Buffalo Nichols over for Roadburn Festival this weekend
Mon 14 Apr 2025Buffalo Nichols is an American singer-songwriter who has his heart set on bringing the blues of the past into the future. Since his early forays into music in the underground metal scene, Carl ‘Buffalo’ Nichols has understood the impact of heaviness within music – and that it can be found in all kinds of unexpected places. His adventurous creativity coupled with his digging through the earth around his roots mean that he’s going to be right at home at Roadburn Festival – where he'll be debuting later this month.
His 2023 album, The Fatalist, is the blues guitarist and songwriter’s second record as Buffalo Nichols. By mixing synth ambience and hip-hop production with rattling acoustic guitar and his tectonic rumble of a voice, Nichols forgets about fitting in. Rather, he made a blues record for the world he lives in. If that world has white garage-blues uncles in it, they’re not gatekeepers..The blues has always rooted in not only expressing emotions and processing oppressive circumstances but also to document the hardships faced by black Americans. Blues music provides a map for multiple generations to navigate their shared history; Buffalo Nichols is adding some new embellishments to that map.
Carl about his upcoming show at Roadburn: “This will be my first time playing Roadburn and I am excited for the opportunity to share the blues with a new audience and display the heavier side of my music”.