WYEP Community Broadcast Center

Do you like your venues intimate? Well folks, the WYEP Community Broadcast Center is as intimate as it gets! It’s a 100 (I’m guessing) seat performing arts space at the WYEP Studios. It’s a place where you can see the artists close up and you really get a chance to feel like you’re one with the show. I know, places like First Niagara Pavilion where you sit hundreds of feet away amongst the throngs of sweaty people and get overcharged for the privilege have their charms. But a concert at a really small venue like this is something every music fan should try.
My cousin and I went here to see the Patti Spadaro Band in concert. Spadaro is a rarity – she’s one of the few female lead guitarists out there. Whenever people think of a female guitarist, they often think of a folkie with acoustic, a rhythm guitarist, or a bassist. I’m not as familiar with her material as I should be. I’ve seen her at a few area festivals and only now am I getting into her music. But she plays as she says, «bluesy, jammy rock with wailing female guitar.» She played a lot from her newest CD «Bringing Me Back» as well as a little bit of her older material. It was a rollicking good show and now I’ve got to go out and get her CDs