Catch Buffalo Nichols Performing at SXSW
Buffalo Nichols is set to perform multiple times at SXSW in Austin, TX, this week, beginning tomorrow night for the Rolling Stone x Twitch showcase at 3TEN ACL Live. See below for the rising artist’s full festival schedule, which also includes a KGSR Live Morning Broadcast on March 18th. Following SXSW, Nichols will kick off his run of headline shows on March 30th with a hometown Austin show at the State Theatre. He’ll be touring in support of his acclaimed self-titled debut album, released in October 2021 via Fat Possum, that continues to earn glowing coverage from outlets including NPR Music (Tiny Desk (Home) Concert and All Songs Considered ‘Best of October’), Rolling Stone (‘The Fight to Reclaim the Blues’ feature), Bandcamp Daily, Guitar World, Texas Monthly, Acoustic Guitar, Austin Chronicle, No Depression, Premier Guitar (‘Hooked’ series), Uncut (UK), Mojo (UK), and many more. Since his earliest infatuations with guitar, Nichols—raised in Milwaukee, WI, and currently based in Austin, TX—has asked himself the same question: How can I bring the blues of the past into the future? After cutting his teeth between a Baptist church and bars in Milwaukee, it was a globetrotting trip through West Africa and Europe during a creative down period that began to reveal the answer.
“Part of my intent, making myself more comfortable with this release, is putting more Black stories into the genres of folk and blues,” Nichols explains. “Listening to this record, I want more Black people to hear themselves in this music that is truly theirs.” That desire is embodied in his self-titled debut album, composed largely of demos and studio sessions recorded between Wisconsin and Texas.
Buffalo Nichols at SXSW3/15/22 – Austin, TX – 3TEN (Rolling Stone x Twitch showcase) – 9:10pm3/17/22 – Austin, TX – Continental Club (High Road Touring Showcase) – 9pm3/18/22 – Austin, TX – KGSR (Live Morning Broadcast) – 9am3/18/22 – Austin, TX – SXSJ – 4pm
Buffalo Nichols tour dates3/19/22 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns – Bluegrass Underground (SOLD OUT)3/21/22 – Bentonville, AR – Oxford American Points South live podcast taping3/30/33 – Austin, TX – The State Theatre3/31/22 – Houston, TX – Dosey Doe4/1/22 – New Orleans, LA – Hogs For The Cause4/2/22 – Mobile, AL – Merry Widow4/4/22 – Macon, GA – Grant’s Lounge4/6/22 – Sanford, FL – Tuffy’s Music Box4/7/22 – Jacksonville, FL – Blue Jay Listening Room4/10/22 – Tallahassee, FL – Word of South Music and Literature Festival4/8/22 – Charleston, SC – Pour House 4/9/22 – Athens, GA – The Lewis Room4/12/22 – Birmingham, AL – The Nick4/13/22 – Nashville TN – High Watt4/14/22 – Tupelo, MS – Blue Canoe4/15/22 – Waverly, AL – Standard Deluxe4/16/22 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall4/23/22 – Oxford, MS – Double Decker Music & Arts Festival5/3/22 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music Theatre**5/4/22 – New York, NY – Town Hall**5/5/22 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring**5/6/22 – Munhall, PA – Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall**5/7/22 – Ithaca, NY – State Theatre of Ithaca**5/10/22 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall**5/12-5/13/22 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Music Festival5/14/22 – London, UK – Lexington5/15/22 – Paris, FR – La Boule Noire7/1-4 – Portland, OR – Waterfront Blues Festival8/18-21 – Brecon Beacons, UK – Green Man Festival8/26-28 – Leicestershire, UK – The Long Road Festival9/4/22 – Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival ** supporting Valerie June