Music Features
When your life is literally filled with nonstop music, there’s little time to catch your breath. Case in point, Wilder Maker is currently on a 10-concert tour through the Midwest and the Rust Belt, in support of its new digital single “Love So Well” and the B-side “Rose Room.” The band will play in Rochester — a frequent tour stop for frontman Gabriel Birnbaum and company — on Friday, June 21 at The Daily Refresher.
By Daniel J. Kushner
Jun 14, 2019
Wilder Maker Gabriel Birnbaum Katie Von Schleicher Nick Jost Sean Mullins Indie Rock The Daily Refresher
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Eastman Opera Theatre continues to stage productions of operas outside of the standard repertoire. But while EOT has frequently highlighted the work of living composers, the 2019-20 season features lesser-known operas from both the 18th and 20th centuries, including works by important but underappreciated composers.
By Daniel J. Kushner
Jun 12, 2019
Eastman Opera Theatre Eastman School Of Music 2019-20 Season Opera Musical Theater
Music Features
The Rochester art-folk group formerly known as The Sugar Gliders has been making headway in the local music scene with its irresistible, heart-melting lullabies. The band has also made plenty of changes, morphing from a duo to a quartet, changing its name, and working on a debut studio album — expected to be released at the end of June.
By Katie Halligan
Jun 10, 2019
Sugar Glider Roxy Elahi Alison Lindsey Folk The Sugar Gliders
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Genre-bending musician Ben Folds will join the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra next spring in a May 8 performance at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall, as part of the 2019-20 season of “Eastman Presents.” Folds last performed with the RPO at CMAC in 2014.
By Jessica Pavia
Jun 7, 2019
Ben Folds Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Eastman Presents Classical Pop-Rock
Music Features
There’s plenty to like about the roster of headlining talent coming to Eastman Theatre in the 2019-20 season, as part of Eastman School of Music’s Kodak Hall Series. The lineup features iconic artists Wynton Marsalis and Bobby McFerrin, as well as TV-film composer Jeff Beal and jazz pianist Jon Batiste, who are poised to shape the future of popular music for years to come.
By Daniel J. Kushner
May 30, 2019
Eastman Presents 2019-20 Kodak Hall Series Jon Batiste Wynton Marsalis Jeff Beal Bobby McFerrin
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The learning in listening
It’s a fire drill of kids bouncing about as if they were made of rubber. It’s loud, full of shrieks and shouts and little ones running about. This lively bunch consists of boys and girls attending the Rochester Academy Charter School, or RACS, in Irondequoit, waiting for their weekly music class to start with Jesse Sprinkle.
By Frank De Blase
May 24, 2019
Jesse Sprinkle Amanda Sprinkle Rochester Academy Charter School Deanna Wilkinson The Springtime EP
Music Features
Harp guitarist Stephen Bennett's serene fingerpicking style has an introspective vibe. But it's the added harmonic texture and low end of the harp that provide greater depth and a more engaging sound.
By Daniel J. Kushner
May 14, 2019
Stephen Bennett Harp Guitar Guitar Workshop Rochester Guitar Club
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Last Thursday, Significant Other burned down the Record Archive’s Backroom barn with its funkified drive. People were on their feet, people were on each other’s feet, people were on the tables, guzzling beer and wine and jumping for Joy, but she wouldn’t come down off the chandelier.
- by Frank De Blase
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Jun 11, 2019
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People who brandish cell phones at shows are distracting and disappointing. Put the phone down and dig the show, sluggo. Live in the now. But this isn’t a rant at millennial meatheads and their all-important tools of hipster oblivion. This is an apology to Margaret Explosion.
- by Frank De Blase
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May 31, 2019
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