- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on April 3, 2025 at 12:46 pm
Herbie Hancock UB CFA date announced, Jazz Appreciation Month kicks off, Band Against Bullying, and this week’s gig picks
- Concert review: Cheap Trick & Heart, Buffalo, NY, 3/31/25by Jeff Miers on April 2, 2025 at 5:50 pm
After the fire, the flame still burns…
- Why Music Matters: Elliott Hunt and Chris Lillis of indie-pop buzz band Letter To Eliseby Jeff Miers on March 28, 2025 at 12:31 pm
Ep. 34 – Members of the up-and-coming indie band behind the cover of the Killers’ ‘Mr. Brightside’ with Goo Goo Dolls’ Robby Takac
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 27, 2025 at 1:27 pm
Ani DiFranco returns to Buffalo, Northwest and Rochester Jazz Festivals feature big talent, a slew of concert announcements and tons of must-see shows over the next month!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 21, 2025 at 1:34 pm
Crisis at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Steve Earle comes to town, the Killers CMAC announcement, the BPO celebrates a Buffalo-born composer, and a curated list of concert picks
- Why Music Matters: Dweezil Zappaby Jeff Miers on March 14, 2025 at 1:54 pm
Ep. 33 – Return of the Son Of… Guitarist, bandleader and songwriter
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 13, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Steven Wilson drops a majestic ‘Overview,’ new show announcements at Artpark, a music-lover’s future file, and this week’s live music picks
- Alone Togetherby Jeff Miers on March 8, 2025 at 9:44 pm
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve blend transcendent beauty with brutal truth at UB’s Center for the Arts
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 6, 2025 at 1:16 pm
Grosh drops Tim Lefebvre-produced new album, new show announcements, and this week’s picks
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 27, 2025 at 1:01 pm
New show announcements keep coming, hints of Spring’s inevitable arrival, and this week’s picks
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Metric, black midi, Dirty Work, Jeremy Dutcher and more!
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My Morning Jacket melted my face!
There can be no doubt that My Morning Jacket melted my face and rearranged my musical cosmos with their 20-song set.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
My Morning Jacket, Umphrey’s McGee and Death Kings after-party, Music is Art Festival Fundraiser, and more
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Michael Franti’s musical mission
Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at Artpark Ampitheatre tonight (June 21) beginning at 6 p.m., and I caught up with the bandleader, songwriter, philanthropist and activist earlier this week for a discussion centering on the positive role that music has played in Franti’s own life, and the lives of his international fanbase. That full discussion…
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Mike Gordon and band make a meaningful connection at Town Ballroom show
Mike Gordon’s two-set show highlighted the Phish bassist’s gifts as songwriter and bandleader, and thrilled those assembled.
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Friday I’m in Love: New King Gizzard makes the apocalypse sound like fun
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard delivers a full-bore, detuned, blast beat-bearing, end of the world-summoning metal album.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
An Evening with Mike Gordon, The 5th Annual Strawberry Moon Festival, Whitetails and more
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Robby Takac announces 21st anniversary Music is Art Festival
If there’s one thing Robby Takac has learned over the past two decades of presenting his Music is Art Festival to Buffalo audiences, it’s how to roll with the punches.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Ain’t no time to hate, barely time to wait…I’ve been making hay while the sun shines, as the saying goes, eagerly stuffing myself on a diet of live music and washing it all down with the occasional Buffalo-born craft beer
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music and concert news
The summer concert season moves from tentative first-step to straight-up mad dash this week, without so much as a pause for a quick gear shift in between.
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Of a Fire on Mt. Joy
Artpark’s outdoor amphitheater season opener was a warm and glowing affair.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Two of the week’s biggest shows are completely sold out… Good to see the summer gig season off to a strong start, at any rate.
