A review of Buffalo Galaxy’s first live album, Don’t Pet The Fluffy Cows — Live: Volume One

It’s a crazy week of music in Minnesota and here are three highlights, Orions Belte at 7th Street Wednesday, Shamrock Shakedown at Green Room Friday and Andy Frasco & The U.N. at the Fine Line Saturday. But there’s so much more.

Read about Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, which bring their tribute to Italian film to the Fitzgerald Theater on Feb. 12. Find out what else is happening this week around Minnesota in Jam in the Stream’s weekly live music picks.

The Big Wu’s gig at First Avenue in Minneapolis tops Jam in the Stream’s weekly Minnesota live music roundup, which is back this week after a short hiatus. Find out what other shows are happening in Minnesota.

Zach Tauer, banjoist for Minneapolis jamgrass quartet Buffalo Galaxy, chatted with Jam in the Stream ahead of the band run of four shows in Colorado in May, 2023. The interview covers other coming shows planned, including festival appearances, and the band’s upcoming single, music video, and LP.

Buffalo Galaxy guitarist/singer Johnny Kovarik chatted with Jam in the Stream ahead of his band’s opening gig for N.J.-based Dogs in a Pile at 7th Street Entry in downtown Minneapolis.

It’s taken me a couple of days to recover from what was the first Ice Dance Music Festival at Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center in Green Lake, Wis.

Would do again.

Up here in the cold, frozen tundra, we’re always looking for fun shit to do come late winter that doesn’t necessarily involve plane tickets south (one day, Phish Mexico, one day).