Author: Ashley Friedman

Photo Credit: Kelia Anne MacCluskey Written by Ashley Friedman Billie Eilish gave a crowd-pleasing performance at the Keybank Center last night. The singer-songwriter graced Buffalo with her talent for her Happier Than Ever, The World Tour. The show started with former New Yorker, Dora Jar. Jar, 24, set the tone for the show with her eccentric and bubbly personality. Her mannerisms reminded me of Billie in the sense that she was a crowd-pleaser, somewhat quirky and a kind soul. Jar starts the show with “Opening,” a song featured on her recently released EP, Digital Meadow. She’s animated with movements that, well, to be…

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Last night, Riz La Vie made a pitstop to Buffalo’s The Rec Room on his The Dinner Date Tour bringing along whiterosemoxie as a special guest and Buffalo’s own, Jaali Cypher. In a world of digitalized music, of autotune and mixing and mastering of the sorts — today, you never know an artist’s true sound until you see them live. And, I can say that all of the artists that performed last night exceeded my expectations. First up was Buffalo native, Jaali Cypher. The up-and-coming rapper grew up listening to a variety of genres like heavy metal, hip-hop & pop.…

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Written By Ashley Friedman Teens bop around waiting for the show to start. “Did you see Jake Miller’s latest tweet, omg,” says the twelve-year-old girl swooning next to me. Her friend chimes back, “Yes! But, can you believe that we are going to see Why Don’t We in less than an hour?” Both girls jump up and down in pure joy, they have been waiting to see their favorite artists for weeks and the time is finally here! Kiss 98.5 always has a way of bringing artists to Buffalo that are just breaking through the charts. As a journalist dedicated…

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Written by Ashley Friedman It’s official, Kiss 98.5’s Kiss The Summer Hello 2018 was a complete success, bringing in music artists that even live, sounded exactly like how they do on the radio, a rare find nowadays. 70 degrees and sunny, the Canalside venue filled up with kids of all ages squealing in excitement as they dragged their parents around, antsy to see their favorite artists perform. Starting off the show was Livvia, also known professionally as Olivia Somerlyn. Bubbly and smiling ear to ear, you could tell she was grateful to be there. Wearing a modest red jersey dress,…

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