- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 9, 2024 at 9:31 pm
John Lennon’s 84th birthday celebration, The Caz opens its doors in South Buffalo, and this week’s live music picks
- FLASH Ticket Giveaway: Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers LIVE tonight!by Jeff Miers on October 7, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Score a pair of free tickets to tonight’s show at the West Herr Riviera Theatre
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 2, 2024 at 10:18 pm
Miles Davis on my mind, Denny Tedesco’s ‘Immediate Family,’ and this week’s live music picks
- Casting a Golden Lightby Jeff Miers on October 1, 2024 at 5:36 pm
‘The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal’ will touch your heart, and then break it, beautifully
- “Why Music Matters” Bobby Previte: The art of balancing on the edge of chaosby Jeff Miers on September 27, 2024 at 4:09 pm
Ep. 26 features the renowned drummer and composer reflecting on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and the thrill of living in the musical moment
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on September 26, 2024 at 6:17 pm
Music is Art: Home at Last! Plus Folkfaces Fest 8, new show announcements, and this week’s must-see gigs
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on September 19, 2024 at 5:02 pm
Music Is Art Festival 2024: Some must-sees and essential info, plus new show announcements and picks for the week
- Borderland 2024: Well, that was epic!by Jeff Miers on September 17, 2024 at 5:35 pm
The Black Crowes, Caamp, Marcus King, DSO, Cory Wong, and a cast of thousands conspire to create high watermark for annual festival
- “Why Music Matters” Damone Jackson, Eric Crittenden and David Cloyd roundtableby Jeff Miers on September 13, 2024 at 2:35 pm
Ep. 25 features three diversely talented musicians and music educators, who also happen to be movers and shakers in the Buffalo and Western New York music scene
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on September 12, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Back to the Borderland, baby! And some music news & show announcements
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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.
