more by Christopher John Treacy
[JAZZ] Bria Skonberg knows jazz because she lives like the music she performs. The 33-year-old hot jazz musician studied trumpet performance at university while on the road with her two bands and clocking in hours at her weekend job.
[JAM] Rochester’s Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad seems to have found their niche, hitting the top five on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart twice since 2012.
[JAM] Featured as one of Relix Magazine’s “On The Verge” artists, Buffalo’s homegrown jam quartet, Aqueous, returns to Nickel City for a two-night stand at Buffalo Iron Works this Thursday and Friday, kicking off a
[EXPERIMENTAL] Here comes WSADA 16, and it’s at the WASH Project’s new 593 Grant Street location, which is at the corner of Bradley (close to the West Side entrance to Buff State).
[FOLK] Sometimes, just one truly excellent record is all that’s needed to keep you on the map forever. Which isn’t to imply that folk duo Aztec Two Step (Rex Fowler and Neil Shulman) has only made one excellent record—they’ve released 16, give or take.
[BLUES] Though pop culture will always remember Muldaur for her hit, “Midnight at the Oasis,” (covered, rather excellently, by Brand New Heavies), she’s a fixture on the folk and country-blues circuits since the early 1960s Greenwich Village heyday.
[TRIBUTE] If seeing Dweezil and company at Canalside this summer didn’t satisfy your Zappa craving, Project/Object is here for you.