What’s the worst question that you usually get in interviews? “What does your band sound like?” And, “How did your band get its name?” Those
Very few days go by where one doesn’t hear the production and writing work of either Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Static Major, or Stevie J on
It doesn’t take much to find great musicians in Rochester, thanks largely to the Eastman School of Music. The prestigious school offers a great deal to
It would be pretty cool to have your own radio station and give all your friends their own shows. When Matt Werts posted this thought
With today’s high unemployment and budget cuts, many creative people are forgoing their dreams of artistic careers for jobs that offer stability and steady pay.
Art is the residue of the mind. It’s just the junk that comes out. It’s just the leftovers. I feel like the real power of
The steel pan, sometimes called the steel drum, was born on the island of Trinidad about fifty years ago—the musical child of West African and
In a 1981 biography cowritten with Paul Nelson called Rod Stewart, Lester Bangs writes, “I have always believed that rock and roll comes down to myth.
Over the past fifteen years, Rochesterians have become accustomed to hearing great jazz for ten days in June as the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
David Byrne and St. Vincent Roger Hodgson Peter Frampton From June 21–29, The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival will a typically quiet downtown into a
