- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 23, 2025 at 2:02 pm
Ani and Righteous Babe sign the great Gail Ann Dorsey; Umphrey’s McGee returns to the Town Ballroom for the first time in a good while; And plenty of live music on offer all this week in WNY
- Umphrey’s McGee announces ‘Sky’s the Limit’ Tour, February Town Ballroom date included!by Jeff Miers on October 21, 2025 at 5:03 pm
New album ‘Blueprints’ explores innovative dynamics in fan-band interplay
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 16, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Shirley Manson of Garbage calls out the music industry; New concert announcements; And plenty of live music on offer all this week in WNY
- D’Angelo: 1974-2025. Farewell to a Musical Giantby Jeff Miers on October 15, 2025 at 9:24 pm
Elegant, eloquent, funky as hell, D’Angelo’s music changed the game forever.
- Bobby Previte 2025 – On his new band, Second Arrow, and the principles of playing in the momentby Jeff Miers on October 14, 2025 at 2:28 pm
The jazz drummer and composer talks latest ensemble ahead of 10/20/2025 show at The Cave in Buffalo, NY, to benefit the Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 9, 2025 at 9:18 pm
New concert announcements and live music all this week in WNY
- Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson will tour as Rush in 2026!by Jeff Miers on October 6, 2025 at 3:10 pm
German virtuoso drummer (and former Jeff Beck collaborator) Anika Nilles will join them in 12-date tour paying tribute to Neil Peart
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on October 1, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Dali Lama’s meditations set to music! Mohawk Place update! Steve Hackett comes to Kleinhans! Stereolab! Gary Numan! So much GOLD!
- Concert Review: Elbow Brings its Sound & Vision Statesideby Jeff Miers on September 30, 2025 at 7:38 pm
Manchester Band delivers arena-sized emotions to Intimate Buffalo club
- Concert Review: David Byrne – ‘Love is the New Punk Rock’by Jeff Miers on September 26, 2025 at 9:59 pm
Shea’s Theatre stop on the Who Is the Sky? tour took Buffalo to heaven
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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.
