Nov. 17 may still be a few days away, but in lieu of Third Eye Blind's fall concert in Kuhl Gym, the alt-rockers' drummer, Brad Hargreaves, shared his thoughts with The Lamron regarding the band's new album, touring and the climate of today's music scene. Lamron: Looking at your touring schedule, it looks like you play a lot of college gigs.
On Saturday, Nov. 10, Wadsworth Auditorium hosted the Limelight and Accents event, Bellydance Superstars, for a packed crowd of students, faculty and community members. Bellydance Superstars is a troupe of 14 dancers and one master percussionist that was founded by well-known rock music industry professional Miles Copeland over four years ago.
The Union Ballroom was in high spirits last Thursday as The Urban Sophisticates performed a free concert for Geneseo students. The seven-member ensemble, who blend big-band antics with hip-hop attitude, were energetic and nearly flawless despite having driven six hours from Washington, D.
Robert Redford's new film, Lions for Lambs, is a civic-minded call to arms for people of any political stripe. A film brimming with debate and little else, Redford, along with writer Matthew Carnahan, have crafted a triptych in the tradition of last year's Babel.
Finally, after a two-week delay, the fourth Avenged Sevenfold album has filled the shelves of local media stores. Originally set to release on Oct. 16, the release date of this self-titled album was pushed backed to Oct. 30, supposedly due to the need for extra work on the production and layout of the black and white cartoons filling every other page of the album's liner notes.
A light fog encircled the stage like an aqueous shell in the Water Street Music Hall on Monday as hundreds of plastered patrons crammed into the Rochester venue to witness acute talent Derek Trucks turn his Gibson SG guitar into a child's plaything. Rounded out by singer Mike Mattison, whose voice resembles a raspier John Mayer, bassist Todd Smallie, drummer Yonrico Scott, percussionist Count M'Butu and the multi-talented Kofi Burbridge, the Derek Trucks Band played a seminal series of blues numbers and jam sequences over the course of a night of songs, smoke and spirits.
