- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 9, 2025 at 9:18 pm
New concert announcements and live music all this week in WNY
- Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson will tour as Rush in 2026!by Jeff Miers on October 6, 2025 at 3:10 pm
German virtuoso drummer (and former Jeff Beck collaborator) Anika Nilles will join them in 12-date tour paying tribute to Neil Peart
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 1, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Dali Lama’s meditations set to music! Mohawk Place update! Steve Hackett comes to Kleinhans! Stereolab! Gary Numan! So much GOLD!
- Concert Review: Elbow Brings its Sound & Vision Statesideby Jeff Miers on September 30, 2025 at 7:38 pm
Manchester Band delivers arena-sized emotions to Intimate Buffalo club
- Concert Review: David Byrne – ‘Love is the New Punk Rock’by Jeff Miers on September 26, 2025 at 9:59 pm
Shea’s Theatre stop on the Who Is the Sky? tour took Buffalo to heaven
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Ulithian Vibes – From Micronesia to Buffalo, With Loveby Jeff Miers on September 25, 2025 at 3:15 pm
Ep. 43- Reggae band from the Ulithian Atoll tell their story and discuss their connection to Buffalo
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on September 24, 2025 at 7:23 pm
Dis/Connect: A global day to unplug from digital distractions; David Byrne comes to Shea’s; and a heavily curated list of recommended shows for the coming week! So much GOLD!
- Joss Stone: On her ‘Less Is More’ tour, motherhood, road life, and keeping the flame burningby Jeff Miers on September 22, 2025 at 9:48 pm
Watch the interview and register to win tickets to Joss’ Oct. 1 show at UB’s Center for the Arts!
- Review: Borderland Festival 2025by Jeff Miers on September 17, 2025 at 10:44 pm
Three incredible days of peace, love, community and music
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on September 11, 2025 at 1:47 pm
Borderland is here! And there are loads of other shows this week…Plus, concert announcements and show picks
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Free Phish webcasts, James Casey benefit, Steve Earle, Northwest Jazz Festival & more
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Jack Rabbit to the rescue!
Elmwood Village establishment teams with 42 North Brewing, CBW and Three Chord Bourbon to pay bands at Elmwood Village ArtFest
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The myth of ‘Exposure,’ and other lies
Elmwood Village ArtFest organizers ask bands to play for free
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Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers ep. 2: guest Michael Franti
A Chat With Musician, Songwriter, Performer & Activist, Michael Franti
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Zuri Appleby, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mikaela Davis and more!
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
The Great Flamingle II, more ‘Days of the Dead,’ Arkells, Drumwork Music Fest and more
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‘Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers’ now live and streaming everywhere!
For the first episode, I was blessed to be joined by JoAnn Falletta, world-renowned conductor, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and tireless advocate for music’s ability to speak to and unite us across physical, social and cultural borders
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‘Rush saved my life,’ excerpt # 2
A conversation with music journalist Anil Prasad about progressive rock icons RUSH
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Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music & Concert News
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Queen City Jazz Fest, Celebrating Summer Jam ’73, Big Easy in Buffalo
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Excerpts from ‘Rush saved my life: 40 years of memories from the world’s most devout fans’
To warm up for the Rush 716 Masterclass & Tribute Concert at The Cave on Thursday August 3, I’m sharing some excerpted chapters from the book I’ve been working on. Here’s the first!
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
The Great Flamingle II, Lazlo Hollyfeld and The Damone Jackson Outcome, Larkin Poe with the Allman Betts Band, and more
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I love Dead & Co! Fight me!
As the farewell tour kicks off its 3-night conclusion in San Francisco, it’s abundantly clear that Dead & Co have made it plain not just that they’re going out on top, but that this particular lineup is quite possibly the finest vessel of Grateful Dead music to emerge since the 1995 death of Jerry Garcia.
