Singer and Guitarist Buffalo Nichols Envisions The Blues for the Present

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English - October 12, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 128 ratings
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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”