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If you can’t find something to do in the city or around the region this weekend, you just aren’t looking hard enough. We want to check out ArtsWeek 2014 and the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival.
Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Thru Rose-Colored Glasses
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014Testify
Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Dana Fuchs toned it down for a moment and gave some back story for her song "Living on Sunday" at the NYS Blues Festival.
Red Hot Blues
Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Shakura S' Aida commanded the stage with her mature sound for Day 2 of the NYS Blues Festival on Saturday.
Big Poppa (of the Blues)
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Poppa Chubby did a guitar clinic at Upstairs at the Dino on Friday afternoon. He played a few licks and also talked about his early career in Chicago vibing with legends such as Buddy Guy, Magic Slim and Johnny Winter. Chubby played the main stage last night at the NYS Blues Festival in Clinton Square.
Forecast: Chance of the Blues
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Warm Up: Bruce made his harmonica moan in the Bone Yard Thursday evening while sitting in with the Double Barrel Blues Band. The show was an unofficial kick-off for the NYS Blues Fest.
Sack Full of Dreams
Monday, July 14th, 2014
Raul Midon at the 2014 Syracuse Jazz Festival
We are starting our 2015 wish list early.
Hopefully singer,songwriter and composer Raul Midon gets invited back to Syracuse soon. He put on a great show Saturday as a soulful one-man sound machine, but we think to fully appreciate the complexities of his talents and the nuance of his genius, he should to be featured in the Legends of Jazz Series at OCC.
Week in Review: Second Line
Monday, July 14th, 2014
In case you missed it…Trombone Shorty nearly blew a hole in the ozone layer above Onondaga Hill.
His marathon performance on Friday at Syracuse Jazz Fest capped off a mini-tribute to New Orleans. If you closed your eyes, you could feel yourself walking along Bourbon Street, and if you listened close, you could almost taste the gumbo cooking in the kitchen.
Translation: Jazz Fest, Day 2
Monday, July 14th, 2014
Fantine Pritoula joined Igor Butman for a songs.
Here are some photos from Day 2 of the Syracuse Jazz Festival. Saturday started with local singer Nick Ziobro (Manlius) and ended with guitar legend B.B. King. In between, we got a chance to check out Raul Midon, the human mix machine and Igor Butman & The Moscow State Jazz Orchestra did a tune up before Igor Butman” their Monday performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Nick Ziobro conducted a post performance interview.
Igor Butman: Muscovite invaded the ‘Cuse with his Orchestra.
Experiencing Raul: Midon worked the piano, guitar and bongos, scatted and sang during his set.
From DJ to BB: Former blues boy from Beale St. now a King for life
Concert Producer-in-Chief
Saturday, July 12th, 2014
On the first day, Frank rested for a minute to sample the New Orleans flavor for the 2014 Syracuse Jazz Fest at OCC
Plasticity: Jazz Fest, Day 1
Saturday, July 12th, 2014
Trombone Shorty: Blow Me Down
Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue were the perfect crescendo to a night of jazz and swing for the 2014 Syracuse Jazz Fest (Day 1). After seeing the energetic show, we’d describe the former child prodigy from Treme as a combination drum major and sanctified Baptist preacher, accented with a taste of Rahsaan Patterson, Lee Morgan and Fred Wesley.
Shorty (aka Troy Andrews) is a tropical storm of resounding brass that shook the hills at Onondaga Community College.
Brash in Brass
Tambourine Shorty
Asking the band to take it higher