Frank De Blase
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More and more Rochester-area musicians are abandoning the recorded medium of albums and EP’s in favor of stand-alone singles, giving each song its own... -
I shouldn’t be surprised at how quickly Great Red’s third EP “Inside the Moon” grabbed me with just one listen. The band’s outstanding indie-pop... -
Amanda Lee Peers sat in the kitchen of her north Greece home in a chair with a gaggle of helium balloons tied to the backrest. Sunlight streaking ... -
When country singer and Fairport native Alyssa Trahan beat feet to Nashville in 2016, it was with a dream and a handful of songs that she had te... -
If you’re into artists of the post-troubadour pop movement — such as Webb Wilder, Marshall Crenshaw, or the late “Excitable Boy,” Warren Zevon —... -
I don’t typically make comparisons when describing a new recording; it strikes me as lazy. But sometimes the connection is too obvious, and the ... -
It was just a matter of time before Rochester’s band of roots-rock raconteurs, The Mighty High and Dry, broke into country music territory. It s... -
Zero Level, a band that’s relatively new to the Rochester punk rock scene, released its EP “Toledo Will” back in July. But it’s worth revisiting... -
With a project called Worm Quartet that’s actually a one-man band consisting of a musician going by the moniker Shoebox, it’s not hard to see th... -
The rapper leans back and waits, first for the strings to drop with a velvety descent, then for the drums to come in and the keyboard to rise up. ...
