- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 24, 2024 at 9:38 pm
Some Cobblestoned Vibes and Borderland festival news, Robby Takac’s new bourbon, show announcements, and recommendations for the coming week (or so)
- Happiness Makes You Cry: A Review of the Flaming Lips at Artparkby Jeff Miers on July 23, 2024 at 11:06 pm
The band’s ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ anniversary tour melted faces and hearts in Lewiston
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 18, 2024 at 6:53 pm
At last – The Flaming Lips! Plus, Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Fest, Type Relevant, Talking Dead Heads, Gantzer/Spafford, and much more…
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Episode 22 – Live Music Curator and Lifelong Music Lover, Dave Wedekindtby Jeff Miers on July 15, 2024 at 9:06 pm
Welcome to Why Music Matters…the podcast where we examine the power and influence that music can wield in our lives. Today, I’m excited to welcome an old friend to the podcast. Dave Wedekindt has been working behind the scenes to enrich the lives of music fans throughout the Western New York region for several decades.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 3, 2024 at 4:53 pm
New show announcements, a handful of postponements, and a curated list of essential summer concerts in the coming weeks
- Music is Art Festival moves to Outer Harborby Jeff Miers on July 2, 2024 at 3:43 pm
Organizers cite ‘too many challenges’ at proposed AKG Art Museum location
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 26, 2024 at 8:15 pm
M’Dou Moctar melts faces & hearts at Asbury Hall, Chuckie Campbell, Stress Dolls, Dellwood & the Nightshades, & more
- BEAT Goes On!by Jeff Miers on June 25, 2024 at 2:51 pm
‘Belew/Vai/Levin/Carey Play 80s King Crimson’ will perform at UB’s Center for the Arts on December 2nd
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Episode 21 – the talented and soulful David Michael Millerby Jeff Miers on June 22, 2024 at 12:02 pm
A conversation with the Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Producer and Bandleader
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 20, 2024 at 12:02 pm
Hello summer! Great live shows abound – inside and out
- Farewell to the dark and beautiful heart of the true ‘Alternative Buffalo’by Jeff Miers on June 19, 2024 at 6:04 pm
Like so many others, I found my tribe at the Old Pink.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 5, 2024 at 8:54 pm
A WTBA double edition: So many gigs, so little time…
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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.