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KEEPER OF THE DOORS’ FIRE: RAY MANZAREK REMEMBERED By Rex Rutkoski While the mystery and power of his former band continued to touch each new generation, Ray Manzarek also embraced an ancient art form of communication: fusing music and poetry. Manzarek,...

A REMEMBRANCE: RICHIE HAVENS – A SWEET SPIRIT LEAVES US (Editor’s note: Rex Rutkoski covered and many times interviewed Richie Havens since returning from the Army in Vietnam in 1970, and suggests that Havens’ music helped Vietnam...

A “One On One” Conversation with Lou Gramm, Rochester Music Hall of Fame Inductee – The Class of 2013 By Scott Gudell It’s an elite and difficult club to enter. British bands such as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles have been in...

By Scott Gudell The 1960’s are repeatedly referenced as one of the most fertile decades for music.  Recordings from countless artists from that period are heard on a regular basis, and many of those musicians laid the foundation for the...

Arild Remmereit Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra By Scott Gudell Arriving at the podium to conduct a prestigious orchestra such as the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra can occasionally take a circuitous route. Take the...

By Ed Symkus Singer-songwriter-raconteur Kinky Friedman’s days in politics are likely over, even though they never really got off the ground. But fans of his music will be happy to know that he’s back out on the road, doing what he’s been...

By Rex Rutkoski Imagine running down a road backwards. That’s what doing improvisational comedy feels like, explains comedian Greg Proops. “We never know where we are going, only where we have been,” says the member of the cast of Whose...

By Scott Gudell After close to a half-century of performing gritty, authentic music, Johnny Winter’s blues roots run deep.  They’ve been refreshed by Muddy Waters, fortified by Chuck Berry, nurtured by T Bone Walker, sparked by Lightning...

By Scott Gudell Amazingly talented artists recorded and performed during the mid-1960’s, and they dominated the top of the music charts. They were popular then and are still relevant today.  The list is a who’s who in the world of music:...

By Rex Rutkoski In a perfect world, muses Tom Quinn, it would be the real Pink Floyd taking the stage in Rochester’s Auditorium Theatre February 12. Since that likely is never going to happen, given the history of this most historic of rock...