- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on December 10, 2025 at 5:43 pm
4th Annual Musician’s Mixer @ Jack Rabbit; new concert announcements; music news; and this week’s picks
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Evan Laedkeby Jeff Miers on December 7, 2025 at 11:15 pm
Ep. 46 – ‘Rockabilly’ Musician, live music entrepreneur, and Music Director of Third Space
- All In the Family: Allman Betts Family Revival Slays Us at Kleinhansby Jeff Miers on December 5, 2025 at 10:15 pm
Devon Allman and Duane Betts assert their birthrights with stellar, star-studded show
- Wille Nile chats Buffalo show, the power of rock n roll to elevate, and ‘The Great Yellow Light’by Jeff Miers on December 4, 2025 at 8:22 pm
Rock legend/poet/songwriter plays The Town Ballroom in Buffalo on Friday, December 5!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on December 3, 2025 at 7:07 pm
It’s called Gratitude! Big concert announcements; music news; and this week’s picks
- Goos Give a Thanksgiving Gift to Buffaloby Jeff Miers on November 21, 2025 at 5:58 pm
Twin intimate shows at The Town Ballroom raise spirits, and $150,000 for FeedMore WNY
- FLASH Ticket Giveaway: Cut Copy!by Jeff Miers on November 19, 2025 at 7:30 pm
GRAMMY-nominated “pioneers of Australian Electronic Music” play Electric City, Thursday, November 20
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on November 19, 2025 at 4:47 pm
Goos rock Town Ballroom for FeedMore WNY; New shows; music news and this week’s picks
- ‘Do You Feel Like Letting Go?!?’by Jeff Miers on November 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm
Paul McCartney and his stellar band offer Buffalo an unforgettable evening
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: ‘Rockabilly’ Greg Hennesseyby Jeff Miers on November 14, 2025 at 4:53 pm
Ep. 45 – Podcaster and WNY music historian
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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.
