When western New York’s summer concert lineup began to filter out near the end of May, the show that catapulted its way to the peak position for many astute music aficionados was Jane’s Addiction at Artpark. The reunited lineup of…

In Allison Ellwood’s sprawling documentary, “History of the Eagles: Part One,” she includes a scene in which Glenn Frey is reminiscing about the time he lived downstairs from an aspiring Southern California visionary named Jackson Browne. Frey recalls listening through…

On a night when the echoes of Robin Williams’s death trickled down through the Artpark Mainstage Theater, Jackson Browne’s doleful performance of “Song for Adam” nearly became a cross too arduous to bear.  While he himself may not have heard…

The most fascinating thing about Ingrid Michaelson’s performance at Town Ballroom last Friday was the affable way in which she tore down the fourth wall and invited her mostly teen to twenty-something female admirers to join in the fun. Instead…

James Brown believed it was a man’s world back in 1966, but, if you were inside the Seneca Niagara Events Center last Thursday evening, you know that the Wilson sisters still have plenty to say in response to what Rolling…

The last time that Guns N’ Roses set foot in Western New York prior to Wednesday’s conquering of Buffalo’s Outer Harbor was July 25, 1992.  The band was riding a commercial wave in the wake of the “Use Your Illusion”…

Faithful readers of this column are aware that the conventional, cotton candy crop of modern-day Country music doesn’t’ exactly get my senses brimming with jubilation.  I find the majority of the genre’s output to be either overproduced pop debris or…