Gusto Sessions with Jeff Miers

Michael Farrow and the band – bassist and co-founder André Pilette, drummer Tim Webb, percussionist Michael Ruopoli, guitarist Cory Clancy, keyboardist Rufus “Breezy” Cole Jr. and backing vocalist Danielle Johnson – recently stopped by GCR Audio Recording Studios for a live performance and chat that covered the roots of their musical union, their songwriting process, and their firm belief that, as Pete Townshend once wrote, "you ca...

Whatever the size of the crowd, one thing has remained constant: Vin DeRosa's musicianship is always presented through a lens of love and light.

DeRosa’s main vehicle, the soul/funk/R&B/pop/indie-rock supergroup Vitamin D, has evolved into a meeting ground for some of the finest and most adventurous musicians in the region. DeRosa was recently at GCR Audio Recording Studios for a performance and interview with Jeff Miers.

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Marcus Lolo is a pianist, composer, producer and educator who now proudly calls Buffalo home. His intensive training in classical music, coupled with a deep love for jazz and the rhythmic, harmonic and folk traditions of Haiti combine to make him a musician with a unique ability to fuse styles and cultural influences.

Lolo was joined by bassist Taj Felton, drummer Isaiah Gethers and percussionist Dontrae Alonso at GCR Audio Record...

The delightfully decadent garage rock/power-pop outfit Perilous, a quartet with a penchant for brutal guitar riffs and infectious chorus hooks, recently performed at GCR Audio Recording Studios.

Included in the setlist was the band’s debut single, “Rock ’n’ Roll Kiss,” which made it into heavy rotation on infamous Los Angeles DJ Rodney Bingenheimer’s show on Sirius XM’s “Underground Garage” station.

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Tokyo Monsters brought the full strength and scope of their live sound to GCR Audio Recording Studios for a set showcasing the band’s ability to bring classic rock chops to bear on present-day indie rock. 

Vocalist/guitarist Joseph Baldwin, guitarist Steven Rybarczyk, bassist Chris Baldwin and drummer Nathan Ronca joined Buffalo News Music Critic Jeff Miers for a discussion. Joseph Baldwin said of the band's collaborative process,...

A sound both deep and textured, imbued with sonic experimentation, and bolstered by elegiac vocal harmonies is what indie/alternative duo tuesday nite brought to GCR Audio Recording Studios for a live performance.

Sara Elizabeth and Courtney Ann, veterans of the Buffalo independent music scene, also joined Buffalo News Music Critic Jeff Miers for an interview. Sara Elizabeth said, "People would ask us, ‘O...

O'Mega Red brings his "hip-rock" to GCR Audio Recording Studios for a live performance. He describes rock and hip-hop as "sister genres" and points to the fact "rock originated from Black culture" as proof music evolves in a circular fashion, and that all of these genre subdivisions are in fact connected.

"I fuse a lot of different genres and always have," O'Mega Red told Buffalo News Music Critic Jeff Miers.

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Rod Bonner and his striking mélange of funk, soul, R&B and jazz-fusion takes over GCR Studio with a live in-studio performance, featuring drummer Carl "Flute" Johnson, and a candid chat with Buffalo News Music Critic Jeff Miers.

“I’ve been blessed to be able to get into as many different musical situations as I can and flow with as many different genres of music as possible," says Bonner, who played t...

Live in-studio performance and a behind-the-scenes chat with Fernway, who played a sold-out Town Ballroom in June. The band's take on modern indie, alternative and emo is showcased in this year's full-length tour de force, “Autocrave,” a record conceived, composed and recorded during the pandemic.

"The writing process was a lot of working separately, sending demos back and forth and trading files," vocalist/guitarist RJ DeMarco te...