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Artist
Sammy Volkov
12+ albums
about
With his debut, Sammy Volkov crafted startlingly original music while taking inspiration from classic 1960s pop. Today he is drawing more on his contemporaries. While taking his first leap into recording with an independent EP in 2018, the Edmonton artist had gone to New York City and Los Angeles to follow his other longstanding dream of becoming an actor in 2010. Sammy graduated SUNY Purchase’s prestigious Acting BFA Conservatory in 2015. His New York life primarily consisted of production-office work for major television series while writing songs and performing them at Brooklyn open mics. Creating Sammy's debut album was an emotional two-year journey, from initial sessions at Riverdale Recorders in 2020, to finishing the album at the height of the pandemic, to finally sharing “Be Alright!” in December 2022. He recorded the album with a host of Edmonton's A-List musicians and industry professionals. “Be Alright!” was the first album to debut at #1 on the CKUA Top 30 Chart. Within a month of the release, Sammy reached #38 on CKUA’s Top 200 Album Chart for 2022. The album also reached the #1 spot on CJSR and debuted at #19 on Earshot’s National Top 50 Chart. Since creating his debut, Sammy has written and recorded a collaborative album with Dana Wylie, opened twice for Mariel Buckley, and enjoyed a Western-Canadian album-support tour with Jack Garton and Kitty & the Rooster. He recently performed at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Canmore Folk Music Festivals in summer 2023 and is
