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Jacktivities of the Week: Allentown Art Festival and The Cult at the Harbor

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:12:27 +0000

The rain ruined our last action-packed Buffalo weekend, but fortunately, this weekend’s forecast calls for sunny skies and only a 10 percent of the dreaded rain that nearly blew us away at the Taste Of Country. The Allentown Art Festival starts on Saturday morning, running from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and continues on Sunday. [...]

Rusted Root at Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls

Jack FM Staff — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:23 +0000

Anybody remember Rusted Root? Something about the harmonica and percussion in the song “Send Me On My Way” that just screams 90′s. Even though the song was written for hippies, it is most remembered from the kids movies Matilda and Ice Age. This video is so Bohemian it makes Woodstock look like the annual Republican Convention. If you [...]

Roger Waters Returns to Buffalo; Who Needs a Little Education

Joe Russo — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:11:38 +0000

Few albums in the history of rock have reached the epic status of Pink Floyd's "The Wall". When Roger Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985, the band continued on under David Gilmour's stewerdship. Still, Waters was the bands main lyricist and his conceptual brilliance on the Wall and the previous "Animals", "Wish You Were Here" and "Dark Side of the Moon" defined Pink Floyd's greatest era.

Elvis Costello Pumps Up the Waterfront

Joe Russo — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:48:01 +0000

Elvis Costello was on the leading edge of Alternative Music, ushering in his post-modern punk and new wave music in the late 70′s. Probably best known for his antics on Saturday Night Live when he stopped his performance of “Less than Zero” to perform the controversial “Radio, Radio” and getting himself banned from SNL until 1989. Costello [...]