Arts & Culture
Electric Buffalo Records Creates a Home for Campus Musicians
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Every gig is an opportunity. If Alex Korner hadn’t asked his friends Mick Jagger, Ian Stewart, Keith Richards and Brian Jones to fill in for his band’s Thursday night gig at the Marquee Club in 1962, the world might have never seen The Rolling Stones. On a more recent Thursday night in 2024, up-and-coming student artists took to the stage at the Electric Buffalo Records “70s Night” open mic. Bell-bottoms, dusty records, colorful strobe lighting, and an array of extreme talent created an ambiance presumably similar to the Marquee, or one of other venues where rock and roll legends got their starts. As an entirely student-run record label and performance venue under the umbrella of Cornell Media Guild, Electric Buffalo Records (EBR) is a creative hub for all student musicians.