If youโve frequented the folk and singer-songwriter circuits in Rochester in the last 10 years, youโve probably heard Ryan Yarmel play. Every Wednesday this month at Abilene Bar and Lounge, Yarmel is hosting a stylistically diverse concert series called the โYarms February Frolic.โ
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Album review: ‘Polka Dot Swing’
Yarms “Polka Dot Swing” Self-released yarms.bandcamp.com On his new solo album, “Polka Dot Swing,” Ryan “Yarms” Yarmel comes across less as a singer-songwriter and more as a straight-up storyteller. And that’s a good thing. Rather than cling to the conventions of indie folk, Yarmel reaches back into the archives of American music, drawing from jazz, […]






