http://www.niagara-gazette.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:36:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_200093908.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_200093908.html For most people, the ‘60s are a distant memory, but all those memories will be celebrated at the fourth annual Summer of ‘69 reunion concert this weekend.Although the venues for the two-day event are in Lewiston and Youngstown, performers are coming from all over. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:03:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_199100944.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_199100944.html Deadheads, get ready.Famed drummer Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead plays Thursday in the Square tonight with the Mickey Hart Band. Buffalo marks the 12th stop on the band’s first major tour together, and two weeks in, it’s been nothing short of a success. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:16:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_198092555.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_198092555.html Rush will be appearing on “The Colbert Report,” and it’s not Limbaugh.The Canadian band Rush, which hasn’t performed on U.S. television in more than three decades, will play their classic “Tom Sawyer” on the Comedy Central show Wednesday (11:30 p.m. EST). The Geddy Lee-led trio, which is currently on tour, hasn’t played on U.S. television since 1975. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:36:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_193100741.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_193100741.html The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off its annual, Summerfest on Saturday at Artpark, a series that will see 10 performances come to the Lewiston venue. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_192094851.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_192094851.html In the Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit, Lockport’s Kenan Center brings together the recent work of the area’s artists, photographers and sculptors in a juried show that remains one of Western New York’s most significant productions.This year’s exhibit, the 39th (and final as an annual event; it goes biennial beginning in 2010) opens Sunday with a free public reception and runs through Aug. 24. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_184154552.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_184154552.html After more than 35 years in existence, Kansas carries on. The band, best known for classic rock hits such as “Carry On Wayward Son,” “Dust in the Wind” and “Point of Know Return,” brings its time-tested brand of heartland prog-rock to Artpark on Tuesday. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_184153355.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_184153355.html Motley Crue’s new album, “Saints Of Los Angeles,” is justifiably being lauded as a return to the group’s classic rowdy hard rock form.There are probably those who would guess that Motley Crue consciously wanted to make an album that recalled such career-defining albums as “Shout At The Devil” (1983), “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987) and “Dr. Feelgood” (1989).The reality, according to bassist Nikki Sixx, couldn’t be much different. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_178100456.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_178100456.html Martin Sexton is in a harmonious place.Sexton, who started his career as a Boston street musician, has gone from independent artist to major-label musician and back again. The Syracuse native performs tonight at Buffalo’s Thursday at the Square.Sexton recently spoke to Night and Day in a phone interview from his cabin in the Adirondacks. He talked of painting and enjoying nature, generally sounding like a man who’s comfortable with his current lot in life. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_171095515.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_171095515.html Dewey Bunnell of America admits that he thought the group by the end of the 1990s was probably entering a phase of being a touring-only act. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_170092812.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_170092812.html James McMurtry never wrote political songs because he didn’t like listening to them much.His exception was the music of fellow Texas native Steve Earle. When Earle released “The Revolution Starts Now” in the midst of the 2004 presidential campaign, it inspired McMurtry to pick up his pen.The result was “We Can’t Make it Here,” a sneering, searing indictment of the Bush administration released online just before George W. Bush won a second term. He invited fans to make their own videos, making it a YouTube hit viewed more than 150,000 times and the best-known song of a 20-year musical career. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_163155700.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/gnnnightanddaymusic_story_163155700.html Three Dog Night, best known for hits such as “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” “Joy to the World” and “An Old-Fashioned Love Song,” will take over Artpark on Tuesday.The band, which released 12 consecutive gold albums and 11 top 10 singles between 1969 and 1975, still plays about 80 to 100 concerts a year, according to lead vocalist Cory Wells, a Buffalo native who spoke to Night and Day on the phone from Seattle. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_158094405.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_158094405.html Ask Jason Aldean if he’s paid his dues to become a country music star, and he’ll probably brush the question off with his ever-so-humble Southern drawl. But in reality, it has been 10 long years since the Macon, Ga., native decided he’d try to make it in country music. While he’s had his bumps along the way, he never seems to stop working hard. Aldean makes his way Friday to the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center as the opener for Tim McGraw. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:37:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_157094305.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_157094305.html It’s called the Tonawanda Folk Festival, but the title is a bit of a misnomer.The free festival returns this weekend in City of Tonawanda’s Niawanda Park, and though there may be little traditional folk music, there will be plenty of acoustic music and dancing. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_155094616.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_155094616.html Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock ’n’ roll, died Monday at 79 of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation. Fri, 30 May 2008 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_151163836.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/Music/local_story_151163836.html The Aerosmith tribute band Aeroforce will visit Niagara Falls on Saturday night.