EPK — Buffalo Galaxy

Electronic Press Kit

Buffalo Galaxy at Boats & Bluegrass 2024

Deep Space, Light Speed Bluegrass

Biography

Bluegrass and Beyond!

Nationally touring string band Buffalo Galaxy is where heavy hitting psychedelia and light-speed bluegrass coalesce. Their songwriting and live shows set out to explore interstellar space with a universal familiarity. Picking their way through bluegrass standards and laying down hard grooves as few other string bands attempt, their catalog is vast and energy plentiful.

Since 2019 Buffalo Galaxy has played over 350 shows around the US from Oregon to North Carolina. In recent years, they revved up their tour schedule playing further and farther from their home base in Minneapolis.

Noticeable spots include: Blue Ox Music Festival (Wisconsin), Pickin’ on Picnic (Missouri), Pine Creek Lodge (Montana), Bluegrass & Butterflies (Oregon), AVL Fest (North Carolina), and playing dozens of new markets in and beyond The Pacific Northwest, West, Midwest and the South.

Buffalo Galaxy has always consisted of:

Peter Whiteman - bass / vocals
Johnny Kovarik - guitar / vocals
Jake Rohde - mandolin / vocals
Zach Tauer - banjo / vocals

Press Clippings

“Although bluegrass ins’t quite my normal cup of tea, I loved how Buffalo Galaxy brought elements of everything from rock to funk into their bluegrass-leaning sound making it easy to relate to and fall in love with.” - Girl at the Rock Shows (2026)
“The Southside’s own Jam Band” - Longfellow Nokomis Messenger (2025)
“Buffalo Galaxy takes listeners on an adventurous, sonic journey through lush harmonies, driving rhythms, and expert pickin’—all inspired by the breathtaking panoramas of the American West.” - Grateful Web (2025)
“[Buffalo Galaxy] sounds like if Pink Floyd opted to jam with the Steep Canyon Rangers, and then gave their audiences opportunity to relish the results.” - Bluegrass Today (2024)
“As Buffalo Galaxy propels forward in their musical journey, ‘Paint’ stands as a testament to their evolving sound, rooted in tradition and reaching for the stars.” - The Grateful Web (2023)

“Their breezy, exceedingly drawn-out cover of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Bird Song’ put me at ease as I got acquainted with the grounds.” - Andy Kahn, Jambase (2023)
“Favorite up-and-coming jamgrass band emerging from a Minneapolis scene that has produced some pretty amazing stringbands.” - Jam in the Stream (2023)