- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 9, 2026 at 1:01 pm
Taste of Buffalo band line up, South Buffalo porchfest, another ticket giveaway, a few show announcements and plenty of music coming up
- Why Music Matters w/Jeff Miers: A Conversation with John Bacon, Jr.by Jeff Miers on July 8, 2026 at 10:13 pm
EP 56: A Legacy in Motion
- Todd Bless Americaby Jeff Miers on July 7, 2026 at 4:33 pm
Rundgren’s ‘Damned If I Do Tour’ rolled into North Tonawanda on Monday evening and offered some healing to the faithful
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 2, 2026 at 4:37 pm
4th of July celebrations, 10,000 Maniacs 45th Anniversary Concert and Arts Festival, new concert announcements and shows to check out this month
- A Divided Sky over Allentownby Jeff Miers on June 30, 2026 at 11:51 pm
Phish’s Trey Anastasio digs deep for transcendent show, with guest, Buffalo’s own Jeff Tanski
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 24, 2026 at 10:38 pm
‘That Time I Bought James McMurtry a Budweiser;’ Legends Lenny White and Rachel Z come to The Cave; Dead & Brothers en route; And tons of shows to check out over the next few weeks
- Why Music Matters w/Jeff Miers: A Conversation with Eric Crittendenby Jeff Miers on June 24, 2026 at 2:03 pm
EP 55: Saxophonist, keyboardist and singer with deep roots in our region’s funk, soul, r&b and jam scenes
- The Greatest Story Ever (Re)toldby Jeff Miers on June 23, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Dark Star Orchestra lovingly recreates the Grateful Dead’s 9/15/72 show on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor
- Do the Devolution! (Is Buffalo, Is Not Buffalo)by Jeff Miers on June 11, 2026 at 3:49 pm
Rockin at the AKG triple-threat lineup featuring Devo, Soul Coughing and Shilpa Ray kicked off the summer in style
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 11, 2026 at 12:56 am
East Aurora’s Heat of Music Festival, Music Matters Summer Concert Series launches, a few concert announcements; and tons of shows to check out over the next few weeks
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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.
