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Upcoming Local Shows for 12/26 - 1/1
Check out local shows happening in Western New York and Southern Ontario, including Zak Ward & the Million Dollar Question, F.A.R. Trio, and Folkfaces.
The Scene Playlist for Dec. 21
Check out this week's playlist from The Scene with Chelsea O, and learn about the artists and their music, including Candace & Michael, Cassidy Taylor, and Alex Exists.
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Check out the local arts shows happening in Western New York and Southern Ontario, including Lonely Little Kitsch, Strange Standard, and The Mookies.
The Scene Playlist for Dec. 14
Check out this week's playlist from The Scene with Chelsea O, and learn about the artists and their music, including Dimming Pool, OG Bellaire, Beams, and Noah Lee.
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Check out the local shows happening in Western New York and Southern Ontario, including Elmwood Carol Crawl, The Baby G, and Amy's Place.
The Scene Playlist for Dec. 7
Check out this week's playlist from The Scene with Chelsea O, and learn about the artists and their music, including Passed Out, VANCAMP, and Jay Aquarious.
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The Scene Playlist for Nov. 30
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The Scene Playlist for Nov. 23
Check out this week's playlist from The Scene with Chelsea O, and learn about the artists and their music, including Elen Pieroni, Pink Leather Jackets, and Whisper Gang.
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  • Chelsea O. sat down with lead members Blaise Mercedes and Oscar Woodrich for a wide ranging conversation that covers the band's beginnings, their stage presence, how they've built an artist collective around the project, staying present in an era of social media, their passion for liner notes, and much more.
  • Chelsea O. chats with vocalist and songwriter Andy Pothier about Passed Out's 10 years as a band, how they got connected with Roger Bryan and Harvest Sum, the changes he's seen in the Buffalo music scene over the past decade, and more.
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The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
In Memoriam 2025: The Musicians We Lost
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.
He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.
Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, has died at 60
The son of Cuban immigrants, Malo and his band blended country, rock and roll, folk, jump blues, Latin music and Cajun rhythms into a distinct sound anchored by his unmistakable voice.
Rafael Ithier, a legend of salsa music, dies at 99
The pianist, composer and arranger spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa institutions of Latin America and beyond.
Christmas season arrives on the pop charts
The calendar has turned to December, and jingle bells have arrived at the top of the charts, led, as usual, by Mariah, Wham and Brenda Lee.
How old is your music taste? Spotify will tell you, though you may not like it
Spotify Wrapped is bluntly telling users their "listening age," which in many cases is several decades older or younger than their actual age. It's a calculated strategy.
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.
Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies at 81
The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come.
Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan gets a surprising Grammy nomination
Thirty-five years after the Recording Academy revoked Milli Vanilli's Grammy for best new artist, the awards show has nominated one of its members in an unexpected twist.