Buffalo Poet Laureate Aitina Fareed-Cooke 's "Poetically Speaking" debuted at the Burchfield Penney Friday night. Poets Brandon Williamson, Vonetta T. Rhodes and Benjamin Brindise were there, as was our writer, Lee Ames.
Buffalo-based Addisyn Logan was afraid to sing in public as a kid, but she's grown into a local performer. She sat down with Ben and Max at a table at Caffe at Amy's on this episode of Buffalo Music Players.
On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack podcast, Mark and Chris talked to Hostile Makeover, a new and young Buffalo-based band set to play at Amy's Place on April 24.
Nationally recognized composer Richie English stopped by the Flamingo lounge to talk about experiences like performing for the Dalai Lama, becoming the youngest registered piano teacher in the state and more.
Son Henry has been bringing a distinctive style of blues to Buffalo, and he'll be back in May as part of the Blues Society of WNY/Buffalo Hive Great American Music Showcase event at Nietzsche's. Ida Goeckel caught at recent show at the Sportsmen's Tavern and spoke with the guitarist.