Hear Here: Live Music in Buffalo, NY

The Colored Musicians Club is more than just a venue. It's a living piece of history where jazz legends have gathered, performed and shaped the culture of Buffalo's music scene. To explore this rich legacy, we turn to George Scott, the former president of the club, whose decades of leadership and deep connection to this historic space have kept its legacy alive; Les Davis, a legendary piano player who has visited and played at the Club since the 1950s; and superfans, Joann and Roy, longtime aud

Today we visit an architectural gem, the Art Deco Saarinen-designed Kleinhans Music Hall, one of the absolute best concert halls in the country and home to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. This episode showcases the rich history of this historic building and its connection to the community. We talk to Jess Basil, the manager of Kleinhans Music Hall, to talk about the original intention of the hall and her vision for its future; Grammy-award winning conductor and music director of the BPO, Jo

The vibe of Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood has always been eclectic and funky, colorful and chaotic, unconventional and unpredictable. This ethos has been chief to its draw, and why it’s a popular destination for locals and visitors alike. But over its blocks, some addresses embody its personality better than others—and one distills into every inch of its venue. That would be Nietzsche’s, the Allen Street music hub that adheres to no genre classification, and has reverberated the style and sub

For nearly 120 years, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery served as the beacon of Buffalo’s arts appreciation. But in the summer of 2023—after a dramatic $230 million renovation that remade an already beautiful expanse into a new kind of spectacular—it was reborn as Buffalo AKG Art Museum. This glistening campus is now home to more gallery space, more displays, and more opportunities to showcase the power of creation and improvisation in the heart of the Queen City. One of these opportunities is the

Nestled in the middle of the eclectic reclamation project known as Silo City—filled with towering storage cylinders that once made Buffalo one of the world’s largest grain ports—sits a quirky little social hub, buzzing throughout all four seasons. In the shadows of encircling silos rests Duende, a multifaceted, multi-stage venue that’s spurned new life off the banks of the Buffalo River—and has shown how the art of music can resuscitate an expanse once lost to the past. In this episode of Hear

Buffalo’s Sportsmen’s Tavern, since first opening in 1985, has cultivated a destination dedicated to celebrating the unifying power of Americana music and its international legion of talented purveyors, one performance at a time. On this episode of Hear Here, we’ll talk about how a neighborhood tavern in Black Rock became a destination venue for music fans and traveling musicians alike with Sportsmen’s co-owner, Jason Hall; discuss what makes a daytime or nighttime performances at Sportsmen’s s