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Buffalo Music: The Suitcase Junket

Songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Matt Lorenz performs as The Suitcase Junket, blending early blues, rock ‘n’ roll and jazz improvisation into cultured, dark folk songcraft.

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Buffalo Music: Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble

Blue Note Records president and six-time Grammy-winning producer Don Was leads his Detroit jazz ensemble, performing original material and the Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah album.

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Buffalo Music: The Empty Pockets – The Cave

The Cave presents The Empty Pockets Sunday, October 25, 2026 3pm Doors, 4pm Showtime $20.00ad + Online fee/ $25.00 at the door The Empty Pockets are a Chicago based quartet […]

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Review/Profile: WNY Blues 716 Series — Son Henry and the Revelators

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 The Editor0Tagged Blues, Blues Society of Western New York, Blues Society of WNY

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.

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Just what are the blues? Let’s find out

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 The Editor0Tagged Blues, Eric Crittenden, Joe McCarthy, McCarthyizm, Muddy Waters, Son Henry, Timm Goodrich & Scott Russell, Tom Makar

When it comes to American music, perhaps nothing has been more influential than the blues. Now if people could only decide what they are. That’s part of the premise of the Great American Music Showcase, Part 1, set to take the stage at Nietzche’s, 248 Allen Street, on Thursday.

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Buffalo Music: Sue Kincaid & Grace Lougen

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Miers on Music: Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers — Evan Laedke

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Blues, Evan Laedke, Rock, Rockabilly

Today on Why Music Matters, Jeff Miers’ guest is Evan Laedke, a musician with an impressively broad skill-set, one that has made him a first-call keyboardist for a wide variety of WNY bands, one-off gigs and sessions. Currently playing keys for Tsavo Highway, the Little Mountain Band and others, Evan somehow found time in his busy schedule to take on the role of Music Director at Third Space, a 4,000 sq. foot, 2-story cafe, art gallery and entertainment space on Main Street in Buffalo.

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Podcast: Grace Lougen joins Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge

November 29, 2025November 29, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Blues, Grace Lougen, guitar, Rock, Rockabilly Greg

This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge is Grace Lougen. Grace is an accomplished, award-winning guitarist and songwriter known for taking listeners on a journey with her intense, tasteful solos. This week she’s visiting Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge.

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Interview: Jesse Dayton of the Texas Headhunters

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Blues, Ian Moore, Iron Works, Jesse Dayton, Johnny Moeller, Rock

The Texas Headhunters have a three-guitar attack featuring Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore and Johnny Moeller (Fabulous Thunderbirds). Dayton spoke to Hive Editor Elmer Ploetz as the Headhunters’ show at the Buffalo Iron Works approaches.

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After 135 years of evolution, Sportsmen’s Tavern anchors Black Rock community

August 25, 2025August 31, 2025 The Editor6Tagged Americana, Blues, Country Music, Sportsmen's Tavern, Within These Walls

The Sportsmen’s Tavern can trace its linage back to 1890, when it opened as a grocery and saloon. Robert J. McLennan takes a look at the venue’s evolution into the honkiest, tonkiest venue in Buffalo in the “Within These Walls” series.