There’s a bounty of big shows on tap for the Memorial Day weekend, including three huge concerts each at Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards and CMAC! Plus, the new Dinosaur Jr. documentary plays for one night only at Cinemapolis, and dozens of local bands play around the region in the coming days.
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The Danish jazz duo perform an untraditional four-song set from the countryside in Djursland, Denmark.
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On a new album, the classical stars revisit the concerto Williams composed specifically for Ma, as well as some of Williams' most affecting film scores.
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On his third solo album, Styles relies on a proficient but unadventurous process of combining his influences. His habit of paying homage to his idols too often conceals his own creative vision.
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Delightfully weird, minimalist and dark, Alex G's got a knack for making good fortune sound dangerous.
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The pop star has spent a life on the go, so the pandemic offered him a rare chance for reflection, to separate the person from the pop star. Also, of course, to record a new album.
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A cultural chameleon with a handful of viral hits, the rising rapper's Come Home The Kids Miss You misses the mark.
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Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.
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It was a decade that gave us unforgettable pop, metal and more. Take a wild ride through the end of a century in our 30-song playlist.
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Self-described as “a monthly festival of music, art, food, drinks, craft fair, performance, weirdness, and wonderfulness,” the Ithaca Night Bazaar will make its debut Thursday at Steamboat Landing, home of the Ithaca Farmers Market, and run monthly through September.
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Rina Sawayama packs a Shania Twain reference, an over-the-top guitar solo, a rebuke of paparazzi callousness and a kiss-off into the space of a glammy, country-pop inspired banger.
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An old-fashioned steam calliope designed by luminaries in the worlds of art and jazz is on display at the National Sculpture Garden.
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Matt Pike overcame long odds to find success in metal bands Sleep and High on Fire. But his deepening obsession with conspiracy theories has created a dissonant riff.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.
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Debra McCoskey-Reisert remembers her brother, Bobby McCoskey, who died from COVID. Bobby loved the song Closing Time by Semisonic, because they played it at dances he attended.
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