaller moments that drummer Mike Calabrese knows his band, Lake Street Dive, is starting to leave a bigger impression. While 2013 and 2014 have been stand-out years for the band — with a major appearance during the “Inside Llewyn Davis” all-star concert in 2013; the release of the band’s critically […]
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Concert Review: Heavy Trash at Water Street
If you couldn’t slow down and go down to the Heavy Trash low-down throw-down at Water Street Music Hall, then I’m here to rub it in. You missed a mondo killer rockabilly shock transmission from the very heart of primal rock ‘n’ roll. Direct from New York Cit-ay, Heavy Trash heaped on the sleaze just […]
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Found the dream
Fitz and The Tantrums has found the key, the magic words, to reaching everyone. The band came out swinging in late 2010 with its debut full-length, “Pickin’ Up the Pieces.” The album was an instant party album, overflowing with neo-soul and retro Motown. It was not only a massive crowd pleaser — especially the huge […]
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MUSIC: The sounds of autumn
The summer concert season might be dominated by large-scale festivals, giant outdoor concerts, and get-together shows everyplace that can throw together a stage. But just because summer is ending doesn’t mean that the musical good times have to stop once the leaves hit the ground. There’s a little bit for every music fan coming through […]
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Concert Review: Vinyl Orange Ottoman, Heatseeker, Ice Nine Kills
You know, with the exception of a few bands like Deep Purple or The Apes (I’m sure there are more, but those two popped into my head first), I’m used to seeing and hearing keyboards and organs — oh wait, I forgot Journey; you can’t forget Journey — played as a support instrument, or as […]
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Concert Review: Wavves, Skirts, Dumb Angel at Water Street
It’s an interesting thing to review a show like the Wavves concert that took place at Water Street last Friday night.There are some shows that feel passive enough that being a quiet observer, lingering on the outskirts of the crowd, feels barely outside the norm. At these shows, the focus tends to be the music […]
