- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Rising star Alex McArthur and jazz legend George Caldwellby Jeff Miers on February 12, 2026 at 6:03 pm
EP 49: Talk Billie Holiday, jazz and America
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 11, 2026 at 10:02 pm
Devo/Soul Coughing/Shilpa Ray triple bill announced for AKG Rockin’ the Knox! Plus: Arkells, Porchfest news, a host of new show announcements, and this week’s picks!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 5, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Murals Give Back + Music Is Art event, show announcements, plus some must-see picks!
- Umphreaks United!by Jeff Miers on February 4, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Umphrey’s McGee cooks some serious gumbo at Town Ballroom show
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on January 29, 2026 at 9:51 pm
Tori @ Artpark, Goose in TO, Talking Dead Heads, and other new show announcements, plus this week’s must-see picks!
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Troubadour, Road Dog and Folk Poet Greg Klymaby Jeff Miers on January 22, 2026 at 5:48 pm
EP 48: The Buffalo-born songwriter talks life on the road, the genesis of his life in music, and his enduring belief that common decency will prevail
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on January 20, 2026 at 10:53 pm
Flea gets freakier, Claypool digs for gold, a few short Road Trip recommendations, some new show announcements, and this week’s must-see picks!
- Flash Ticket Giveaway: Ryan Miller’s Charity Catwalk with The Strictly Hipby Jeff Miers on January 16, 2026 at 5:40 pm
If you’re a paid subscriber, you are eligible to win a pair of tix for tonight’s party!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on January 15, 2026 at 6:46 pm
A Righteous road trip, a pair of Pigeons, a few new show announcements, and this week’s picks!
- Bob Weir: A Life Well and Fully Livedby Jeff Miers on January 12, 2026 at 8:51 pm
Remembering and celebrating the Eternal Other One
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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.
