I was 10 minutes late to Monday night's Eastman Philharmonia concert at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, which meant that I missed the opening work on the program, "Atmospheres" by György Ligeti. But what I didn't miss was being told that...

The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced the addition of a second show for Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers.
The newly added performance will take place at 4 p.m. on Wednesday June 27, prior to the sold out 8 p.m....

Three more upcoming shows to add to your spring concert adventures:
 
Pop/Rock: Matt Nathanson Sunday, March 4. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 6 p.m. $20-$24. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic.com.
Hip-Hop/Rock: Gym Class...

The Jazz Fest has announced that the following shows have sold out:

Norah Jones June 29, 8 p.m.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers June 27, 8 p.m.
Bonnie Raitt May 27 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are...

Occasionally a band reminds me of a time when music was simpler. A time when MTV played music videos, the world only needed three chords to tell the truth, and punk was more about getting drunk and having fun than it was a record-label genre....

Let's dive right in: Last night, January 26, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gave its first performance of "Blue Planet" by American Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981) and it was exciting. Conductor Arild Remmereit continues to talk about...

I've never held much affinity for the clarinet. Then again, I'd never seen Dave Bennett before. Friday night, along with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Bennett and his group, the Dave Bennett Sextet, brought some of the best jazz improv...

The Rochester International Jazz Festival and Eastman School of Music will bring Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt to the Eastman Theatre on Sunday, May 27, at 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn will open the show.
Tickets cost $55.50-$125.50 and will...

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concert with violinist Itzhak Perlman sold out weeks ago. A waiting list was established and used. On Sunday afternoon, every seat in the house was filled. It was not just a sell-out; this was a major...

Who can argue with scheduling Mozart for a Sunday afternoon in January? It virtually guarantees music of a lighter palette than the cloud cover outside. A good program begins with the selection of good music.
On the program for Publick...

Two more shows to add to your concert-going calendar:

Hip-Hop/Rap: The Lox, Twerk Team Saturday, February 4. Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. 9 p.m. $20-$40. 232-3221, rochestermainstreetarmory.com.

Pop/Rock: Dia...

I'll always remember the first time I saw Enter the Haggis. It was at the Irish festival in Altamont back in 2007. I'm not sure how or why I caught its set, but during one of the band's Celtic-rock jams all of the band members starting rocking...

It seems I'm starting to feel my age. Sure, I'm freshly done with college, and I hurt a little more then I used too if I get trampled at a concert. But I'm talking the opposite: I feel young. Not many bands are still kicking after 20-plus...

Four more big shows to add to your concert calendar this winter/spring:
ROCK: Jane's Addiction Wednesday, February 29. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. 8:30 p.m. $42.50-$49.50. rbtl.org.
HIP-HOP/RAP: Rick Ross Saturday, March 10. Main...

Rested, invested, and road-tested, Teddy Geiger returned to Water Street Music Hall to pack the club side with adoring fans Friday, January 6. Geiger's fan base has grown up, as I spied a lot more heels and make-up in the audience than his...

The year 2012... Christ, if I thought I'd live this long I would've taken better care of myself - my ears, anyway. All the bands I've loved over the years come to bed with me at night in the form an incessant ringing in my ears. This week, the...

Apparently the night before Thanksgiving is when all the cool cats head out to the bars to gabble before they gobble. But it wasn't just the pre-turkey talk that had people filling Abilene on Wednesday, November 23. They were there to join...

Thee Oh Sees played a blistering set to a packed and seething crowd Monday night at the Bug Jar. People had been raving to me about this band all week and now I see why. Goddamn, this was a rock 'n' roll show! This San Francisco band is...

Kudos to bands who open a show with their biggest hit. They spare us a predictable encore and make the rest of the show an exciting mystery. Such was the case Monday night when ChameleonsVox hit the Club at Water Street with "Swamp Thing," a...

Shuffling my way through the pre-show fog, I had high expectations and even higher hopes for the Judas Priest/Thin Lizzy/Black Label Society show Wednesday at the Main Street Armory. I needed a good old-fashioned rock show to clear out the...