Patrick Hosken

6 days ago | wxxinews.org | Patrick Hosken |Megan Mack |Veronica Volk |Julie Williams

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson died on June 11. He was 82, but as writer Sam Sodomsky wrote in a remembrance for Pitchfork, “‘immortal’ is still the word that comes to mind.” Wilson’s forward-thinking musical compositions helped redefine pop music in the 1960s — as well as what anyone thought was possible at the time. Tributes have poured in, including from local musicians.

6 days ago | wxxinews.org | Patrick Hosken |Megan Mack |Veronica Volk |Julie Williams

Since its inception in 2002, the Rochester International Jazz Festival has always been, as its name states, international. Performers from Canada, Europe and elsewhere regularly make the trek to play at 18 different venues around town for audiences that can total 200,000. But 2025 feels different, backdropped by the Trump administration’s trade war with Canada and rising fears about border crossings and detainments.

1 week ago | wxxinews.org | Patrick Hosken

12:00: Crossing borders to play the Jazz Festival1:00: Brian Wilson’s impact on local musicSince its inception in 2002, the Rochester International Jazz Festival has always been, as its name states, international. Performers from Canada, Europe and elsewhere regularly make the trek to play at 18 different venues around town for audiences that can total 200,000.

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

click to enlarge Jojo Garza went fishing and only caught a fingerling. But that’s fine with him. The bass player for Los Lonely Boys spent a recent spring morning like many others: with a line in the water in his native San Angelo, Texas. “It’s meditative,” he told CITY by phone after returning to his truck.

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] click to enlarge Ever since Katie Crutchfield wrote her first songs, she’s been chasing earworms. With her twin sister, Allison, she made fuzzy rock in a band called P.S. Eliot, an energy she injected into her subsequent solo work as Waxahatchee.