Attention All Members: SAVE THE DATE-The 5th Annual SAM Foundation Awards show will be Sunday October 13th at 5 PM at The Sportsmen’s Tavern. There is no Bills’ game that…
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Aug. 4 marked a new milestone on the Buffalo and WNY music scene.It was one of the greatest Americana fests ever held in our hometown. A couple issues ago in…
By Elmer Ploetz Save the date! It’s Saturday, Sept. 14, and the Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation’s 5th annual festival should be a heckuva show. Details are below, but in the…
Between Sept. 12 and Oct. 11, we’re providing tickets to 10 different shows and three different venues in WNY. Email me at rjmcl14@gmail.com and tell me which shows you want…
By Elmer Ploetz Where the Buffalo Roam is a series of stories and interviews focusing on Buffalo and Western New York’s contributions to the world: our musicians. Every Where the…
By Buck Quigley The original Woodstock, held on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm from August 15-18, 1969, was billed as “an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music.” “Aquarian” is…
A note (and update) from the Kensingtons: The Kensingtons are in the midst of a great year of playing music, having just done gigs at Earl’s ( 6th Annual Venture…
The summer is almost over and a lot of G chords have been played around my world. Sept. 13 will be Bill Monroe’s 107th birthday. He died back in 1996,…
We’ve added three new teaching artists. Donna Kerr put on a 60-minute workshop for 35 youth at the Valley Community Center. Brian Overdorf conducted a week-long ukulele class at the…
New Releases: Vince Gill – Okie Greg Klyma – Maybe the Ocean Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’ Rodney Crowell – Texas Robert Randolph & the…