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Today, I'm sharing a conversation I had with one of today's most eclectic roots musicians, Buffalo Nichols. Since his earliest infatuations with guitar, Carl, who goes by the name Buffalo Nichols has asked himself the same question: How can I bring the blues of the past into the future? A student of African traditions and its roots in the blues, as well as the black influence on “white” music in country, bluegrass, old time and folk, the depth and airy nature of his voice lends itself to all these traditions, as represented in his music. We talked about his trajectory as a musician early on, being picked up by labels, and now being independent, the misinformed music history narrative that's been pushed on all of us since the 1920's, and many things in between. Enjoy! TourListenInstagramPatreon___Support Educational Programming:Tax-Exempt DonationsJoin our Patreon CommunityOne-time donation via Venmo or PayPalFollow American SongcatcherCredits: Nicholas Edward Williams - Production, editing, recording and distribution

April 2025 Dante's Old SouthBuffalo Nichols: Texas based, Milwaukee raised, Buffalo Nichols is known as an acoustic blues guitarist and singer but that isn't the whole story. Two albums into his career, Nichols has proven himself to be an innovative songwriter with lyrics address both personal and political themes with biting insight. His influences range from his time playing in Baptist churches to his many years playing guitar in West African music bands. His experimental and hip-hop influences are displayed as well on his 2023 album, The Fatalist'. Nichols' self-titled  debut, released in October 2021, ascended him to the national stage, earning praise and support from NPR Music (‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert;' All Songs Considered ‘Best of October') to Rolling Stone ('The Fight to Reclaim the Blues' feature; ‘Song You Need To Know'), Bandcamp Daily (‘October Shortlist') to Guitar World, Texas Monthly to Uncut (UK), among many others. www.buffalo-nichols.com/www.instagram.com/buffalonicholsmusic/Odessa Blaine: General oddment and possible cryptid, Odessa haunts the mountains and coffee shops of North Georgia. Her novels and short stories incorporate elements drawn from her Appalachia roots. Odessa has honed her skills as a performance storyteller and loves sharing stories with live audiences. When she's not slinking through the woods or over-caffeinating, Odessa can be found encouraging the creative passions of others by serving multiple writer focused nonprofits based in the Southeast and providing marketing and project management to small businesses.  substack.com/@odessablainebsky.app/profile/odessablaine.bsky.socialJenny Bates enjoys seven poetry books, published in numerous NC and international journals. Jenny was a judge for the Poetry in Plain Sight contest through the NC Poetry Society, 2024. Her book of poems, ESSENTIAL has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2024. Her newest collection, From Soil and Soul is available. Jenny's books are also available at Malaprops Bookstore in Asheville, Bookmarks, the Book Ferret and The Book House in Winston-Salem, Scuppernongs in Greensboro, NC.redhawkpublications.com/Poetry-c120141004www.malaprops.comthebookhousews.comwww.bookferret.comCynthia Atkins: (She, Her), is a prizewinning poet originally from Chicago, IL and the author of Psyche's Weathers, In the Event of Full Disclosure, and Still-Life with God, and Duets from Harbor Editions.  Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, BOMB, Diode, Cimarron Review, Los Angeles Review North American Review, Permafrost, Plume, and Verse Daily. Atkins has earned fellowships and prizes from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. SWWIM Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Writers at Work.  Atkins lives on the Maury River of Rockbridge County, Virginia, with artist Phillip Welch and their family. More info at: www.cynthiaatkins.comOur Sponsors:Lucid House Press: www.lucidhousepublishing.comWhispers of the Flight: www.amazon.com/Whispers-Flight-Voyage-Cosmic-Unity-ebook/dp/B0DB3TLY43The Crown: www.thecrownbrasstown.comBright Hill Press: www.brighthillpress.orgInvisible Strings 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777808/invisible-strings-by-edited-by-kristie-frederick-daughertyWe Deeply Appreciate:UCLA Extension Writing Program: www.uclaextension.eduMercer University Press: www.mupress.orgThe Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.comNPR: https: www.npr.orgWUTC: www.wutc.orgAlain Johannes for the original score in this show: www.alainjohannes.comThe host, Clifford Brooks', The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available everywhere books are sold. Find them all here: www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-orderCheck out his Teachable courses, The Working Writer and Adulting with Autism, here: brooks-sessions.teachable.com

We hear from people who support pregnant people of color and learn why support is necessary. Milwaukeeans honored with Unity Awards. What sitting all day does to our bodies. Live at Lake Effect features Milwaukee's own Buffalo Nichols.

Join us as eTown goes back in time and on the road to Bentonville, Arkansas. Our musical guests include the hilariously funny yet seriously talented duo The Milk Carton Kids along with the tradition-stretching sonic talents of Buffalo Nichols. Nick also discusses the community-building magic of barbeque with a local Bentonville hero. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Local lesbian history in honor of Lesbian Visibility Week. A new program donating birding backpacks to community centers. “Light Needs” - a film about plants. Live at Lake Effect featuring Milwaukee's own Buffalo Nichols.

As Turkey and Somalia expand their defence deal to include maritime security, we get the latest from our correspondent in Istanbul. Then: our design editor brings us a round-up of the latest architecture and urbanism stories, we're at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair and musician Buffalo Nichols stops by to play us ‘The Difference' song.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buffalo Nichols believes in the power of acoustic country blues. He also believes it's not a fossil, trapped in amber, but a living, breathing musical genre. Which is why he blends elements of the tradition—slide guitar, resonator, open tunings, themes of loss, redemption, and struggle—with loops, samples, drum machines, myriad effects, and modern-day narratives. His new album, The Fatalist, is the culmination of his art to date. Listening to its echoes of Skip James, John Hurt, Pink Floyd, and Dr. Dre is an even stranger experience when you know Nichols started his career in the thundering, downstroke-chiseled trenches of the Midwest metal scene.When you watch this Rig Rundown, Nichols will explain, and play, it all—it's a fascinating story. And the gear! Get ready for a feast, full of the trad and the rad.Brought to you by D'Addario: https://ddar.io/wykyk-rrand D'Addario XS Strings: https://ddar.io/xs-rr

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Met ditmaal: Teddy’s Hit, The Vaccines, Empty Country, Bill Ryder-Jones, Bodega, Staplers, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Buffalo Nichols, Brown Horse, The Police, Catatonic Suns, Anja Huwe, Slow Pulp, Liam Bailey, plus een exclusive instore van Klangstof. Concerto Radio, aflevering 527 (19 januari 2024): Teddy’s Hit, Grass: Scratch The Vaccines, Love To Walk Away: Pick-Up Full Of […]

An in-demand keyboardist outside his own projects, Adam Bodine, has racked up thousands of performances with hundreds of groups, playing alongside some of the best in the biz. A go-to studio session musician to boot, Bodine is regularly recruited for all sorts of recording work. He has also accompanied various theatrical productions, including musicals, silent films, improv comedy, dance troupes, and various cultural arts and social justice presentations. Extra cool, Adam currently plays in the house band at eTown, the illustrious and nationally syndicated radio show and multimedia organization out of Boulder. In recent times with eTown, Adam has accompanied a myriad of popular artists including Rufus Wainwright, Madison Cunningham, City and Colour, Shovels and Rope, The Milk Carton Kids, The Secret Sisters, Bruce Cockburn, Ron Sexsmith, Peter Rowan, Daniel Rodriguez, Abraham Alexander, S.G. Goodman, Allison Russell, Calexico, Buffalo Nichols, Jake Blount, Parker Millsap, The Ballroom Thieves, Mmeadows, Dom Flemons, and The War and Treaty. Bodine will appear at Dazzle on Wed, December 27, 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backstagejazz/message

Met ditmaal: Catatonic Suns, Black Pumas, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Slow Pulp, John Vincent III, The Polyphonic Spree, David Eugene Edwards, Buffalo Nichols, Neil Young, Jake Bugg, Dawn Brothers, The Mountain Goats, The Manikins, The National, plus een exclusive instore van Nits. Concerto Radio, aflevering 522 (15 december 2023): Catatonic Suns, Inside Out: Catatonic Suns Black […]

"The times when I'm writing the most are when I'm reading a lot," Carl "Buffalo" Nichols says on today's podcast. And wow is this true: you cannot be a writer of any stripe unless you read. Nichols likes to read voices that he cannot relate to. He mentions writers like Flannery O' Connor and H.L. Mencken, as well as books like A Clockwork Orange and A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He didn't even like them all, but he still felt that hearing those voices makes him a better writer.So on this episode we talk about how reading makes him a better songwriter, why being tired and cranky makes him a good editor, and why he likes to stop writing when he knows he still has something left in the tank.Nichols' latest album The Fatalist is out now on Fat Possum Records. 

Milwaukee-based blues singer and guitarist Buffalo Nichols, on his self-titled 2021 debut, showed how timeless the blues can be, both musically and emotionally. On his latest album, called The Fatalist, Nichols uses contemporary 21st century sounds and techniques to remind us that the blues have been and are always with us, intimately tied to present-day 2023. Buffalo Nichols plays some of these new songs, in-studio. Set list; “Turn Another Stone”, “The Long Journey Home”, “The Difference”

Milwaukee singer-songwriter Buffalo Nichols returns to Basic Folk today to talk about his new album, ‘The Fatalist,' out September 15 from Fat Possum Records. We picked up where Nichols' debut album left off, traveling the world hot on the heels of the blues. Following a profound tradition can be just as frustrating as it is romantic. In his years on the road promoting his self-titled debut album, Carl aka Buffalo has witnessed how the blues can be a home base for listeners' nostalgic, back-in-the-good-old days, artistically stagnant, patriarchal tendencies. He wants none of it. ‘The Fatalist' is an offering to the gods of change, of self-awareness, of integrity.One of the major achievements of this collection of eight songs is the seemingly effortless sonic collage that comes second nature to hip hop but is less discussed in roots and americana. From a Charley Patton sample to “Ali Farka” Touré-influenced fingerpicking to tasty 808s to contemporary songwriting that wrestles with what it means to be a good man in 2023, ‘The Fatalist' tells a story about the present, while keeping the past close and eschewing sentimentality. This sense of being in conversation with storytellers of the past is a pillar of what I would call the Black Art Tradition, and it is part of what makes Buffalo Nichols one of the most exciting artists in blues music right now.Follow Basic Folk on social media: https://basicfolk.bio.link/ Sign up for Basic Folk's newsletter: https://bit.ly/basicfolknews Help produce Basic Folk by contributing: https://basicfolk.com/donate/ Donate to #FreeBlackMamas: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamasDonate to Abortion Care Tennessee: https://www.abortioncaretn.org/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

(First aired on WUTC 8/12/23)Sunny War, blues / folk / punk guitarist - and Buffalo Nichols, blues singer and guitarist - perform together in this special episode of The Songbirds Radio Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's Song of the Day is "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" from Buffalo Nichols' album, The Fatalist, out September 15th.Buffalo Nichols will be performing at the Turf Club on Saturday, October 7th.

Our conversation for Tourism Tuesday - Berryville/Clarke County edition - featured Sarah Ames, Executive Director for Barns of Rose Hill, and Nathan Borger, Director of Operations & Programs. We talked about memberships & endowments plus art shows & exhibits. Through a collaboration with Shenandoah Arts Council, their next exhibition "Opposites Attract" will showcase the diverse talents of fifty ShenArts members of all ages. The artists work in various media including photography, sculpture, fiber, oils, acrylics, watercolors, digital, and collage. The show will run from June 1 - July 31, 2023, with an opening reception on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, from 5pm - 7pm.  Nathan told us about several upcoming music performances: Brendan Mulvihill, Angelina Carberry & Dan Brouder Buffalo Nichols Chris Jones & the Night Drivers Learn more about Barns of Rose Hill on their NEW website: https://www.barnsofrosehill.org/ and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.    

As broadcast April 21, 2023 with all the curmudgeonly feels in tow.  Tonight we welcomed Arturo Andrade to the show for a two hour special so that he could both curse on the air and share some of his favorite recent rock joints.  Arturo is the bad cop half of The Curmudgeon Rock Report, which he hosts with Chris O'Connor who's based in Houston.  Great playlist and even better conversation here, do not miss and check the links below on your favorite pod player to subscribe or snag the RSS in the hyperlink above.SpotifyApple MusicYouTubePodbayIHeart#feelthegravityTracklist (st:rt)Part I (00:00)The Beaches - Everything Is BoringBuffalo Nichols - Another ManAngel Olsen - Big TimeWhitney K - Trans-Canada Oil Boom BluesThe Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Light Is about To ChangeKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - LavaPart II (37:52)Black Lips - Apocalypse LoveAldous Harding - Passion BabeSt. Vincent - DownMdou Moctar - Afrique VictimePart III (64:46)The Chats - Struck By LightningIDLES - The New SensationSleaford Mods feat Perry Farrell - So TrendyParquet Courts - Plant LifeSquid feat Martha Skye Murphy - NarratorPart IV (101:14)Courtney Barnett - If I Don't Hear From You TonightLaurel Canyon - Madame Hit the WireWet Leg - Wet DreamBob Vylan - GDPDeath Valley Girls - What Are The Oddsshame - Six-Pack

Join us as eTown goes on the Road to Bentonville Arkansas. Our musical guests include the hilariously funny yet seriously talented duo The Milk Carton Kids along with the tradition-stretching sonic talents of Buffalo Nichols. Nick also discusses the community-building magic of barbeque with a local Bentonville hero. That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!   Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/

In this episode of Points South Live, blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer Buffalo Nichols plays live from 21c Bentonville Museum and Hotel. Multimedia visual artist Oluwatobi Adewumi joins Nichols and University of Arkansas Black Student Caucus spokesperson Tyrah Jackson to chat about the blues, negotiating arts industries, and the Black diaspora. Points South Live is a series of live events featuring music and conversation, produced in collaboration with 21c Museum Hotels, that brings together musicians and visual artists to find resonances in their craft, experiences, and communities. This Points South Live event was produced with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and 21c Bentonville Museum and Hotel. The episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis and Christian Brown. You can help keep events like these free by making a contribution at OxfordAmerican.org/donate.

Milwaukee blues singer-songwriter Buffalo Nichols wants to see the genre get the recognition it deserves and isn't afraid to be confrontational about its current condition. He and Vocalo content director and host of Reclaimed Soul Ayana Contreras talk about his introduction to the blues and its importance at Lollapalooza ‘22. / Interview and production by Ayana Contreras; audio originally aired on 91.1 FM during Reclaimed Soul on August 4. Reclaimed Soul is hosted by Ayana Contreras every Thursday from 8-10 p.m. and Sunday from 9-11 a.m. Tune it at Vocalo.org/player.

One of Peter Kreten's favorite albums of 2021 was the self-titled debut album from Buffalo Nichols. On this critically acclaimed album, Nichols captured the sound of the delta blues, and brought it into the 21st century. Nichols recently sat down with Kreten to discuss his debut album, how music allows all of us to express negative feelings, and who his musical hero is.

This week the boys get into some sports talk followed up with the music they've been listening to the week. The boys also get into their first homework assignment for ACL as they discuss Buffalo Nichols

This week on the show, we talk to a startling new talent placing a gut-punch into the folk and blues scene, the Milwaukee-raised and now Austin-based singer-songwriter Buffalo Nichols. Growing up learning on his sister's dreadnought guitar and then traveling widely through West Africa after high school drinking up the sounds of the kora and percussion players in Senegal, Carl Nichols began finding his voice and playing style in the haunting open and minor tunings first heard from bluesmen like Skip James, who he covers in his remarkable self-titled debut collection. Buffalo Nichols, which came in 2021, is a stark departure from what Carl would call the cheery “opinionless beer commercial blues” that has come to dominate the genre. Nichols' work is often sparse and direct - just a man with his guitar and a microphone. The stories told in standout songs like “Another Man” and “Living Hell” don't flinch from comparing how the experience of his elders a hundred years ago in the south may not look much different from men like George Floyd dying on that Minneapolis pavement. Is there catharsis or hope in the songs? Are they a call to action? Maybe that's up to us to decide. Carl will admit that it can be tricky trying play his songs like the searing album opener “Lost And Lonesome” in loud bars where people may just want to have a good time and not dive into the backroad history of racial injustice and institutionalized police violence. Thankfully his writing doesn't hide behind niceties and the recordings aren't veiled by sonic artifice - Nichols speaks directly to the isolation and danger of being a young Black man in America and trying to navigate the unease of bringing his stories to an often mostly white Americana-adjacent audience. Even more upbeat numbers like “Back On Top” call to mind the ominous juke-joint growl of John Lee Hooker, bringing us into dimly lit scenes where even late-night pleasure may have its next-morning consequences. If there's one thing we learned during this taping, it's that Carl doesn't want to just "write songs to make people feel good” - but he does want to tell stories that make the isolated and lost feel less so. Maybe that is the most important function of music truly steeped in the blues tradition: the ability to transform pain into progress. The messages may not be what people always want to hear, but the groundswell rising behind Carl's stark timeless tales is indeed growing. With recent appearances on Late Night with Stephen Colbert, NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts and big time dates like Lollapalooza on the books for the summer, folks will be hearing a lot more from Buffalo Nichols. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-show-on-the-road-with-z-lupetin1106/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The last few years, Buffalo Nichols' heart led him back to the blues, in the process releasing one of the beat blues albums in recent memory.

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It was a decision not made lightly. However, even before taking the big step of starting a career in music, Carl “Buffalo” Nichols knew he wanted to honor the music and stories of the past by bringing them into the future. Original blues music – American music – tells the stories of the Black experience. […]

It’s another crazy-full list of the Austin Music Minute‘s SXSW showcase selections tonight, Tuesday, March 15. Go for it: Another winner with the British Music Embassy showcase at Cedar Street Courtyard including Yard Act, Los Bitchos, and Pillow Queens. Buffalo Nichols and SASAMI are on tonight’s line-up at 3Ten at ACL Live. A lot to […]

On the program we will listen this week to music in honor of Black History Month. In 1926 Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, educator and publisher, introduced Black History Week. He chose February because it's the birth month of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass; the celebration became a month-long event in 1976. We'll listen to music from Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Irma Thomas, Buffalo Nichols, Odetta and many others. We'll concentrate on the rich textures of African American popular music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysT-Bone Walker / “Two Bones and a Pick” / T-Bone Blues / AtlanticIrma Thomas / “In the Middle of It All” / After the Rain / RounderBuffalo Nichols / “These Things” / Buffalo Nichols / Fat PossumOur Native Daughters / “Black Myself” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways Arthur Alexander / “Go Home Girl” / Lonely Just Like Me / Elektra Nonesuch American ExplorerDiunna Greenleaf / “Running Like the Red Cross” / I Ain't Playin' / Little VillageSam Cooke / “Twistin' The Night Away” / One Night Stand Sam Cooke Live at The Harlem Square Club / RCA-LegacyOtis Redding / “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” / Live in London and Paris / Stax-VoltT-Bone Walker / “Shufflin' the Blues” / T-Bone Blues / AtlanticRhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi / “I Shall Not be Moved” / They're Calling Me Home / NonesuchThe McIntosh County Shouters / “Jubilee” / Spirituals & Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast / Smithsonian FolkwaysMr. Martin Simpson & Mr. Dom Flemons / “My Money Never Runs Out” / Proudly Present a Selection of Ever Popular Favorites / Fledg'lingOdetta / “Unemployment Blues” / Blues Everywhere I Go / MC RecordsJohnnie Johnson / “Movin' Out” / Johnnie B. Bad / Elektra Nonesuch American ExplorerPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Did you miss the Houndmouth with Buffalo Nichols show? Well, you're in luck because this week on the semester's first episode of the KCSU music podcast, music director Brighid Bandel is bringing the concert to you. In this episode, Brighid breaks down the concert into tiers and categories so you can get a full look into the bands, their sound and the sets. You'll feel like you were there complete with the smoke machine smell in your hair.We also want to thank the Aggie Theatre for letting us review this cool show!

Before heading out to the Savannah Stopover Music Festival next month, KUTX Nov. 2021 Artist of the Month Buffalo Nichols has a few Texas tour dates supporting New Albany-based alt.-blues outfit Houndmouth. Austin is the next tour stop tomorrow night, Saturday Feb. 19, at the Historic Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th St. Doors open at […]

In which the Curmudgeons extract a truly breathtaking, bruising heavy metal album from its time and place and away from the prejudices that swallowed it upon its release and give it the respect it deserves.    Songs discussed during this episode include: Buffalo Nichols, "Another Man" Jonny Greenwood, "Prelude" Metallica, "Frantic" Metallica, "Some Kind of Monster" Metallica, "The Unnamed Feeling" Metallica, "All Within My Hands" Motorhead, "Built For Speed" Motorhead, "Doctor Rock" Mastodon, "Megalodon" Mastodon, "Hearts Alive"   Join The Curmudgeon Rock Report's Curmudgeonly Community today! facebook.com/curmudgeonrock    Now hosted on Podbean! curmudgeonrock.podbean.com

Fresh off a rescheduled tour opening for Drive-By Truckers, I manage to catch Carl Nichols at home. In the not so distant future, he'll be back on the road, with a headlining stint bookended by tours with Houndmouth and Valerie June. It's a far cry from the years and months spent at home during quarantine in his newly adopted home of Austin, Texas. Still, he sounds restless. Having graduated from his hometown of Milwaukee and found acclaim with his self-titled debut, Buffalo Nichols, the singer is ready to branch out from the blues genre. It's a familiar feeling for a musician who never feels comfortable staying in one place.

This folk blues artist who originally hails from Milwaukee has been acclaimed by Rolling Stone and NPR and now records for Fat Possum records.  He stops by the show to talk about his musical journey and his creative process.

Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello reveal what our listeners have “gotten wrong” in the world of pop culture; comedian Paul F. Tompkins unpacks "weekend water" and passive-aggressive carolers; social critic Sarah Marshall, host of the podcast You're Wrong About, discusses why our misperceptions of the past are largely influenced by the news cycle; and Austin blues artist Buffalo Nichols performs "These Things" from his new self-titled album.

Today's Song of the Day is "How To Love" from Buffalo Nichols' self-titled album, out now.

Salty Dog's HORSE Podcast, December 2021 Visit: www.salty.com.au We're horsing around with some great tunes this time tone hounds. Great cuts from Reverend Shawn Amos, Tom Gilberts, Neil Young, Nick Curran, Old 97's, James Mathus, Paulie Bignell, Sean McMahon, Buffalo Nichols, Coillard Greens N Gravy, Danya Kurtz, Delgres, Funk Como, Lachy Doley, Deb Ryder, Fat Rubber Band, Vika N Linda, Matt Walker, Blues Company, Liz Stringer, John Hiatt, John Mayall. ----------- ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM ** Australia 1. The Reverend Shawn Amos / Color and Kind / The Cause Of It All 2. Tom Gilberts / Dark Clouds / Old School 3. Neil Young / They Might Be Lost / Barn 4. Nick Curran N The Nightlifes / Shot Down / Doctor Velvet 5. Old 97's / Wheels Off / Most Messed Up 6. James Mathus N His Knockdown Society / Blues Jumped The Rabbit / Stop and Let The Devil Ride 7. ** Paulie Bignell N Thornbury Two / Express Elevator / Express Elevator 8. ** Sean McMahon / Hungry Planet / Single release 9. Buffalo Nichols / Lost N Lonesome / Buffalo Nichols 10. ** Collard Greens N Gravy / Luv Me Baby / Collard Greens N Gravy 11. Danya Kurtz / Right For Me / Another Black Feather 12. Delgres / Mo Jodi / Mo Jodi 13. Funk Como Le Gusta / Yeah Yeah Yeah / A Nave-Mae Segue Viagem.. 14. Lurrie Bell / I'll be Your 44 / 700 Blues 15. ** Lachy Doley / Voodoo Child / Studios 301 Sessions 16. Deb Ryder / Jump On In / Memphis Moonlight 17. ** Tex Perkins N The Fat Rubber Band / Trouble Goodbye / Tex Perkins N The Fat Rubber Band 18. ** Vika N Linda / Pigface and Calendula / The Wait 19. ** Matt Walker N The Necessary Few / Vacancy / Navigational Skills 20. Blues Company / Ain't Givin' Up / Ain't Givin' Up 21. ** Liz Stringer / First Tine Really Feeling / First Tine Really Feeling 22. John Hiatt / Love's Not Where We Thought We Left It / Master of Disaster 23. John Mayall / Brand New Start / The Blues Alone 24. John Mayall N Buddy Miller / I'm As Good As Gone / Can't Take No More

This week in new music: 1977 funk-soul from Silk Sonic, ancient Delta blues from Buffalo Nichols and we're-still-not-quite-sure-what-this-is from Bicurious. Also: Not bad not bad not good, in defence of Andy Paak, more plastic than a Netflix F1 fan, I like your old stuff better than your new stuff, tiny desks, continuation specials, lacking the dirt, Canned Heat ≠ Canned Heat, oh the BLUES blues, shoes optional, dentition also optional, it's it (what is it), sliding off your brain, narrator: that's a yeah nah on the lyrics, A Very Gravy Christmas, Horses punishers, #RapperDad: The Saga Continues, Nice Mics Records, inconsistency at the top level, doing things to your stereo, missing our quota, growing to appreciate Scandinavian violence, the Celebrant Rifles and a stop to hammock time. Next week: EVERYTHING MUST GO - our end-of-year 2021 album review clearance special featuring Turnstile, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Bat Fangs, the Drippers, Pist Idiots and Urthboy's new Christmas album. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we've reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three-quarters of the way through the holiday season for 2021, and I think the mood could be described as festive. Buffalo Nichols, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Samantha Fish, Jools Holland, and Big Maybelle help provide the soundtrack for our holiday festival. It doesn't really matter whether it's an intimate holiday gathering or a raucous Christmas party - it's all another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

Three-quarters of the way through the holiday season for 2021, and I think the mood could be described as festive. Buffalo Nichols, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Samantha Fish, Jools Holland, and Big Maybelle help provide the soundtrack for our holiday festival. It doesn't really matter whether it's an intimate holiday gathering or a raucous Christmas party - it's all another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

This week: Birdz, gloo and the Darkness (plus bonus Wolfmother, if you're into that sort of thing). Also: fake work getting in the way of actual work, domestic model Subarus, polished to a dull sheen, amateur carpentry, bars over beats, 80s Oils areas, garage to bedroom flow, jokes over everything, serious legitimate musical theatre, Japanese synthwave, concepts on concepts, Ronseal Stockdale, the successful negotiation of very low bars, horse partitioning, half hour delivery guarantees, make-or-miss algorithms, particularly zeitgeisty, Bootsy v Muggsy, the blues is the blues, never saying no, Brest screening, leaving the single off the album, Spotify Half-Wrapped, quarantining your kids' terrible music off your account, talking over generic Casiotone, dad rap tags, throwing hands at Verzus, magnetic cheese, we talkin' bout practice, insipid Canadian disses, ridiculous claymation violence, seasonal nut allergies and a snapback for the diss track.  Next week: Buffalo Nichols, Bicurious and an evening with Silk Sonic. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we've reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Willie Nelson "Phases and Stages / Pick Up the Tempo / Phases and Stages (Theme)"Eilen Jewell "It's Your Voodoo Working"Lucero "Went Looking for Warren Zevon's Los Angeles"Warren Zevon "Keep Me In Your Heart"Steve Earle "Little Rock 'N' Roller"Justin Townes Earle "Memphis in the Rain"Patterson Hood "Come Back Little Star"Vic Chesnutt "Panic Pure"Valerie June "Summer's End"St. Louis Jimmy "Trying To Change My Ways"Sunnyland Slim "Orphan Boy Blues"Otis Redding "Let Me Come On Home"Margo Price "Sweet Revenge"Slobberbone "Trust Jesus"The Black Keys "Crawling Kingsnake"Brandi Carlile "Broken Horses"Dolly Parton "After the Gold Rush"Doc & Merle Watson "Milk Cow Blues"Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"Kid Thomas & The Original Algiers Stompers "I Believe I Can Make It By Myself"Memphis Minnie "Killer Diller Blues"Kitty Wells "Queen Of Honky Tonk Street"Big Mama Thornton "Born Under A Bad Sign"Marie/Lepanto "Gramps And Grandma"Ernest Tubb "My Hillbilly Baby"Curtis Harding "Explore"Buffalo Nichols "Living Hell"Ry Cooder "Nitty Gritty Mississippi"Leon Russell "Jesus On My Side"Old 97's "Murder (Or a Heart Attack)"Gillian Welch "Tear My Stillhouse Down"Patsy Cline "Ain't No Wheels On This Ship"Drag the River "Embrace the Sound"Hayes Carll "Help Me Remember"Ray Wylie Hubbard "Cooler-N-Hell"Jolie Holland "Old Fashioned Morphine"Carla Thomas "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)"Sly & The Family Stone "Sing a Simple Song "Nina Simone "Break Down And Let It All Out"Lucinda Williams "Pineola"Al Green "I Can't Stop"Funkadelic "One Nation Under A Groove"The Mynabirds "Numbers Don't Lie"Aretha Franklin "See Saw"

Eric Bibb - 2021 - Dear America4. Dear America Brandon LaneThat Kind Of Love (2013)Brandon Lane - That Kind Of Love - Bird On A Buffalo Nichols - 2021 - Buffalo Nichols2. Living Hell Big Daddy Wilson - Hard Time Blues3 3. Hard Time Blues Candi Staton - Life Happens (2014) MP32 Close to You Chickenbone Slim - Sleeper (2020)1 - Vampire Baby Clare Free - I'll Never Love AgainClare Free I'll Never Love Again Colin James - Open Road - Digital FilesOpen Road3 - Colin James - That's Why I'm Crying - Open Road Dickey Betts & Great Southern 2019 Live at Rockpalast Essen 19788. Jessica (Live, Essen, 1978 NUTS - Spill The BluesNUTS - A Song For You Kees Dusink - Forever Blue8 - Time You Know F.O.G. Band Live In WarderFOG Bluesband - Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues Eva Carboni - Winter of 51Winter of 51 Jon Spear Band13_Time For The Blues_ B-Side Of My Life HannaBlues All Over My Shoes MP3sHanna PK - 3. Insomnia Blues JoeVestich-StealTheWindJoe Vestich - Steal The WindSteal The Wind MP310 - B4 - SOMETIMES Joe Bonamassa - 2021 - Time Clocks Time Clocks Feel The BluesFeel The Blues Volume 392 Working Late Martin - Come To BedMartin - Come to Bed Ron Wood Band - Mr Luck - A Tribute To Jimmy Reed Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2021 - Mr Luck Sun King RisingDelta Tales (album)Delta TalesMusic5 Take It Down Sunny Bleau And The MoonsBreakfast Served Cold5 Autumn Leaves-besame Mucho Starlite Campbell Band5 - Starlite Campbell Band - Take T

For the past few weeks you’ve heard plenty from our November 2021 Artist of the Month Buffalo Nichols, the Houston-born/Milwaukee-raised singer-guitarist who just released his self-titled debut. Carl Nichols’ worldly travels and keen sense of observation have both leant themselves to the lyrical praises for Buffalo Nichols and just last week he dropped by Studio […]

The self-titled debut LP from Buffalo Nichols is the music of a wandering soul – not necessarily lost, but there’s the intrigue over how the wanderer came to be. It’s a glimpse into the journey through unfamiliar terrain, the lone wolf with no place to stay, no one you know. It’s a reflection of Nichols’ […]

Bluesman Buffalo Nichols AKA Carl Nichols joins Dwyer to discuss his reluctance of fame, how streaming apps reduce art to content which weakens music, and how the radio taught him about music.Opening Song, "How To Love," From Buffalo Nichols on his self-titled albumBuy Buffalo Nichols on Bandcamp HEREBuffalo Nichols Instagram HERE Buffalo Nichols TWITTER Get Your Website Built by Kelly R. Dwyer HERE themattdwyer.com This Podcast is Produced and all that stuff by Matt Dwyer. You know this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every month, we ask the NPR Music staff: What's the one song you couldn't escape? What's the one album to which you'll return all year? In October, we fell far into the music of Helado Negro and Jordan Peters, screamed along to Illuminati Hotties and Cerce, and meditated on the voices of Buffalo Nichols and Emily D'Angelo. Music featured on this episode:• Buffalo Nichols: "Another Man" from Buffalo Nichols• Jordan Peters, "Float (feat. Obed Calvaire)"• Emily D'Angelo: "Nausicaa" from enargeia• Helado Negro: "Aguas Frías" from Far In• Illuminati Hotties: "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA" from Let Me Do One More• Cerce: "Fate" from Cowboy MusicFollow the #NowPlaying blog for the NPR Music staff's favorite new songs.

Help produce Basic Folk by contributing at basicfolk.com/donate!Carl Nichols (aka Buffalo Nichols) found out that he liked playing guitar way more than anything else when he was around 12 years old. He took his older sister's guitar (what? she wasn't using it) and started obsessively learning to play. He'd listen to songs 200 times in a row to get it right. Very soon, he was out performing his peers as a young teen. He started playing gigs around town in many different bands and many different styles, over extending himself. He was perhaps best known for being in the folk duo, Nickel & Rose, who released music from 2017 - 2019. He eventually got burnt out and realized he wanted to play music that resonated with him. He gave himself a break and went overseas to West Africa and Europe. There he discovered there was a way to connect tradition in music with modernism.Carl uses the blues on his self-titled debut album to tell and express Black stories and the Black experience. He chose the stage name Buffalo Nichols because he was fascinated with the Buffalo Soldiers. He actually learned his grandfather was part of an all-Black infantry in the Korean War also called the Buffalo Soldiers. The writing process for the album was a new venture for Carl. Normally, he works on songs slowly and takes his time (he is more of a cat friend, even though he's allergic to them). For this album, he just let the songs flow out of him without overthinking or over editing himself. The end result is a raw record from someone who's pushing himself outside of his comfort zone. However, don't be surprised if he abandons that free flowing process in the future! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this week's Talkhouse Podcast, we've put together a pair of tourmates—past and present—who are separated by decades but united by a deep respect of American music: Patterson Hood and Carl Nichols. Patterson Hood has been in rock bands since he was a pre-teen, and he's been the co-leader of Drive-By Truckers since 1996. The band has explored the sounds and ideas of Southern rock—Hood is from Alabama—over the years, with sounds and lyrics that stretch the boundaries well beyond the world of Lynyrd Skynyrd. As you'll hear in this conversation, Hood is a nuanced thinker and writer. You'll also hear that, of course, on his records, both as a solo artist and a Drive-By Trucker. The band actually released two albums last year, The Unraveling back in January, and then its companion, The New OK, in October. Carl Nichols, aka Buffalo Nichols, toured with Drive-By Truckers in the past, and he's in the midst of another touring opening for them now. Nichols, as you'll hear, has an interesting musical history of his own—he's been more of a genre jumper than his friend Patterson, playing in punk bands early on and then in the Milwaukee folk-ish duo Nickel and Rose. He just released his debut as Buffalo Nichols, and it takes a turn toward what Rolling Stone called “existential blues.” It's just out on the venerated Fat Possum label. Nichols and Hood—that sounds like a great name for a duo, come to think of it—talk here about the protests in Portland, where Hood now lives; how Hood's politics drove off a certain percentage of his audience; and a mutual love of Outkast. Enjoy. Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast, and thanks to Patterson Hood and Carl Nichols for chatting. This episode was produced by Melissa Kaplan, and the Talkhouse theme is composed and performed by the Range. See you next time.

Adia Victoria "Troubled Mind"My Morning Jacket "Lowdown"Erykah Badu "On & On"Neko Case "Pretty Girls"Aretha Franklin "Runnin' Out Of Fools"Magnolia Electric Co. "The Night Shift Lullaby"The Glands "So High"Cat Power "Love & Communication"Al Green "The Letter"Will Johnson "Call, Call, Call"Mississippi John Hurt "Nobody's Dirty Business"Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Resist the Urge"Neil Young "Get Back To The Country"The Glands "Livin' Was Easy"Grateful Dead "Big Boss Man"Willie Dixon "Spoonful"My Morning Jacket "Honest Man"Mattiel "Midwest Hotel"Call Me Rita "Are You OK?"Charles Mingus "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting"The Low Anthem "Hey, All You Hippies!"Buffalo Nichols "Lost & Lonesome"The Handsome Family "Cold, Cold, Cold"R. L. Burnside "Hard Time Killing Floor"Elvis Costello & The Imposters "Country Darkness"Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Brandi Carlile, Julien Baker "Kid Fears"Swamp Dogg "Sam Stone"Amanda Shires "Saddle in the Rain"James Booker "King Of The Road"R.L. Burnside "Miss Maybelle"Alex Chilton & Hi Rhythm Section "Lucille"Lucero "Sounds Of The City"Little Richard "Money Honey"Dusty Springfield "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone"Merle Haggard "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink"Tom Waits "Long Way Home"Waxahatchee "Can't Do Much"Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats "Survivor"Wilson Pickett "A Man and a Half"JD McPherson "UNDER THE SPELL OF CITY LIGHTS"Yola "Break The Bough"Tom Petty "Wildflowers"

This episode is a vodka-fueled mess, which should be fun for all of us. I talk about music from Drive-By Truckers, Buffalo Nichols, Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga, Colleen Green, The Velvet Underground, and Guided By Voices. I also talk about the book Girl, Interrupted. And did I mention there was vodka? Check it out! Remember to check out the companion blog at http://emptychecking.blogspot.com for photos and more. And e-mail me your questions and complaints at db@derekbrink.com! Here's how the time shakes out: 0:00 - Intro including talk of why I took a couple weeks off and other things. 11:58 - Music Break - I Hope You're Happy 12:28 - Recent music releases and stuff like that! 13:18 - Drive-By Truckers show in St. Louis, 10/5/21. 22:01 - Buffalo Nichols 28:30 - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - Love for Sale 34:07 - Colleen Green - Cool 38:48 - I'll Be Your Mirror - Velvet Underground tribute album 42:09 - Guided By Voices - It's not them. It couldn't be them. It is them! 45:17 - Music Break - Denouement 45:47 - Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 57:58 - Music Break - Lonely 58:28 - Outro Thank you for your support!

Buffalo Nichols joins us from Austin to discuss his debut solo self-titled album, just out on Fat Possum Records. While the record certainly showcases his masterful skills on the acoustic slide guitar, it is also a collection of great songwriting: soulful, emotional and often challenging lyrics sit atop the beautiful guitar work. Nichols talks about his musical journey, from a childhood spent teaching himself guitar licks by obsessing over his family's records and songs on the radio, playing in a wide variety of bands as a hired gun guitarist, to losing and eventually finding his musical way as a solo performer and songwriter. We also discuss his feelings and intentions as a young black musician creating new music within the traditions of the American blues format. Songs discussed in this episode (all contained on the “Buffalo Nichols” album): “Another Man”, “Lost and Lonesome”, “How to Love”, “These Things” Also: our first ever listener contest! Tune in for your chance to win valuable prizes! Email your entry (or anything else you have to say) to tellyouwhatpodcast@gmail.com

Austin-based guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist Carl “Buffalo” Nichols wants to remind folks of the value of the blues as a cultural art form. “Listening to this record, I want more Black people to hear themselves in this music that is truly theirs.” The self-described music nerd considers Delta blues, Chicago blues, West African Malian guitar rhythms, and the African ancestry of the clawhammer banjo in his sonic experimentation and ongoing study of chords and riffs. Nichols, who lived in Milwaukee for most of his life save for his overseas travels, is Fat Possum Records' first blues signing in nearly 20 years and “is grateful to be part of the label's legacy of blues music that also includes Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside,” (Austin Monthly). For his remote performances, Buffalo Nichols wields both a hollow body Fender guitar and a resonator-style guitar, as he plays tunes from his self-titled record. - Caryn Havlik  Set list: “These Things”, “How to Love,” “Lost and Lonesome”   “These Things”:  “How to Love”: “Lost and Lonesome”:

Buffalo Nichols - How to Love

The next hour of The Roadhouse has some real standout sets. I've got a next generation set focused on the future of the blues, and a set of smokin' Freddie King covers. Rod Gator, Popa Chubby, Buffalo Nichols, Neal Black, and Malted Milk & Toni Green are all ahead. It's a pretty big variety, as usual, with a couple of sets leading the way for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

The next hour of The Roadhouse has some real standout sets. I've got a next generation set focused on the future of the blues, and a set of smokin' Freddie King covers. Rod Gator, Popa Chubby, Buffalo Nichols, Neal Black, and Malted Milk & Toni Green are all ahead. It's a pretty big variety, as usual, with a couple of sets leading the way for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

Salty Dog's ARBORIST Podcast, October 2021 Visit: www.salty.com.au We're grafting a root on the blues branch tone hounds! That's right, a mess o tunes this time around that will grow you out of lockdown just right. The arborist brings you cuts from Alastair Greene, Buffalo Nichols, Lady A, Memphissippi Sounds, Julian James, Mike Flanigin, Malcolm Holcombe, Grace Cummings, Kelly Joe Phelps, Fabrizio Grossi, Eric Clapton, Brad Palmer, Roy Buchanan, Emma Donovan, Dave Brewers, Darren Jack, GA-20, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Lachy Doley, Paul Osher, Seasick Steve, Skip James, R.L.Burnside. ----------- ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM ** Australia 1. Alastair Greene / Wontcha Tell Me / The New World Blues 2. Buffalo Nichols / These Things / Buffalo Nichols 3. Lady A / Miss Beula Mae / Satisfyin' 4. Memphissippi Sounds / I'm Mad / Welcome To The Land 5. ** Julian James N Moonshine State / New Religion / Devil Town 6. Mike Flanigin w. Alejandro Escovedo / Fit To Be Tied / The Drifter 7. Malcolm Holcombe / Damn Rainy Day / Tricks of the Trade 8. ** Grace Cummings / Heaven / Single Release 9. Kelly Joe Phelps / Waiting Fior Marty / Slingshot Professional 10. Fabrizio Grossi N Soul Garage Experience / Shit Load Of Sugar / Counterfeited Soulstice Vol.1 11. Eric Clapton / Five Long Years / From The Cradle 12. ** Brad Palmer / Risin' Moon / Street Sessions Vol 3 13. Roy Buchanan / Down By The River / Buch and the Snake Stretchers 14. ** Emma Donovan N The Putbacks / Nothing I Can Do / Under These Streets 15. ** Dave Brewer / Night Walkin' / Long Road Back Home 16. ** Darren Jack / Slow Me Down / Lost In Living 17. GA-20 / Sit Down Baby / Naggin' On My Mind 18. Joanne Shaw Taylor / If That Ain't A Reason / The Blues Album 19. ** Lachy Doley / Only Cure For The Blues Is The Blues / Studios 301 Sessions 20. Paul Oscher / Anna Lee / Alone With The Blues 21. Seasick Steve / Laughing To Keep From Crying / Blues In Mono 22. Skip James / Hard Time Killing Floor Blues / I Hear Voices 23. R.L Burnside / Hard Time Killing Floor / Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down

A more mid-tempo show lies ahead, without quite the hectic usual pace. Davy Knowles, Tony Holiday, Buffalo Nichols, Hanna PK, and Miss Lady Blues shine in this hour. There are a couple of new names in that list with Roadhouse debuts, too. So, maybe a little less tempo but no less another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

A more mid-tempo show lies ahead, without quite the hectic usual pace. Davy Knowles, Tony Holiday, Buffalo Nichols, Hanna PK, and Miss Lady Blues shine in this hour. There are a couple of new names in that list with Roadhouse debuts, too. So, maybe a little less tempo but no less another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

To clarify, Buffalo Nichols is the solo moniker of songwriter Carl Nichols, one half of renown folk duo Nickel & Rose. (Today’s featured AMM track is a live pop-up session, busker style, of Nichols performing “Life Goes On.”) No matter what genre Nichols has ever played, he always finds his heart returning to the acoustic […]