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"Meet me by the edge of this moment, you bring stillness, I'll bring movement. Meet me by the edge of right now, you bring silence and I'll bring sound." Heather Maloney's lyrics are enough to stop you dead. Poetic and powerful, Maloney's talents come to you in layers. Her lyrics, angst
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As bassist Sean McLay told me before the show began, Funknut is all at once a "blend of funk and soul with a pop groove." Although the band is only a three-piece, its music swells and produces a much larger sound. Lovin' Cup would have been a perfect venue to
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The name Teagan and the Tweeds conjures up several images. I admittedly had an already-developed vision of who I was about to see before walking into the Lovin' Cup on Friday night. I placed my bets on finding a group of young hipsters, with a three-, maybe four-piece ensemble, and
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Cellist Helen Money is a rock musician who plays a classical instrument. I asked her before the show to describe her sound. "Dark, kinda raw, and melodic. I have a hard time describing myself," she told me. If I were her, I would be hard pressed to make any kind of
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It was a picture-perfect scene at Abilene Bar and Lounge Sunday night: five or six chairs inched up close to the performers in a circle, with some eerie candlelight, a packed house, and some gritty, straight-up folk coming from the stage. Real folk is played less like a song and
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I spent the entirety of the Loveful Heights show Friday night at Starry Nites with my jaw dropped, eyes glued, in awe. These two ladies have an aura about them. They possess a striking confidence and a beauty that is few and far between. Loveful Heights (Maggie Clifford and Kat
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The original bill for the Boulder Coffee show Thursday night took a few turns throughout the week. Initially, I walked in the venue expecting the indie/folk-rock six-piece Baby Shiver's Boutique alongside the much-hyped Golden Ghost.The set began an hour late, and as it turns out Baby
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Most of us in Rochester have been getting a heavy dose of Swati's oft-requested tune on WBER, "2 a.m." It's near tranquilizing; penetratingly poetic, it draws you in.But if you came to check her out on Friday evening downstairs at the German House for Indie Fest's second round, you may
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Josh Netsky was dealt a less-than-sizeable crowd for his show Downstairs at the German House on the opening night of the Rochester Indie Fest. As the set carried on into the evening, Netsky gently pleaded for a little crowd participation with a not-so-subtle hint to the idle loungers
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Friday night could not have been a better evening to mix and mingle with the smoothness of Brian Rath at Starry Nites Cafe. The full moon was floating and circling around the city, almost demanding that your eyes pay attention to it, as the 20- and 30somethings huddled around outside,
