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By 11 p.m. on Monday night, guitarist Bob Sneider’s dizzying melodies were the center of attention at Astor on Main in the Hyatt Regency. The rest... -
Mark J. Watts is dressed in black, lugging around two bursting laptop bags, as he talks about his sticker collection. “It’s in my will,” he said o... -
In a corner room at Visual Studies Workshop on Prince Street, Patti Smith’s “Because the Night” plays in the afternoon sunlight. The song doesn’t eman... -
Though he was born Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. in Harlem, blues musician Taj Mahal took the name of the famous Indian mausoleum as a teenager afte... -
Whenever Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, a 25-year-old Mississippi guitarist and vocalist, is asked to describe his own music, he’s got a phrase at t... -
Along with improvisation, jazz was built on artists putting their own stamp on other people’s songs. That’s why it’s not surprising to see the man... -
There’s something picturesque around every corner in Rochester, from the sleepy canal towns and the breathtaking roar of High Falls to the café-dotted... -
The year is 2109. Human interaction extends as far as a retinal implant. Physical commerce has ceased and AI fulfills any remaining gaps of desire. A ... -
It’s not often that a performance features tap, Irish dance, afro-modern, ballet and modern works all in a single show. The Wednesday night performanc... -
Once the quintessential company town, Rochester branded itself the “World Image Centre” in the mid-90s as a nod to Kodak, Xerox and Baush + Lomb. Th... -
Bill Tiberio is still getting used to being introduced as a hall of famer. On May 5, the longtime Fairport music teacher and gigging jazz music... -
Opportunities to hear big band music are plentiful when Gibbs Street transforms into “Jazz Street” at the end of June every year, but at other t...
