- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 24, 2026 at 10:01 pm
A few words from my better half; Concert announcements with some pre-sales tomorrow!; plus this week’s picks (and beyond).
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 18, 2026 at 6:49 pm
Live Nation Thinks We’re Stupid, Part II; New concert announcements, including Trey Anastasio at Kleinhan’s; and this week’s picks (and beyond).
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 11, 2026 at 9:36 pm
Trump’s DOJ hands Live Nation-Ticketmaster a free pass; Buffalo musicians celebrate their migrant neighbors; a host of new concert announcements; plus St. Paddy’s day shows and this week’s picks.
- ‘Child is Father to the Man’: Mammoth Crushes Buffaloby Jeff Miers on March 6, 2026 at 5:48 pm
The End Tour 2026 stops by the Town Ballroom for an epic show
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: UB Professor of Music Jon Nelsonby Jeff Miers on March 5, 2026 at 11:01 pm
EP 50: Talks Frank Zappa, Meridian Arts Ensemble, and Supporting His Students’ Creativity
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 4, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Live Nation/Ticketmaster in the hot seat (at least for now), some outstanding low-dough gigs on offer locally, a bevy of new shows announced, and this week’s picks!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 25, 2026 at 11:07 pm
McCartney gets his Wings, Borderland 2026 lineup announced, Ziggy Marley, Blackberry Smoke, Sue Foley, James McMurtry shows announced, and this week’s picks
- Borderland 2026 Lineup Announcedby Jeff Miers on February 24, 2026 at 3:47 pm
Headliners include Jack White, Alabama Shakes, Lord Huron, Pixies, The Head and the Heart, Jesse Welles
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 18, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Aid for musicians following Hertel Avenue flood, Springsteen hits the road with a Protest Tour, new concert announcements, and this week’s picks
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Rising star Alex McArthur and jazz legend George Caldwellby Jeff Miers on February 12, 2026 at 6:03 pm
EP 49: Talk Billie Holiday, jazz and America
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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.
