Tyler Westcott

Bio

Tyler Westcott is a Buffalo poet, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, banjo, and harmonica and specializes in folk, country blues, traditional jazz, bluegrass, old-time, and western swing. His website says he founded the roots band Folkfaces in 2011, Banjo Juice Jazz Band in 2017, and the Django Reinhardt-style Paper Roses in 2019, and debuted the Tyler Westcott Band in 2022. He keeps a Wednesday 6-to-8 p.m. residency at Nietzsche’s that has run for about nine years and has featured guests from outside Buffalo. Releases noted on his site include a 2017 self-titled solo album, the 2020 acoustic jazz duo Medical Record with Brian “Dr.

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  Tyler Westcott

  Buffalo singer, guitarist, banjoist, and harmonica player who leads Folkfaces and holds a Wednesday residency at Nietzsche’s. He recorded the duo album Medical Record with Dr. Jazz.