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October 13, 2025

Free Game with Diddy: The Hip-Hop Icon Bringing Peace and Purpose to Prison

Sean “Diddy” Combs has gone from orchestrating global music empires to building something unexpected behind bars: a community. Inside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), the 55-year-old mogul—awaiting sentencing on October 3 after

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September 11, 2025

Cho-Liang Lin’s Career Advice Every Music Student Needs for Today’s Industry

When Cho-Liang Lin told his Rice University students they had exactly two hours to prepare a substantial chamber work for professional performance, he wasn’t being cruel. He was simulating industry reality. Most

SoleTurn Delivers on Beach

By Tony Farina SoleTurn was in great form Friday night at the

SoleTurn Album Now Available; Big Show Set for Friday Night in Hamburg

By Tony Farina Even as the rock band SoleTurn wraps up work

THE HIT LIST

THU AUG 25 CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Canalside Thurs August 25th 6pm • Free Primus’ Les Claypool and Sean Lennon (son of John and

August 26, 2016

Music

Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon & Tesla

English metal lords Def Leppard formed in 1977 as part of the new wave of Heavy Meal. The band deserves a salute for staing

August 26, 2016

Music

THE 15th ANNUAL LEWISTON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016 FRIDAY AUGUST 26th & SATURDAY AUGUST 27th

by Robin “Moose” Scott Jr. The Lewiston Jazz Festival kicks off its 15th year with a bang. Drawing over 40,000 people annually Lewiston’s Jazz

August 25, 2016

Music

BABEFEST 2016

Righteous Babe Records and singer/songwriter/activist Ani DiFranco is announce the inaugural festival “Babefest,” a festival of social activism, comedy and music. Ani Di Franco

August 25, 2016

Music

Star people offer an evening of Miles Davis

BY JACOB JAY The Buffalo jazz ensemble, Star People will perform the music of trumpeter Miles Davis at PAUSA Art House on Wadsworth Street

August 18, 2016

Music

SYT: JEFF DUNHAM; Tue; 8/16; 7:30 pm Hamburg Fairgrounds

JEFF DUNHAM; Tue; 8/16; 7:30 pm Hamburg Fairgrounds Gen adm $40/ Reserved $50 Jeff Dunham is arguably the greatest ventriloquist of all time (with

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: Drake and Future; Fri 8/12 6:30pm; First Niagara Center

Drake and Future Fri 8/12; 6:30 pm First Niagara Center Tickets start at $120 Canadian superstar Drake will be coming to Buffalo fresh off

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: ROB THOMAS & COUNTING CROWS; SAT 8/13 6:45pm; Seneca Niagara Casino

ROB THOMAS & COUNTING CROWS Seneca Niagara Casino Tickets Start at $36 SAT 8/13 6:45pm Alternative Rock bands The Counting Crows and Rob Thomas are in

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: STYX; Tue. 8/16; 6:30pm; Artpark

Tue. 8/16; 6:30pm STYX w/Special guests Tim Montana & The Sherdnecks Artpark • tickets $12 Artpark offers 70’s/80’s progressive rock band Styx as part of

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: Asleep At The Wheel; WED 8/17; 7:pm; Sportsmens Tavern

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Sportsmens Tavern $45 adv/$50 at door Nine-time Grammy Award winner and voted Best Country and Western Band by Rolling Stone

August 11, 2016

Music

Senso Di Voce at Silo City

SENSO DI VOCE AT SILO CITY Vocalist Esin Gündüz and oboist Megan Kyle create an otherworldly soundscape By Jan Jezioro photo: Maryam Muliaee Some

July 21, 2016

Music

Heart, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett: Triple threat at Darien Lake

By Mike Hudson Some things just fall in the category of “no brainers” and looking at the upcoming week’s concert schedule, Heart, Cheap Trick

July 21, 2016

Music

Jazz Greats, Juini Booth, Charles Gayle offer Young musicians a chance to perform at upcoming Buffalo gathering

By Mike Hudson and Frank Parlato Legendary jazz bassist and Buffalo native Arthur ‘Juini’ Booth will be program director for the Buffalo Institute for

July 7, 2016

Music

Ex-teen idol Nick Jonas hoping to grow up in public with Buffalo gig

By Mike Hudson For a pop star, having an audience made up of 12-year-old girls is great at first. They’ll buy pretty much any

July 7, 2016

Music

The Hollywood Vampires, Cooper, Depp and Perry to play Seneca Niagara Casino

BY MIKE HUDSON You take Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, singer Alice Cooper and actor currently in the middle of an outrageously messy divorce Johnny

June 30, 2016

Music

BPO has a Big July

By Jan Jezioro The BPO ended its very successful Classics Concert Series in Kleinhans Music Hall a few weeks ago with a visually thrilling,

June 30, 2016

Music

FORTE TENORS: KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL

The talent we see in people today is simply explosive, and access to things that influence their talent extends farther than anytime in history.

June 23, 2016

Music

Bob Dylan at Artpark?

What could you possibly have better to do? By Mike Hudson Bob Dylan doesn’t have to tour, he doesn’t have to play shows. He’s

June 23, 2016

Music

No Direction Home, Like a Rolling Stone: Our Friends Band

BY REUBEN WOLF Quite possibly, Upstate New York’s best-kept secret is its vast and eclectic music scene. From jam bands to rap groups to

June 16, 2016

Music

Concerts You Shouldn’t Miss

Buffalo News music editor Jeff Miers recently published a must-see concert list that we thought was right on. We’d like to second the nominations

June 9, 2016

Music

Shot! Nickel City Opera Lays Its Future On The Line With Premiere Of New Opera About The History Of Buffalo

The world premiere of “Shot!” a new opera by composer Persis Vehar, will take place on Friday June 10 at 8pm, and Sunday June

June 9, 2016

Music

Connie Campanaro Brings Home the Bacon

The event was every bit as successful as Campanaro believed it would be, but eventually she decided ASI wasn’t a good fit for her

May 19, 2016

Music

From Mozart to Strauss

This weekend, Buffalo Philharmonic music director JoAnn Falletta will be on the podium in Kleinhans this Saturday at 8:30pm, and on Sunday at 2:30pm

March 17, 2016

Music

Musical Metamorphosis

The Friends of Vienna resumes its long-running chamber music concert series on Sunday, March 13 at 3:30pm in the Unity Church at 1243 Delaware

March 10, 2016

Music

Buffalo’s Big Comeback – Stuggling Artists Don’t See It

We’ve all seen the headline stories about our fabulous renaissance: “Buffalo Fights Back” the New York Times; “Buffalo’s Comeback” Urban Land Magazine; “Millennials Love

March 10, 2016

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Free Game with Diddy: The Hip-Hop Icon Bringing Peace and Purpose to Prison

Cho-Liang Lin’s Career Advice Every Music Student Needs for Today’s Industry

SoleTurn Delivers on Beach

SoleTurn Album Now Available; Big Show Set for Friday Night in Hamburg

THE HIT LIST

Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon & Tesla

THE 15th ANNUAL LEWISTON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016 FRIDAY AUGUST 26th & SATURDAY AUGUST 27th

BABEFEST 2016

Star people offer an evening of Miles Davis

SYT: JEFF DUNHAM; Tue; 8/16; 7:30 pm Hamburg Fairgrounds

SYT: Drake and Future; Fri 8/12 6:30pm; First Niagara Center

SYT: ROB THOMAS & COUNTING CROWS; SAT 8/13 6:45pm; Seneca Niagara Casino

SYT: STYX; Tue. 8/16; 6:30pm; Artpark

SYT: Asleep At The Wheel; WED 8/17; 7:pm; Sportsmens Tavern

Senso Di Voce at Silo City

Heart, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett: Triple threat at Darien Lake

Jazz Greats, Juini Booth, Charles Gayle offer Young musicians a chance to perform at upcoming Buffalo gathering

Ex-teen idol Nick Jonas hoping to grow up in public with Buffalo gig

The Hollywood Vampires, Cooper, Depp and Perry to play Seneca Niagara Casino

BPO has a Big July

FORTE TENORS: KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL

Bob Dylan at Artpark?

No Direction Home, Like a Rolling Stone: Our Friends Band

Concerts You Shouldn’t Miss

Shot! Nickel City Opera Lays Its Future On The Line With Premiere Of New Opera About The History Of Buffalo

Connie Campanaro Brings Home the Bacon

From Mozart to Strauss

Musical Metamorphosis

Buffalo’s Big Comeback – Stuggling Artists Don’t See It

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How German Tech Pioneer Bernhard Fritsch Escaped the Reach of American Courts

MoMA Unveils the Biggest Show in Its History by a Woman Artist: Ruth Asawa

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