Thank you to our Foundation Sponsors: March 2024
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View ArticleThe Bluegrass Music Roundup, March 2024
Tis the month of all things Irish! Let’s visit a couple examples of the shared heritage of Bluegrass and Irish music. The first is a traditional Irish ballad played Bluegrass style by the Bluegrass...
View ArticleTribute to Willie Schoellkopf, March 2024
“William C. Schoellkopf, a Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee and respected federal court law clerk, died on March 4, 2024, after a prolonged battle with Lewy body dementia.” Buffalo News The WNY...
View ArticleProud to be a Member: March 2024
Dear Active and Inactive Members of the Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation, Thank you for your support over the years. To be able to continue our mission, we need our inactive members to consider...
View ArticleSAMF teams with Hallwalls to present Bobby Previte’s Improvisation Workshop
By Jeff Miers, SAMF Executive Director We know that music-making can be a transformative agent for musicians of all ages. And there is no means of gaining more intimate access to that transformative...
View ArticleBflo Bob Sez: Free Tickets to Members/Live Music in WNY – April 2024
BUFFALO BOB SEZ: WHO DOESN’T LIKE FREE TICKETS? Due to the generosity of the SAM Foundation, the Sportsmen’s Tavern, Babeville and Buffalo Ironworks, we are offering you the chance to win tickets to...
View ArticleBuckwords: Ode to Orbison
Composing an Ode to Orbison Greetings, dear readers! It’s been a while since I’ve sat down behind the keyboard and lifted my fingers to compose a few lines. I sincerely apologize for my absence here...
View ArticleBluegrass Roundup by Mark Panfil, April 2024
In my imagination, there is a big room full of doors. Each door represents an entry spot for most bluegrass pickers and fans. I’d see a door with The Kingston Trio on it. Another two with the movies...
View ArticleAll Jazz is Americana by Constance Caldwell, April 2024
What does a jazz manifesto have to do with Americana? Everything! All Jazz is Americana. This statement was mightily endorsed by Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation in 2018 while supporting “Jazz...
View ArticleWillie Schoellkopf’s Memorialization, April 2024
Generous doesn’t come close to the love that was poured out of friends and family of Willie Schoellkopf who gave to the Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation in Willie’s name. On March 17th, we...
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