"Be Alright!" debuted at #1 on the CKUA Top 30 Chart and within a month of its release, reached #38 on CKUA's Top 200 Album Chart for 2022! It also debuted at #19 on the Earshot National Top 50 Chart.
"Best Country Music of 2024" on Bandcamp
#8 on CKUA's "100 Most Played Albums of 2024"
"Volkov sings like a man out of time"
- The Edmonton Journal
"Volkov sings like a man out of time" - The Edmonton Journal
“One of the freshest voices I’ve heard in over a decade, Sammy restores my faith that there is still much innovating and interesting music to be made, and that rock music is alive and well.”
Dr. Daniel Levitin
Author of the New York Times Bestseller "This Is Your Brain On Music" & Musician who has worked with Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Jonathan Richman & others
“Sammy’s voice is one I wish I had, his songs are ones I wish I had written … If I owned a record label I’d sign him, if I had a radio station I’d play him, if I owned a paper I’d write about him.”
Del Barber
5 time Western Canadian Music award winner, 3 Juno award nominations
"A voice reminiscent of Roy Orbison"
- RANGE Magazine
"A voice reminiscent of Roy Orbison" - RANGE Magazine
ABOUT SAMMY
Imagine if Roy Orbison and Townes Van Zandt co-wrote a song - weird - but it works. Sammy’s first single ‘Weather Report’ caressed the ear like an homage to Brill Building songwriters while capturing his cinematic approach to music-making. Sammy’s ‘Be Alright!’ was the first album to debut at #1 on Alberta’s CKUA Top 30 Chart. Within a month, it reached #38 on CKUA’s Top 200 Album Chart for 2022 and debuted at #19 on Earshot’s National Top 50 Chart in Canada. His 2024 duets album of originals released with Dana Wylie 'The Day Had To Come' topped Bandcamp’s ‘Best Country Music of 2024’ list and remained in the CKUA Top 30 for 14 weeks. Sammy has shared stages with Boy Golden, Frazey Ford, Mariel Buckley and many others. He has appeared two years in a row at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, performed at the Calgary and Canmore Folk Fests, and performed as part of CFMF’s Block Heater Concert Series in 2025. His upcoming solo album was produced by Renny Wilson and is currently in the mastering stage. Sammy was awarded 2nd place for Penguin Eggs / Roots Music Canada Critics' 2023 'New Discovery of the Year.’