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All anyone could say following Marcus Miller’s jaw-dropping spell inside The Bear’s Den at Seneca Niagara Casino on Friday night was ‘wow.’ The electric bass extraordinaire and Miles Davis collaborator had just come into Western New York and given Jazz…
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Shattered Sun’s debut album, “Hope Within Hatred,” is due to drop on Apr. 21, but don’t expect anyone to throw an exorbitant celebration on their behalf. First of all, I don’t think that vocalist Marcos Leal’s ego (or lack thereof)…
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A funny thing happened about 15 minutes into Leon Russell’s tightly wound set inside The Bear’s Den on Saturday night. After three tunes of fleeting musical exhilaration, the room’s vibe turned on a dime and the stage became a hot…
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Five weeks. That’s how long Randy Blythe was confined before the judges occupying the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic woke up and realized that the prosecution didn’t have a leg to stand on. That’s how long the Lamb of…
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Korn materialized from the murky depths of Bakersfield, CA at a time when mainstream rock radio was reeling after the loss of Kurt Cobain from the airwaves. From coast to coast, labels were churning out carbon copies of Nirvana hoping…
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His parents were members of a Jazz trio and raised their children in an environment where music was either played, listened to, or talked about in every way imaginable. He played bass for Alice Cooper on three studio albums during…
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At the end of Christopher Nolan’s sprawling socio-political crime drama, “The Dark Knight,” Jim Gordon’s son asks him why Batman has chosen to go on the run following the death of Harvey Dent. He responds by saying that “he’s the…
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Multi-Platinum selling recording artist Kid Rock arrived on Buffalo’s Town Ballroom stage recently to the tune of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin,” because, if anyone knows the reality of growing up in South Detroit, it’s the original “Devil Without a Cause.”…
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Only time will tell if Justin Hayward’s mercurial set inside The Bear’s Den goes down as one of the greatest in venue history, but, from a strictly auditory perspective, I don’t know if any show, be it past, present, or…
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The concert road trip is an inspirational rite of passage that everyone should indulge in at least once during their lifetime. The sights, sounds, and velvety air of unpredictability that envelop the experience draw a thin line between euphoria and…
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