Interviews and Features on Indie Blues Artists
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Talks with Indie Blues Artist Billy Price! 2016 Blues Music Award Winner Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan’s LPs, That’s What I’m Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone […]
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Rory Block I was born in Princeton NJ in 1949 and spent the beginning of my life in a small wood house with no plumbing, hidden deep in the woods on a hillside in Neshanic. At the time, nothing but endless […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Travis Bowlin In 1988, Travis Bowlin was born in a little river town just off the Ohio River called Aurora, IN near Cincinnati, Ohio. He found his love for roots music at the age 11, when he starting singing for the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Dennis Jones of the Dennis Jones Band! I was born and raised in the small town of Monkton, Maryland, population 4,856. My family didn’t have much money, but we always had what we needed. Monkton was a great place for a […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Sugar Brown! It’s a blues world, and Sugar Brown is living in it and “calling all blues” with real grace and style. The Toronto-based vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has found his full creative voice on It’s A Blues World (Calling All […]
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Bruce Katz Bruce Katz is a four time (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015) Nominee for the Blues Music Award (W.C. Handy Award) for “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, selected by the Blues Foundation of Memphis, TN. While Blues is a […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues artist Whitney Shay A two-time San Diego Music Award winner for Best Blues Artist, vivacious young vocal phenom Whitney Shay sings with a commanding authority that’s usually associated with artists twice her age. No less an authority than soul legend Candi Staton […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE MAKING A SCENE Presents an Interview with the Legendary David Clayton Thomas! David Clayton-Thomas began his amazing journey as a homeless street kid and developed into one of the most recognizable voices in music, to date selling over 40 million records. In 1996 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist JP Soars! Not every blues artist can create a cohesive sound in the genre by weaving in a diversity of other influences, but guitarist and vocalist JP Soars is obviously not just any blues artist. A 2009 winner of the International […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Steve Howell When Steve Howell first heard Mississippi John Hurt’s happy style of fingerpicking country blues in 1965 at the age of thirteen, he immediately knew that the tame, folky style of strumming the guitar was a thing of the past […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Jimi Bott of “The Proven Ones” Kid Ramos, Anthony Geraci, Willie J. Campbell, Jimi Bott, Brian Templeton The Proven Ones are truly an all-star ensemble. Vocals by the dynamic Boston blues legend, Brian Templeton. Legendary modern blues guitarist, Kid Ramos, drives the tunes, […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Kat Riggins! Kat Riggins was born Katriva Riggins in Miami, Florida on February 7, 1980. She grew up in a household where there was always background music. Because of the wide range of genres in her parents collection, Kat developed a […]
Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Cece Teneal! CeCe Teneal & Soul Kamotion has been captivating the globe with original, live music for more than 16 years. Their blend of blues, soul and roots music uplifts and inspires audiences with messages of hope, love and the belief […]
Home Page Facebook page Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Steve Krase Steve Krase was born in Brooklyn, NY and has spent time in Ohio, California and Louisiana. Now almost 30 years in Houston, Krase has blended his high-energy style with the soulful vibe that runs through the great city. “The Houston scene is […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Jeremiah Johnson! Born and raised in St. Louis, Jeremiah Johnson is the voice of Mississippi River blues blending with the struggles of everyday life. He began learning guitar at age 6, drawing inspiration from his rich St. Louis blues heritage and […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Damon Fowler! Alongside his solo career, Damon joined forces with fellow guitarist JP Soars and keyboardist Victor Wainwright in 2011 to form the southern roots rock group, Southern Hospitality. SoHo quickly became a strong draw on the national circuit due to […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Brigitte Purdy! Brigitte was born and raised in Los Angeles. From an early age, her family cultivated her artistry by immersing her in the rich sounds of blues and gospel. Her father was a blues guitarist and would often showcase her […]
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an interview with New Orleans legend Cyril Neville! Singer. Poet. Percussionist. Neville Brother, Meters legend, solo star and talisman of the South’s all-conquering new supergroup, Royal Southern Brotherhood. One of the four Neville Brothers, Cyril Neville was the youngest, born on January 10, 1948, in New Orleans, […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artists Al Basile! Al Basile grew up in a park in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1966, and in 1970 he was the first to receive a Master’s Degree from the Brown University Writing Program. He began his musical […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Vanessa Collier about her journey, her new CD “Honey Up” and the future of the blues! “There’s a young lady [Vanessa Collier] came onstage with me, I forget where I was, but she’s playing an alto saxophone, and man, she was […]
HomePage Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Big Harp George Big Harp George/George Bisharat is a San Francisco Bay Area blues singer, songwriter, and harmonica player who features the chromatic harmonica. George was a criminal defense attorney, award-winning professor of law at UC Hastings College of the Law, and […]
HOME PAGE FACE BOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artists “The Bennett Brothers Band” After years of making music together Brooklyn natives, the Bennett brothers have had the honor to perform alongside greats like Levon Helm, B.B. King, Bo Diddley and many more. They were born and raised in the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Matty T Wall! The blues is music that traveled on trains and steamboats from the Mississippi Delta to the neon streets of Memphis, Chicago and St. Louis. For MattyTWall – a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader – it is the supernatural […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Bryan Redmond of Grand Marquis! FORMED IN 1998, GRAND MARQUIS HAS SINCE BECOME SOLIDLY ROOTED IN THE KANSAS CITY MUSIC SCENE AS ONE OF THE HARDEST-WORKING BANDS IN THE REGION, PLAYING OVER 100 SHOWS PER YEAR! THE GROUP HAS PERFORMED FROM […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Paul Filipowicz! Paul Filipowicz, singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonica. Born Chicago, IL March 24, 1950. He was raised in the Lockport, Ill. corn fields in the 1950’s. “My sisters played piano in church and of course we all sang there. About the […]
HOMEPAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Russ Green Harmonica player and singer Russ Green’s journey into the blues is different than those of most musicians. Russ was born in Chicago and grew up on the city’s west side. Although, throughout his life he had listened to all types […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Jeff Jensen! Sometimes all it takes is a tiny spark to ignite a raging inferno. For Jeff Jensen, the spark occurred in 2011. Feeling the need for a fresh start, he loaded up his car to head back to his boyhood […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist The Reverend Freakchild! In the tradition of such Blues Reverends as Rev. Gary Davis – such is the irreverent Reverend Freakchild. The Rev has played in many bands including an early incarnation of Soul Coughing with M. Doughty leaving to form […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with INDIE BLUES ARTIST John Clifton As a co-founder (w/ brother Bill Clifton) of Fresno’s The MoFo Party Band, John Clifton has solidified himself as one of Central California’s most in demand Blues frontmen since he started in the late ’80’s. His from the gut vocal […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene brings you an interview with Grammy Award winning Indie Blues Artist “Tom Hambridge”! TOM HAMBRIDGE is a two time Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, ASCAP Award Winning Singer/Songwriter, an accomplished session/touring Drummer and Solo Artist. He is also the recipient of seven Grammy® Nominations. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Tom […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene brings you an interview with Indie Blues Artist Dustin Douglas! In 2014, Dustin Douglas released “Black Skies and Starlight” his first solo record, to rave reviews. Self proclaimed as “A mix of big guitars, with pop-laced hooks and an alternative attitude,” “Black Skies and Starlight” propelled Dustin back into the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Markey Blue and Ric Latina! It’s been an Incredible Year for the Markey Blue Ric Latina Project, Receiving Several Honors Including A Spot in the National Blues Museum exhibit “Women of the Blues: a Coast-to -Coast Collection,” a TV show in the works and several songs picked up […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with 2018 IBC winner and Indie Blues Artist Keeshea Pratt Singing since the age of six, Keeshea Pratt has shared the stage with several notable national figures including bluesman Bobby Rush, Eddie Cotton, opera singer Grace Bumbry, soul singer Musiq Soulchild, and gospel icon the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Dany Franchi! Dany Franchi was born in 1990 in Genoa, IT and he is widely considered one of the best young Blues musicians on the scene today. In 2014 he recorded his album “I Believe” in Ohio along with the “International […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artists Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz of the Lucky Losers! Accompanied by a dynamic four piece ensemble, veteran Bay Area artists, Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz deliver a truly signature sound, layering elements of Stax/Volt styled R&B, electric Americana, and psychedelic rock atop a Chicago and […]
HOME PAGE FACE BOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with the Roots Rocking, Indie Blues, Americana artist JEFF PLANKENHORN! Roots-rocking follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed SoulSlide finds the Ohio-born, Texas-based artist expanding his musical playing field with help from friends Ray Wylie Hubbard, Patty Griffin, and co-producer “Scrappy” Jud Newcomb. When Jeff Plankenhorn, arguably one […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie blues Artist Artur Menezes Winner of the “Albert King Award” for Best Guitarist and 3rd place on Band Category at the International Blues Challenge 2018, Artur Menezes is a high-energetic guitarist and plays with such a feeling that impresses the crowds. Based in Los […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist “Sarah Rogo”! Sarah Rogo has long blond hair, loves to surf and play the blues on her National guitars. While she may look and sound like your prototypical Southern Californian, the 25-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter was born in New England. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an Interview with Indie Blues Artist “Kara Grainger”!! Her music career began in a small suburban town of Sydney Australia and since then has taken her on an incredible journey throughout the globe. Combining tasteful blues and slide guitar, soulful vocals and a heartfelt approach to […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene talks with Indie Blues Artist TAS CRU! Tas Cru has been nominated for 3 Independent Blues Awards – Best Contemporary Blues CD (Simmered and Stewed), Best Contemporary Blues Band and Best Contemporary Blues Song (Grizzle n Bone) Raucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Talks with Indie Blues Artist Rebecca Lovell of LARKIN POE! In Addition to their recent BMA nomination, Larkin Poe has been nominated for 8 Independent Blues Awards! Best Modern Roots CD (Peach), Best Modern Roots Band, Gateway Artist Award, Best Stage Performance, Road Warrior Award, Best Modern Roots […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene talks with Indie Blues Artist Willie Jackson! Willie Jackson is a native son of Savannah, GA; the youngest of the 6 children born to the late, great Reverend Jackson and, his wife, Annie Pearl. Willie has always been a songwriter in his free time while working to support […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene talks with 4 time Blues Music Award winning Indie Blues Artist Victor Wainwright! Though his career began over a decade ago with genuine rock n’ roll honky-tonk, Wainwright has broadened his artistic scope over the years to include music representing virtually every corner of the blues. His insatiable […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Today we talk to Indie Blues artist Marshall Lawrence! Marshall’s fifth release “Feeling Fine” (2018) is a return to high-energy rock & blues reminiscent of the late 70s and 80s British and American rock scenes. Marshall’s fiery approach to guitar playing and catchy song-writing come together for 10 original, exciting, hook-laden […]
HOME PAGE Today we get the opportunity to talk with indie blues artists Gus Spenos about his new CD and his views on the future of blues. Fans of jump, swing and boogie, rejoice: You have a new artist to play. Gus Spenos is a bluesman with the shouting style of some of the all-time […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE A genuine musical journeyman, Indie Blues artist Kris Lager brings a feel good musical experience everywhere he goes. One of those rare and dynamic performers who deliver a combination of musical ability and charisma, Kris Lager will make you want to dance, clap, and sing along creating a fun and interactive show laced […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Eric Corne’s new album Happy Songs for the Apocalypse is a patchwork of Americana; drawing on folk, blues and rock n’ roll with tinges of alt country. Lyrically, the album is an indictment of a world careening into a second gilded age, numbed by new technologies and the false hope of materialism. “It […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Dana Fuchs has never dealt in nostalgia. For this questing artist, it’s not about the rear-view but the road ahead. The next song. The next session. Tonight’s show and tomorrow’s bus ride. But as Dana sheds her musical skin with her triumphant fourth album Love Lives On, it seems a fitting juncture […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE He grew up on the west coast in Los Angeles, raised by my Granny & Pop. I started learning chords when I was 4 or 5, and believe it or not at 8 years old, I was already singing in nightclubs… (but that’s a whole other story…). I played shows with some […]
