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Tenacious three
They call it country fuzz. It’s an ominous boogie coming out of Nashville’s The Cadillac Three, a trio that resonates with country and rock ‘n’ roll in equal parts. What separates them from the rest of the heard herd, while welding genres together, is the trio’s application of the sweet grind, whine, and growl of Kelby Ray’s lap steel.
By Frank De Blase
Mar 22, 2019
Music Interview The Cadillac Three Kelby Ray Country Fuzz Rock
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This year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival, now sponsored by CGI, will offer performances by more than 1,500 musicians. The lineup, announced this morning, is certainly not lacking in quality or variety. Among the jazz acts returning to the festival, which runs from June 21 to 29: vocalist Catherine Russell, organist Joey DeFrancesco, and guitarist Bill Frisell, with his trio.
By Daniel J. Kushner
Mar 19, 2019
2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester Jazz Festival Jazz Catherine Russell Bill Frisell Trio Cyro Baptista
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Honeymoon triangle
The Rochester trio Honeymoonphase plays atmospheric, subtly layered music that evokes a sense of nostalgia – not for any one place or thing, but for an idealized place in the mind.
By Daniel J. Kushner
Mar 15, 2019
Honeymoonphase Ryan Bailey Greg Maslyn Shane McCarthy shoegaze Video
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Two-man quartet
The rock duo SIRSY has unparalleled tenacity and resolve, even when living life on the road, or staring down cancer and all the uncertainty that it brings. And when cancer reared its ugly head a second time, again SIRSY emerged victorious.
By Frank De Blase
Mar 8, 2019
Music Interview SIRSY Melanie Krahmer Rich Libutti Rock
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Enduring voice
Folk musician Judy Collins released her first album in 1961. By the late 1960’s she was a ubiquitous radio presence with songs like Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” The Beatles' “In My Life” and Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” On March 9, she'll perform at Hochstein Performance Hall in Rochester.
By Ron Netsky
Mar 1, 2019
Music Interview Judy Collins Folk Music Joni Mitchell Leonard Cohen Stephen Stills
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Bitter, sweet symphonies
Ward Stare returns to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra next week with two ambitious programs: On February 28 and March 2, he’ll essay Mahler’s enormous Symphony No. 7, and on March 7 and 9, he’ll highlight another 20th-century masterpiece, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.
By David Raymond
Feb 22, 2019
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