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Rochester Jazz Festival relents to reality, cancels 2020 season

Rochester Jazz Festival relents to reality, cancels 2020 season

The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, planned for October, has been canceled and is scheduled to resume in June 2021.

By Rebecca Rafferty Jul 10, 2020

Rochester jazz musician: Racist Zoombombing was 'haunting, violating'

Rochester jazz musician: Racist Zoombombing was 'haunting, violating'

A Zoom performance by Rochester jazz musician Judah Sealy was derailed after being hijacked by a barrage of racist slurs and imagery.

By Daniel J. Kushner Jun 26, 2020

Conversations with Beethoven, courtesy of a Rochester publishing company

Conversations with Beethoven, courtesy of a Rochester publishing company

Rochester-based publisher Boydell & Brewer has released a new volume of "Beethoven's Conversation Books," shedding light on the composer's everyday life and interactions.

By Mona Seghatoleslami Jun 25, 2020

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

Danielle Ponder previews a different musical direction with new singles
Danielle Ponder's new series of singles preview her upcoming solo album and signal a move toward a more personal and emotionally transparent brand of music from the popular Rochester soul singer.

By Frank De Blase Jun 23, 2020

Gaelen McCormick and 'The Pandemic of Creation'

Gaelen McCormick and 'The Pandemic of Creation'

Former RPO double bassist Gaelen McCormick's struggles with hearing loss inform her new book with Sraddha Prativadi, "The Pandemic of Creation: Recognizing freedom in Loss and Opportunity in the Void."

By Jeff Spevak Jun 11, 2020

Utility player

Utility player

Gary Versace
Eastman School professor Gary Versace's roles on multiple instruments, in concert halls and on records, span the globe and several genres.

By Ron Netsky May 29, 2020

Party responsibly: The drive-in concert comes to western New York

Party responsibly: The drive-in concert comes to western New York

Fanatics Pub owner Jim Shelly is bringing the live concert experience back to the region with a new drive-in blues concert series this June.

By Jeff Spevak May 27, 2020

Benton Sillick: the sober expectations of a non-rock star

Benton Sillick: the sober expectations of a non-rock star

Rochester musician Benton Sillick has been clean and sober from drugs and alcohol for six years, and has just released his debut album. So why has he given up on "making it" in music?

By Daniel J. Kushner May 19, 2020

The Fox Sisters, Greg Townson, and love in the time of coronavirus

The Fox Sisters, Greg Townson, and love in the time of coronavirus

Due to the coronavirus, new albums by both The Fox Sisters and Greg Townson are internet-only releases, for the time being.

By Jeff Spevak May 13, 2020

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