After finally arriving at a seamless blend of pop with roots, ambient, and post-modern influences, Gregory Paul plunges headlong into his roots side -- and mortality -- on his latest disc. Delicate electronic atmospheres float over plucking...
Rob Mosher "Storytime -- The Tortoise"
There is a short passage in "Sleepless Lullaby," the third cut on Rob Mosher's audacious new CD, that speaks volumes. Suddenly, on an album that's 99.9 percent instrumental, an operatic vocal chorus swells into a magnificent Wagnerian climax....
On his first two albums, "Get Lifted" and "Once Again," soul hipster John Legend delved into jazzy improv and sprawling grooves that gave the discs a loose, free-floating mood. However, his latest effort, "Evolver," has a much sleeker, tighter...
Common "Universal Mind Control"
Normally progressive and cerebral, hip-hop artist Common isn't aiming for your mind on his latest -- he's aiming for your booty. For all intents and purposes, Common has made a dance album, which automatically drops it a notch or two below the...
"Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia"
Detroit's Motown and Memphis's Stax were great labels, but for my money, the songs that came out of Philadelphia from the late-1960's to the early-1980's were the best. OK, I'm from Philly, but how can anyone resist the beautiful falsettos on...
Tracy Chapman "Our Bright Future"
It's been 20 years since Tracy Chapman released her seminal, eponymous debut, which established her as the foremost purveyor of latter-day protest rock. Two decades later, Chapman has produced an album that trades her eary-career anger and...
Multi-reed master Ken Peplowski left college early to join The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on...
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As a kid, if given the choice between a history lesson and eating 10 plates of Brussels sprouts,...
OUR MONSTER ISSUE! The results are in! This year THOUSANDS of Rochesterians voted in our annual...
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javier said:
THE BEST MUSIC: THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. www.nosolosmoothjazz.com
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Rochester Music Coalition said:
Having all the past works of this artist in my collection, I am sure that this new release is also one that is not to be missed.
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dayna said:
no, bill, i don't work in the music industry. i don't work in the math industry either, but first two + 'because of the times' + 'only by the...
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Eric said:
Dear Bill: Thanks for commenting. We appreciate you sharing your opinion, but please do not attack the writers. If you don't agree with the...
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Bill T said:
Dayna- Not sure what your profession is but it can't have any relation to the music idusrty. First of all you don't even have accurrate...
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