Arts writer Manny Theiner, who also promotes shows at the Tunderbird Cafe and Garfield Art Works, wrote this article for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about our premiere next Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the beautiful Hollywood Theater (below).

Advance tickets aren’t necessary, but help us get an idea how many people are coming. You can get them at Eventbrite, which takes credit cards and PayPal. Suggested donation is $5.00, more if you’d like to support getting this film in front of audiences nationwide. Doors open at 7, musical guest Mark Dignam performs at 7:30, and the film begins at 8. There will be a Q&A with me and Mark after the show. Hope to see you there!

One more day till the World Premiere of Troubadour Blues at the Buffalo International Film Festival. Read a nice preview article from the Buffalo Artvoice, written by Kevin Hosey, who also produces the Buffalo Roots blog. I met Kevin and his wife Val years ago, when Peter Case was playing at Mohawk Place in downtown Buffalo. If you need to get tickets to the BIFF premiere, the link is here.

Here’s a five-minute-long radio interview about Troubadour Blues by WBFO-FM, Buffalo, Arts and Cultural Affairs Producer Joyce Kryszak. Illustrated with stills from the film.

Music » Sound Check

Road warrior

By JEFF MIERS

Buffalo News Pop Music Critic

Will the troubadour soon become nothing but a memory? Is there a place in our fast-moving, hyper-informational mess of a culture for the traveling singer-songwriter? Does that culture put any value on the independent, modern-day itinerant minstrel? If Woody Guthrie was alive and singing today, would anyone even notice?

These questions sit at the heart of “Troubadour Blues,” a new documentary that centers around the life and work of Hamburg native and revered DIY singer-songwriter Peter Case.

Erie friends, you’ll get your chance to see Troubadour Blues for the first time Friday, Oct. 28, at the Erie Art Museum, with special musical guest Mark Dignam.

Doors open at 7, and you can get a drink and look at art until Mark plays a short set at 7:30. The screening will begin at 8, with a Q&A and more music afterwards. There’s a suggested donation of $10, but we’ll let you in for whatever you can contribute. Proceeds will help put Troubadour Blues on the road to Nashville, Austin, Boston, Washington, Columbus and many more places.