Election Eve (Somewhere in the Valley)
Preview
November 7th, 2016Mr. Versatility
November 7th, 2016
Jon Seiger played the Sitrus Lounge on Friday evening.
The more we see Jon Seiger play (or sing) the more we enjoy his artistry.
Week in Review
November 6th, 2016
Ailey II collaborated with SUNY Oswego and CFAC for a mini performance earlier this week.Tara Bellardini and Gabriel Hyman were two of the featured dancers.
SIF Scene (notable people, places and events)
November 5th, 2016
Literary siblings Jackie Warren-Moore and Walt Shepperd at Art Rage Gallery.
Something Had to Give
November 4th, 2016
Ryan Connors led the Dynamo Crew
When saw first saw Nashville-based Dynamo at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Q. we couldn’t believe so many musicians could fit onto the cramped stage. The band featured two drummers (including SUNY Oswego grad Nate Felty), two guitars, two keyboardists, three horns, and smooth vocalist (Dain Ussery). On the surface, this was just supposed to be a tour stop on the way to Buffalo, but the band spent some time here working on an album at Sub-Cat Studios in September, so it quickly morphed into a half juke joint, half back yard party.
We talked with one concert-goer who said he’d heard so much hype about the band that he had to come see for himself. He said left his girlfriend home (she was sick) to catch the show.
And what a show it was. Sometime after 9 pm, the crowded stage also gave way to crowded tables and walkways (including waitstaff bobbing their heads as they squeezed through the crowd) as music thundered from the ceiling mounted speakers. Dynamo’s blend of funk, jazz and hint of reggae) featured incredible musical interplay and solos showing off the incredible dexterity of Ryan Connors on keys. Not to be outdone, the tight horn section of Andrew Golden (trumpet), Kevin Gatzke (sax) and home-girl Melissa Gardiner (trombone), put in some major work. Meanwhile, the rhythm section conjured up memories of The Brand New Heavies.
Dynamo is a band’s band and you could tell by the generous contingent of musicians in the audience. One middle-aged fan danced for nearly entire show at stage right.
RJ Bracchitta opened the show
Next time we’d love to see the band play the larger performance venue upstairs at the Dino.
The show was originally scheduled to begin at 8 pm, and to his credit opener, RJ Bracchitta had a great set, including a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke.”
For more information on Dynamo, click here. For info about RJ Bracchitta click here.
Wrappers Delight
November 4th, 2016
Dealing with the Syracuse chill in style.
Back for Bar-b-que
November 3rd, 2016
Dynamo, with Syracuse’s Nate Felty on drums, gave off a funky aroma at the Dinosaur BBQ this evening. The Nashville-based band’s tour takes them to Oswego and Buffalo next.
Neighborhood in Transition (part 23)
November 3rd, 2016
Alan Rothschild gave a detailed history of civic improvements in Midtown during an East Genesee Regents Association meeting at the Community Folk Art Center on Tuesday.
Rothschild, who owned a medical supply business along East Genesee Street, also runs The Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum. The Museum is the largest privately-owned collection of United States patent models in the world, containing over 4000 patent models and related documents.
Below check out the audio clip of University Hill Corporation President David Mankiewicz give a short history of some of the hits and misses from the neighborhood’s development since 1990.
Throwback Thursday
November 3rd, 2016
H. Carl McCall was the first African-American to be elected comptroller of New York. He is pictured here arriving at Exec Air in 2002 as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York. Eliot Spitzer is pictured to the left.