Growing up in Colorado, alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa didn't particularly connect with his Indian heritage. He didn't speak any Kannada, his parents' language, and wasn't aware of any Indian influences on...
It was an era when New Wave was still new, punks couldn't get a gig, and kids who could drink -...
He may be new to the scene, but not to the game. Rochester rapper Reece Q (Reece Baskin) has a...
Saxophonist Joe Romano, who played with Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra and many...
Lil Wayne's rescheduled show on December 6 at Blue Cross Arena has been postponed yet again. Promoters promise to announce another make-up date soon. T.I., who was originally listed on the bill (after a no-show on the T-Pain bill last month) ...
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MUSIC PREVIEW: They are the Walri
Walri's music lilts, just like the falling leaves outside the band's Windsor Street crib. Piled into what would typically be a living room, the band is hard at work writing and rehearsing a curious brand of unconventional pop music it likes to...
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He isn't asking for much, really. Shit, he just wants to play the guitar. MS is robbing Dave D'Angelico - a.k.a. Texas Son - of the use of his legs, and he ambles along slowly and precariously with two canes. He plays on stage sitting down. The...
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Sitting in a jazz club I sometimes wish I could go back half a century to witness the all-time greats in their prime. With excellent sound quality and footage lovingly filmed in European venues, Jazz Icons DVDs come close to making my wish come...
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Kings of Leon "Only by the Night"
Blazing no new trails in the well-worn field of Southern rock, there was nonetheless something arrogant and primal about the first two recordings from the Followill boys, and last year's ambitious "Because of the Times" allowed the Tennessee sons...
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New Kids on the Block "The Block"
The Kids are back, with both a more mature look and sound. Gone is the bubblegum pop (aside from hit single "Summertime"), in favor of more sexually explicit/R. Kelly fare, like "Click, Click, Click," "Dirty Dancing," and "Full Service." "The...
There are three words certain to get Mayor Bob Duffy's back up: Maintenance of Effort....
When Stephen Hough walks onstage at Kilbourn Hall Tuesday night, audience members will fix their...
We all know somebody that shows the rest of us up during the holidays. They emerge from the...
What if we could see each individual's personal history, the struggles, the anxieties, the...
We hadn't been seated in Monte Alban's spacious dining room for more than a few seconds when our...
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