"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...

The German House announced a slew of big-deal concerts coming to Rochester this spring and summer, such as:
ROCK: New Riders of the Puprle Sage plays Thursday, March 11, 8 p.m. showtime, $20-$25 tickets.
JAZZ/BLUES: The Taj Mahal Trio plays...

I saw State Radio years ago at Milestones, playing to a modest crowd that dug the band without having too much background, exposure, or access to the lyrics. Now on its "Lefty Rides Again" tour, the Sherborn, Massachusetts, trio has road...

Some big shows coming to Rochester in the coming months:
METAL: Breaking Benjamin w/Chevelle, Red, and Thousand Foot Krutch will play Monday, March 15, at Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St. 7 p.m. $35-$38. For iformation call 244-5044, or...

Some of you probably expect me pan "Rain," as I'm not one to champion tributes and covers. However the show Friday night at the Auditorium was incredible --- not just in the dead-on mimicry, but in the way it presented The Beatles' beginning,...

Modern-rock band Daughtry will close out the second leg of its current US tour with a Saturday, June 19, show at Blue Cross Arena (1 War Memorial Square). Also on the bill will be Lifehouse and Cavo. Tickets for the show (cost TBA) will go on...

How do you jam without staying at the party too long, or getting the jam all over you? You follow Pia Mater's lead. I've heard these cats in acoustic situations more than I've heard them plugged in, so I know the tunes at their barest. When a...

The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced two more headliners for the 2010 edition: R&B legend Gladys Knight and experimental jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock.
Knight will perform opening night, Friday, June 11,...

They were generating a mushroom cloud of steam heat last night at the Bug Jar for what was supposed to be the UV Rays' last hurrah. Singer, leader, co-conspirator Kevin Wilcox is moving to Las Vegas with his lovey-dovey this week to work with...

I often wonder what road Elvis would have gone had he not checked out on the throne back in 1977. Would he have taken up permanent residence in Las Vegas? Would he have been mentioned in the same breath as Englebert and Jones? I can practically...

Every time I look, Rochester's jam band scene is opening its ever-lovin' arms even further. Not just to welcome new fans, but new band with fresh twists on the hippie groove. One of the biggest components of this embrace is reggae, and Saturday...

Sometimes it all just falls into place. The setting, the situation, the scene, the tone -- everything's going your way. That describes last night for me. And at the heart of this mid-week Xanadu was the Rick Holland Uptown Orchestra, a modest,...

Alas, I wasn't able to pry myself from under the Christmas tree Christmas night in time to catch Velveteen Fox like I wanted. But it's just as well. You ever hear a band that's so good it makes you mad? Well, this Rochester soul-sensation...

This season, our Secret Santa (shh, don't tell - our Secret Santa is Filthy Funk) gave us the gift of "Eklectric," the new genre-spanning-but-always-groovy album from the trio. However, "trio" only begins to describe this group. Much of the...

The 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival will add two new Club Pass venues to the hugely popular annual event: Abilene (153 Liberty Pole Way) and the Rochester Club Ballroom (120 East Avenue). That will make a total of 11 Club Pass...

Dashing through the snow, in my '97 Buick sleigh, I made my way to the Lovin' Cup Wednesday night, where some creatures were stirring. Not mice, though - that would violate health codes. The creatures were two a capella groups, the Smoking Hot...

Actually billed as "America's sweetheart" in the press release, pop-country artist Carrie Underwood will come to Blue Cross Arena Wednesday, March 31, for a 7:30 p.m. show. Tickets cost $32-$52 and will go onsale Friday, December 18, at 10 a.m....

The wind chill had pantsed the thermometer Thursday night, yet a few brave - or lost - souls and I made it to the Dino for Chris Beard and his stinging strings. I am now convinced there isn't a guitar neck long enough for this man, as he...

More concerts to add to your calendar:
PROG ROCK: Moe. Thursday, January 28. Harro East Ballroom, 155 N Chestnut St. 7 p.m. $23.50-$26. 866-448-7849, ticketmaster.com.
SPOKEN WORD: Henry Rollins Sunday, March 28. Castaways, 413 Taughannock...

Religious overtones make me nervous. I guess I'm just used to the things that turn me on being condemned in one way or another. Even gospel -- a major component in a lot of what I dig -- sometimes flies a little to close to the "lordy, lordy"...