- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on August 28, 2025 at 3:26 pm
End of the Summer series lineups, a bit of news, announcements, and loads of show picks!
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Ani DiFrancoby Jeff Miers on August 22, 2025 at 12:15 pm
Ep. 42 – Ani DiFranco talks about the importance of ‘showing up’ in these unprecedented times
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on August 20, 2025 at 7:24 pm
Northwest Jazz Festival this weekend, music news, announcements, and gig picks through the rest of the month!
- Concert Review: Graham Nash is THAT guyby Jeff Miers on August 8, 2025 at 6:02 pm
Nash & Band’s Asbury Hall, Buffalo show offered a sold-out house a transcendent experience
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on August 6, 2025 at 9:13 pm
The Goos are coming! …some events for a good a cause, music news, announcements, and this week’s gig picks!
- Flash Ticket Giveaway: UltraBomb!by Jeff Miers on August 4, 2025 at 3:00 pm
New punk supergroup plays Sportsmens Tavern August 4 (Tonight!)
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 31, 2025 at 12:00 am
Some music news, new concert announcements, and this week’s gig picks!
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Goo Goo Dolls Bassist Robby Takac Returnsby Jeff Miers on July 24, 2025 at 3:46 pm
Ep. 40 – Robby discusses the Summer Anthem Tour and “A Boy Named Goo”, the new generation of Goo Goo Dolls fans, and his upcoming Music is Art Festival
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 23, 2025 at 5:09 pm
A fond farewell to the ‘Prince of Darkness’; Battle of the Borderland announced; Must-see gigs abound!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 16, 2025 at 7:28 pm
A Beatle is coming to town, a killer jazz fest in downtown Buffalo, and a full list of recommended gigs for this week!
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Friday I’m in Love: My Favorite New Music This Week
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Gila Monster; Mike Gordon, Flying Games; Yes, Mirror to the Sky; and Dave Matthews Band, Walk Around the Moon
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
We’re off to the races. Choose your concert companions wisely and get a good grip on your stamina, folks
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What’s in my headphones: This week’s musical obsession – The ecstasy of XTC
I’m prone to listening jags. Serious ones. The tend to last several weeks. They run deep. And the deeper they run, the more likely they are to recur.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
At long last, here comes sunshine! And with it, for those of us who live this music-centric life, a deep desire for live shows – indoors, outdoors, anywhere at all.
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Friday I’m in Love: My favorite new music this week
Peter Gabriel, Four Kinds of Horses (Bright-Side Mix); The 3 Clubmen, Aviatrix and more
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Damone’s Tuesday Night Music Club
By the time he launched his band The Outcome 5 years back, Damone Jackson was already regarded as one of the most virtuosic and dynamic drummers in all of Western New York. Today, however, Jackson needs to be viewed through a wider lens.
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Friday I’m in Love: My favorite new music this week
The National, First Two Pages of Frankenstein; Pearl Jam, Give Way; Beach House and more
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Rest in peace, Harry Belafonte, singer, activist, humanitarian
The voice of Harry Belafonte, who died at age 96 on Tuesday, is one of those vehicles of emotional overload for me, and has been for most of my life.
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Metallica’s ’72 Seasons’: A symphony of sound, fury and… introspection?
With the release of “72 Seasons,” the band’s 11th studio album, it becomes apparent that even the mighty Metallica has had to face the morning after…
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Creating cultural infrastructure: How do we make Buffalo a real ‘Music City’?
We all enjoy it, but we don’t do much to ensure its survival, or to fully capitalize on what it has to offer. And yet, in other markets, music, when employed in a deliberate and intentional way, has been proven to deliver economic, social and cultural growth.
