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Staying creative through a pandemic: Best of Rochester music so far in 2020

Staying creative through a pandemic: Best of Rochester music so far in 2020

Covid-19 has upended the music community at large — on the local, statewide and national levels. Today on the Rochester Rundown, though, we take a look at what Med City musicians have been able to do in the first half of 2020 — without live shows to play, it’s been all about recorded music. It’s a small roundup… just a snippet of the best music to come out of our city so far this year.


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