People, get ready: Mosaic Foundation will push you, pull you, and rock you steady. The band is a righteous nine-piece, rock-reggae blast with twists of jazz and plenty of coloring outside the lines. It's a...
PREVIEW: Rome Neal in Exodus to Jazz's "Monk"
Rome Neal had just won an Audelco award - the most prestigious prize in black theater - for his...
CLASSICAL PREVIEW: Pegasus Early Music
This coming weekend Pegasus Early Music will celebrate two things for which the city of...
In the perpetual comedy that is the life cycle of a rock band, The Black Arrows died too soon...
"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...
Music Articles
It's not that Gabe Condon dislikes guitar players, what with their phallic histrionics and volume. He's one himself. It's just that Condon sees beyond the wood and wire and gets to the music. Of course, this 18-year-old tips his hat to plenty...
Music Articles
According to my watch, Alyssa Coco has 14 minutes, 52 seconds remaining of her allotted 15 minutes of fame. At age 16, Coco made the grade over countless other young hopefuls to perform on "American Idol" only to be cut unceremoniously short...
Music Articles
Beneath the narrow limits and choices of mainstream classic rock lies it's less adulterated, less celebrated sounds. Maybe it's the lack of polish or the raw sexuality that keeps a lot of these bands off the list of, like, maybe 10 that make...
CD Reviews
Tyrone Brown Ensemble "A Sky With More Stars"
The speeches and writings of the great abolitionist (and Rochester resident) Frederick Douglass may sound like an unlikely theme for a jazz CD. But "A Sky With More Stars" is an eloquent album filled with music as stirring as the words they...
CD Reviews
Joe Locke "For The Love of You"
Of all the jazz musicians who have risen from Rochester to international prominence, vibraphonist Joe Locke is currently creating the most excitement. Comfortable in an endless array of ensemble settings, his sound shifts with every new album....
If the acronym QOTSA means anything to you, then you're familiar with Nick Oliveri. Hell, if...
Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? If you've never had the opportunity to be cut off in...
"Almost" is a precarious place to live, both geographically and emotionally. It can mean, "I...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
This past weekend I took my nieces and nephew sledding at Harris Whalen Park in Penfield....
Recent Comments
NvM said:
The album is available through Joe Locke's online Music Store on http://www.joelocke.com/shop/album_for-the-love-of-you.htm
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Guerline said:
Congrat to Laura and all the band members. I look forward to see you guys perform.
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Evan said:
Rock on Laura and band!
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