- 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
- Borderland 2025 Lineup Announcedby Jeff Miers on February 25, 2025 at 5:28 pm
Headliners include Vampire Weekend, Khruangbin, Mt. Joy, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Band of Horses and more…
- Jack Rabbit is a Cultural Asset. Protect It.by Jeff Miers on February 21, 2025 at 5:42 pm
A small but aggressively vocal group of neighbors has been claiming fault where there is none to be found for several years.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 20, 2025 at 5:45 pm
An arts & music culture under attack, some groovy music news, new shows I’m stoked for, and this week’s recommended gig list
- 30 Years of Memorable Musical Experiences at UB’s Center for the Artsby Jeff Miers on February 19, 2025 at 10:44 pm
My fondest memories from an incredible three-decade run (and some honorable mentions, too)
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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.
