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

August 25, 2025August 31, 2025 The Editor5Tagged 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.

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Podcast: Sunday Reign joins Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge

July 19, 2025July 19, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Country, Country Music, Rockabilly Greg, Savannah Swatland

Back together and back in the Flamingo Lounge is Sunday Reign, a four-piece alternative rock band from Buffalo, NY, formed in 2022. The lineup features Michael Delano (vocals, guitar), Owen Krieger (guitar), Sean Laettner (drums), and Alex Cousins (electric cello).

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Tayler Holder detours from social media route into country career

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Country Music, Social media, Tayler Holder

Tayler Holder may have started out as a social media phenomenon, but he’s following his heart with country music, he tells writer Lindsay DePietro. He’s playing at the Buffalo Iron Works on Friday (July 18).

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Podcast: Savannah Swatland joins Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Country, Country Music, Rockabilly Greg, Savannah Swatland

Savannah Swatland visited Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo on June 18, 2025, for a great conversation as well as some of Savannah’s original tunes, performed and recorded In the Flamingo Lounge.