Fri, Nov 1st 2024 04:00 pm
When Western New Yorkers watch Brennley Brown on stage at Life Church Buffalo, and hear her unique country-Christian musical offerings, they might ask themselves, "Where did this trailblazer come from?" Surprisingly, the answer is California.
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Fri, Oct 25th 2024 05:45 pm
In Little Big Town's 25th anniversary, the country music hitmakers took a page from fast-food restaurants, movie theaters and the Mars company in offering combos: Delicious, value-driven, delightfully indulgent pairings sure to satisfy both new and especially tried and true fans.
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Wed, Oct 2nd 2024 05:15 pm
Natalie Layne is a musical prodigy and, because of that, it wouldn't be shocking if the 20-something Colorado singer and pianist was, well, a little full of herself. Fortunately, a phone interview revealed Layne is as she comes across in her lyrics and videos: joyful.
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Thu, Sep 12th 2024 03:25 pm
In much the same way her character, Lana Lang, stole the heart of one Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk stole TV viewers' hearts when she starred on the much-loved "Smallville."
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Fri, Aug 9th 2024 11:00 am
Artpark & Company's season is about to feature a string of artists that emerged in the 1990s, including Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Blues Traveler and Bush.
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Fri, Aug 9th 2024 11:00 am
When it comes to making music for the right reasons, it's hard for Glen Phillips to rely on his good intentions (when his head's full of things that he can't mention).
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Fri, Aug 9th 2024 11:00 am
Grammy-nominated alt-rock band Gin Blossoms - the pride of the music scene in Tempe, Arizona - will headline an outdoor concert Sunday, Aug. 11, at Artpark in Lewiston. The triple-bill includes Toad the Wet Sprocket and Vertical Horizon.
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Fri, Aug 9th 2024 11:00 am
Platinum-selling New Jersey rock, soul and, yes, blues mainstays, Blues Traveler will co-headline an Aug. 16 outdoor concert at Artpark in Lewiston. They're joining up with anthemic Colorado rock 'n' roll quartet Big Head Todd and the Monsters for a fun double-bill.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2024 11:00 am
Forty-plus years ago, the music of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo struck like a Mike Tyson uppercut, with their words compelling even the most stoic and hardest-hearted rock critics to exclaim "Love is a battlefield!" Her matchless mezzo-soprano voice paired with his steel-twisting guitar licks ripped a hole in the music industry and opened the door for a sound - and a style - that would help define a decade. The musical duo shook the heavens and rattled the earth with their powerful 1980s-era prose.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2024 10:55 am
Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitar legend Slash brings his inaugural traveling blues festival to Artpark on Tuesday, July 30. The tour is in support of "Orgy of the Damned," an album that features the iconic guitarist performing a selection of blues songs along with an impressive list of guest vocalists.
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Fri, Jul 19th 2024 11:00 am
When it comes to having a good time on stage, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo have two very different definitions.
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Fri, Jul 12th 2024 01:55 pm
When it comes to food fights, Brooke Williamson has many titles: Competitor, celebrity, champion. But her preference is chef.
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Mon, Jul 8th 2024 11:15 am
Ashley Newbrough's characters are all about second chances. But in real life, the in-demand Canadian-American actress can't help but hold a grudge. ... Against hot chocolate.
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Mon, Jun 17th 2024 03:25 pm
When you see Dispatch live in Lewiston, know that you're helping to make the world a better place.
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Fri, Jun 7th 2024 03:20 pm
Kevin Bacon - the A-list actor seemingly connected to everyone within "Six Degrees" - and Michael Bacon, a multiple-award-winning composer - let their songs do their defining.
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Fri, May 31st 2024 10:45 am
Five years ago, when speaking with this writer, former Rusted Root lead singer Michael Glabicki said that, career-wise, he was the happiest he had been in 30 years.
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Fri, May 31st 2024 10:15 am
Perhaps the only thing more remarkable than Chris Barron making it big in one band is that he almost made it big in two bands.
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Tue, Apr 23rd 2024 12:20 pm
Over the weekend, Jocelyn Hudon starred in "Falling in Love in Niagara" where she showed off her physical comedic and action skills, giving her character - an apprehensive Madeline - humor and compassion.
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Fri, Apr 19th 2024 04:30 pm
Dan Jeannotte is taking center stage this weekend, starring in the new Hallmark Channel film "Falling in Love in Niagara."
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Wed, Apr 10th 2024 09:35 am
For too many years, too many people have been telling the wrong stories about Judith Hill.
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Fri, Mar 15th 2024 04:40 pm
On "Chicago P.D.," the intelligence unit's newest case is hitting home for Sgt. Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), who has taken a personal interest in a troubled victim.
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Wed, Feb 14th 2024 08:30 pm
Martin Kove is really good at being a really bad guy.
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Fri, Feb 9th 2024 05:25 pm
Before Paula Newsome was famous, she famously had a chance encounter with an oh-so-well-known lookalike: Oprah Winfrey.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2024 05:10 pm
Let there be no doubt: "Tournament of Champions" is the wildest, toughest and most prestigious culinary competition on television.
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Mon, Feb 5th 2024 02:45 pm
In this week's episode, officer Dante Torres' two worlds will again collide when he's called to go undercover.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2024 06:20 pm
At wits end when her teenage daughter, Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow), is kicked out of school, and she loses her job at the newspaper, Kat (Chyler Leigh) unexpectedly receives a letter from her estranged mother, Del (Andie MacDowell), and decides to return to her childhood home in Port Haven, Canada.
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Fri, Dec 22nd 2023 07:00 am
The year in celebrity interviews:
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Mon, Dec 4th 2023 07:00 am
Lindsey Stirling brings her "Snow Waltz" concert to Shea's Performing Arts Center on Dec. 12. The concert will be a celebration of the season - from Halloween through Christmas - stocking-stuffed with timeless musical classics, innovative originals, dancing, elaborate costumes, and a production element rivaling the top stage shows in Las Vegas.
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Fri, Nov 24th 2023 12:35 pm
Katie Leclerc recently teamed with the Hallmark Channel to make "Letters to Santa." She stars alongside Rafael de la Fuente and child actors Taylor Pezza and Kellen Raffaelo in a film the network describes thusly: "When young siblings receive a magic pen from Santa that appears to be granting wishes, they request a Christmas gift they want more than anything - for their separated parents to reunite."
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Fri, Oct 20th 2023 06:00 am
It's rare that an internationally successful, chart-topping musical act would perform in the Buffalo market twice within six months - especially with one of those shows set for "Sno-vember." But that's exactly what We Are Messengers planned when lining up dates for a fall tour.
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Mon, Oct 2nd 2023 03:55 pm
You can't blame Samantha Fish for mixing up her North American geography when, clearly, she was still on Cloud Nine.
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Fri, Sep 29th 2023 11:05 am
Having grown up on the Tuscarora Reservation and headlined myriad events in and around town, Darryl Tonemah is familiar to Lewiston.
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Thu, Sep 14th 2023 07:00 am
It's been an eventful decade for Amy Grant.
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Wed, Aug 30th 2023 08:30 pm
The OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino welcomes Gin Blossoms, Sugar Ray, Tonic and Fastball at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7.
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Tue, Aug 29th 2023 06:00 pm
Behind the strength and downright ear-worminess of alt-rock hits "Santa Monica," "Father of Mine," "I Will Buy You A New Life," "Wonderful" and "Everything To Everyone," Art Alexakis has almost 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify - not to mention four albums certified Gold or Platinum, and 6 million-plus record sales.
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Thu, Jul 20th 2023 09:40 pm
Music fans know there's usually a time at each concert where they can take a song or two off: Go to the bathroom, get a snack, grab a cold one, check email. That routine is going to be a little trickier when Foreigner takes the Darien Lake concert stage, pairing with fellow 1980s hitmakers Loverboy.
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Fri, Jul 7th 2023 11:00 am
It's been a minute since Artpark & Company slotted a straight-up Christian music-making solo artist into its list of concert headliners. In the summer of 2007, Rebecca St. James performed inside the Mainstage Theater to a crowd of about 1,000 people. In this, Artpark's 50th anniversary season, the Lewiston visual, cultural, educational and performing arts company welcomes the genre back - and has not only moved the venue - to the outside amphitheater - but has booked perhaps the biggest name in all of Christian music: Lauren Daigle.
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Wed, Jun 21st 2023 08:55 pm
Sometimes a number is so large that it becomes ethereal or incomprehensible. So, to understand how many copies of Pink Floyd's March 1973 release, "The Dark Side of the Moon," have sold to date, consider this: If every man, woman and child in the state of New York bought two copies, it still wouldn't equal the musical masterpiece's sales.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 11:35 am
Myriad hit singles will echo down the Niagara River on July 11 when the Barenaked Ladies return to Artpark with "The Last Summer on Earth Tour." But one song will be especially poignant in light of continuing hostility in Ukraine.
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Fri, Jun 2nd 2023 11:00 am
Lauren Daigle, a past competitor, season 21 mentor to finalist Megan Danielle, and recent finale headliner, will perform July 14 in the Artpark Amphitheater.
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