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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...