IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ENTER ANY NOMINATIONS The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity and power of the music that is created by those artists that acknowledge their inspiration and roots are in the blues. These awards will represent not only those “touring” artists who work within the established blues community, but embrace working artists […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues .. the show that brings you the future of the blues by playing only Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original music rooted in the blues … these are the innovators not the imitators .. these ARE the INDIE Blues artists […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Richard Cagle produced and recorded Annika Chambers, Brad Absher, Carolyn Wonderland’s first and second album. Won Producer of the Year (Houston Press/KLOL Music Awards) for Carolyn’s 2nd album “Truckstop Favorites Vol. 2” While managing her, Carolyn signed with Warner Chappell, William Morris and was offered a major recording deal with Giant […]
This is the voice of indie blues. The show that brings you the best in independent blues artist who in the true tradition of the blues are creating new original music from it’s roots. These artists embrace the diversity of blues .. These are the innovators not the imitators .. These ARE the Indie Blues […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Crowned “Detroit’s Queen of the Blues” in 2015, Thornetta Davis a multi-talented International Singer and Songwriter from Detroit MI, USA is the Winner of over 30 Detroit Music Awards. Thornetta has been exciting and wowing audiences all over the world. Her voice is strong, commanding, melodic and smooth. She tells her stories […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that is dedicated to bringing you the Independent Blues Artists that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues. These are the innovators not the imitators .. these are the INDIE Blues artists This week we bring you music from Lew Jetton Benny Turner – Real BluesTrudy Lynn […]
Making A Scene Presents Richard Ludmerer’s TOP 50 INDIE Blues CD’s Reviewed in 2016! These are presented in no particular order because they are all THAT good! We at Making a Scene pride ourselves on our CD reviews. We just don’t give you an insightful opinion, we give you the opportunity to watch the artists we […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Fiddler, Singer, Songwriter, Novelist, and Visual Artist Ilana Katz Katz casts a wide net of creative endeavors. Ilana’s fiddling stems from the old-time Appalachian tradition and dives deep into the Blues. Her unique style – as a solo artist and in a band – has taken her to the stage and […]
This is The Voice of Indie blues. The show that is dedicated to bringing you the FUTURE of the blues. We showcase the Innovators not the imitators.. artists who embrace the diversity of blues .. who are creating new original music in the true tradition of blues .. stretching it boundaries! These are the INDIE […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you the Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and is out there creating the future of the blues by expanding the genre with new original music. These are the innovators not the imitators .. these are the INDIE Blues Artists! […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE A Powerhouse of Blues & Funk Gaetano Letizia – Guitar/Vocals Larry Keller – Bass Mike D’Elia – Drums With a core of three seasoned blues veterans, the Underworld Blues Band delivers in concerts, club dates, festivals and corporate events. Fun, danceable blues standards and great original music. If you’ve had it […]
This is the show that brings you the FUTURE of the blues .. This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by showcasing the Independent Blues Artists who is creating new original music rooted in the blues .. These are the Innovators not the imitators .. Yes, […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Guitar and harmonica king Jon Gindick has long been known as one of the most exciting harmonica players and teachers on the international scene. His books on playing blues harmonica have sold over a million copies and have inspired tens of thousands to play the harmonica. His Mississippi Delta Blues Harmonica […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues. This is the show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues .. these are the artists who create new original music rooted in the blues .. these ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we give you a 3 hour block of […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE A music veteran and founder of various roots, blues and country blues combos, including Dust My Blues, Who Slapped John?, and Shuck & Jive. Jim has led bands in the New York area since the late 80’s, with some stints in Nashville and Mississippi. He has performed throughout the U.S. and […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 12/19/16 SHOW #351 Listen here: https://goo.gl/j9r43I Originally, Elvin Bishop was our only scheduled guest for this evening, but there was a missed connection. We are rescheduling for early 2017, so look for an announcement. In the meantime, we played Holiday Music and also played our selection for the final song of […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues. The show that brings you the innovators not the imitators … The Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues .. by creating new original music rooted from it. This week we start off with music from Popa Chubby Adam Karch Mike ZitoThornetta Davis Biscuit Miller […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #350 – 12/12/16 SHOW LENGTH: 3:02:10 ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC HARPDOG BROWN Dog returns to The Couch for his third visit. This time he returns to share stories around the recording of Travelin With The Blues, which includes appearances by folks like Charlie Musselwhite, Kid Andersen, Rusty Zinn and more. […]
Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues .. The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. expanding the blues as is the true tradition that were established by those that came before. These ARE the INDIE Blues […]
Home Page Facebook Page He’s been flying in the face of convention his whole career. No smoke, no mirrors, no choreography, no industry machines. One of the most versatile bluesmen in Texas, Randy plays driving drums and world-class harmonica, writes incredible songs and sings like no one else. Raised in the small Texas town of […]
Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues .. THESE ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we have a 3 hour block of uninterrupted INDIE BLUES RADIOwhere you […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Like everybody else, Tracy K has a full plate, busy schedule, and a great deal she wants to accomplish. Yet, she remains as cool as the blues that colour her world; laidback like the tranquil countryside that stirs her spirit. She approaches life – and making music – in a go-with-the-flow […]
Soon after I inducted Sam “Bluzman” Taylor into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, the fine people at Stony Brook University set out to create a documentary about Sam’s Life and Music. I had the honor to have been included in this film and I would like to present it to you all. I […]
This is The voice of indie blues. The show that brings you the Independent Blues Artists who embrace the diversity of blues. The artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues, who in the true tradition of the blues are striving to be the innovators and not imitators. These ARE […]
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and in the true tradition of the blues are creating new original music that expands and is rooted in the blues. These artists are the Innovators not the Imitators .. these are the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Derrick’s been singing since he was a kid. He was in bar bands before he was legal. He did his first recording as the lead singer in a band, Mothers Worry, when he was 16, and ever since then he’s been Mr. Studio Guy. Derrick is a natural singer and musician. […]
This is THE VOICE of Indie Blues .. the show that brings you INDIE Bluesartists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. these artists embrace the diversity of the blues in the true tradition of the blues .. They are innovators .. not imitators .. They ARE the INDIE Blues artists […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Born in South St. Louis, Mo. Mike Zito grew up in a working class home with a dire love of music. It was his escape and way out. After a decade working in a local guitar shop, Mike learned his craft from the ground up playing in clubs 7 nights a […]
Tune in tonight at 11pm on www.bluesfm.org for LIVE from the Midnight Circus The Voice of Indie Blues! We give you 3 hours of the best in INDIE BLUES RADIO with Independent Blues Artists Who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues which is the REAL TRADITION of the BLUES .. These are the innovators no […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE There is a southern gentleman on Bourbon Street. He is soft spoken, with just a bit of a south Louisiana accent, He still opens doors and holds chairs for the ladies. But when Jeff Chaz plugs in his guitar and steps before the microphone, there is a metamorphosis. “I don’t understand […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #349 – 12/05/16 SHOW LENGTH W/ AFTER SHOW: 2:58:58 AFTER SHOW NOT ON BTR FEED BTR Feed: https://goo.gl/Q21VsC TRUDY LYNN Out of Houston, TX, Trudy was still a teen when she sang onstage with Albert Collins and had the chance to open for Ike & Tina Turner. Trudy has just released […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who, in the true tradition of the blues artists that came before them, Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These artists are the innovators not the Imitators! These ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we start off with music […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that showcases the future of the blues by bringing you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original music rooted in the blues. This is the REAL tradition of the blues .. These are the innovators not the imitators .. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Landon Spradlin Guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, recording engineer and get this—pastor. Landon Spradlin, some call him the Preachin’ Blues Man, resides in Gretna, Virginia. In this one stop light town of about 1,300 people, he pastors The Move Church, runs his in-house recording studio, […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! This is the show that showcases the Best INDIE Blues artist that are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are the artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! The True tradition of the blues! This week we give you a 3 hour […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE “Jack Mack and the Heart Attack Horns has been LA’s leading proponent of Rock’n’Soul music for over 3 decades.” Jack Mack’s sweet and funky soul music has earned a critically acclaimed thirty year legacy of success in the music business that includes: seven records, blockbuster movie soundtracks, and hundreds of global […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 11/28/16 SHOW SHOW #348 Link To Listen: https://goo.gl/mHvlsL After Show is not on the BTR Feed REV. BILLY C. WIRTZ The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz comes direct from the First House Of Polyester Worship. We talked about the incredible journey the Rev. has been on since a young boy in South Carolina. The […]
Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original Music rooted in the blues. We bring you the future of the blues .. We Honor the past by supporting that Future .. These ARE the INDIE Blues artists […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original music rooted in the blues! We honor the past by supporting the future of the blues. These ARE the INDIE Blues artists .. Tune in and support the Indie […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE JUNO Award Nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones tours constantly, and is known for his high-energy show that keeps getting hotter! Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, referred to this Maple Blues Award winner as “one of this country’s top blues guitar stars.” JW’s new release ‘High Temperature’ was named the Hot […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you the future of the blues that is being made by Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and is creating new original music rooted in the blues. We Honor the past by supporting the future.. that is the TRUE tradition […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Trudy Lynn, 68, was born Lee Audrey Nelms in the Fifth Ward, Houston Texas. In addition to her parents’ 78s, she had a lot of casual contact with blues and R&B performers because her mother ran a beauty shop by the Club Matinee. Lynn would walk there from school trying to […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and is creating new original music rooted in the blues. These ARE the INDIE Blues Artists! This week we start off with these great indie blues artists .. Popa Chubby The Knickerbocker All-Stars […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #347 – 11/21/17 SHOW LINK: https://goo.gl/kxrthL Show Length: 3:01:08 (w/After Show) BACKTRACK BLUES BAND Out of the Tampa, FL area, this is the fifth album from this 5-piece band. I spoke with Sonny Charles about his journey, how the band came to be and where they are heading in the future […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! We Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by supporting Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. We bring you the FUTURE of the blues that is being created by artists today! Honor the past by supporting the future of the blues. This […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE SEE TAS CRU LIVE Raucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all words that fittingly describe Tas Cru’s songs and testify to his reputation as a one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade today. It’s not for nothing that Cru has received wide praise for […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues where we Embrace the Diversity of the Bluesby playing only Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. We honor the past by supporting the future of the blues. This is the REAL tradition of Blues! This week we start off with music […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE SEE MISSISSIPPI HEAT LIVE! Straight out of Chicago, Mississippi Heat has been performing and recording pure vintage blues for more than two decades. It all began one night at a 1991 gig at the now-closed Cafe Lura in Chicago, where guitarist and singer Jon McDonald invited Pierre Lacocque to join him […]
Tune into the The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by supporting Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. This is the show that showcases the FUTURE of the blues. We honor the past by supporting that future! This week we give […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Won MAMA (Madison Area Music Award) awards for “Keyboardist of the Year” in 2010, 2012 & 2015. Jimmy also received WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) awards for “Keyboardist of the Year” in 2011 and 2015. In 2015 The Jimmys won a MAMA award for “Blues Performer of the Year” and in 2012 earned a WAMI award for […]
